Pope Francis raises Cardinal Tagle to new rank
May 1, 2020
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Pope Francis has raised Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to the rank of cardinal bishop in a new sign of his esteem for the former Archbishop of Manila
Pope prays that ‘prudence and obedience’ will prevent return of pandemic
April 28, 2020
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Pope Francis prayed that Christians would respond to the lifting of lockdown restrictions with “prudence and obedience”.
La Civiltà Cattolica launches Chinese edition
April 25, 2020
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Cardinal Parolin praised the decision of the Jesuit journal to launch in communist China
Scottish bishop: Permission for wholly at-home medical abortion is ideological
April 25, 2020
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The permission for women to self-administer both stages of a medical abortion at home during coronavirus is born of ideology rather than true concern for women, the president of the Scottish bishops conference said
Beware of “self-pity” over church closures, warns cardinal
April 24, 2020
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English Catholics must avoid “any sense of self-pity” over church closures, Cardinal Vincent Nichols has said
Equality minister says no to sex-change surgery for minors
April 23, 2020
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Liz Truss said she was committed to “making sure that the under 18s are protected from decisions that they could make, that are irreversible in the future”
Court order requiring contraceptive device for disabled woman is ‘deeply problematic’, says bioethicist
April 23, 2020
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Michael Wee, education and research officer at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford, argued that the ruling was “morally inappropriate” and “heavy-handed”
Iran sentences Christian convert to 10 lashes for ‘disturbing public order’
April 23, 2020
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Iran has sentenced a 21-year-old Christian woman to prison and lashing for “disturbing public order,” after she protested the destruction of a passenger jet by the military
N Irish bishops encourage legislators to debate abortion law
April 23, 2020
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The bishops of Northern Ireland have written to the region’s politicians urging them to debate the abortion regulations imposed by the British government and to formulate new, pro-life regulations
US and Canada to be consecrated to ‘Mary, Mother of the Church’
April 23, 2020
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Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the US bishops’ conference, is inviting all U.S. bishops to join him on May 1 in reconsecrating the US to the Blessed Virgin Mary in response to the pandemic
Public Masses to resume in Austria on May 15
April 22, 2020
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Public Masses will resume in Austria on May 15, the country’s chancellor has said
Coronavirus hits priests’ retirement home
April 22, 2020
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Several priests located at a retirement home in Missouri have been diagnosed with the coronavirus