A papal trip to the ‘capital of unity’
February 27, 2020
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Pope Francis visited the southern Italian port city of Bari at the weekend to highlight a major gathering of Catholic
Scandal-hit Wheeling-Charleston diocese publishes audit
February 22, 2020
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It was the first release of its kind for the troubled diocese, which covers the whole of the US state of West Virginia.
After raising expectations of change, Pope Francis faces a backlash
February 20, 2020
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Rompere gli schemi: it’s an Italian expression that means something between “to break the mould” and “to upset the balance”.
What the Pope’s Amazon document actually says
February 14, 2020
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Pope Francis has a lot to say – but none of it on the subjects journalists were expecting A good
Why economists made a pilgrimage to Vatican City
February 13, 2020
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It was quite an impressive array of experts, advocates and power-brokers that participated in a conference last week hosted by
Italy’s bishops don’t have to report abuse claims. But one of them just did
February 13, 2020
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You may have heard that the bishop of a small city in Tuscany denounced a priest in his diocese to
No mention of priestly celibacy in Amazon synod exhortation
February 12, 2020
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Pope Francis released his post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on Wednesday. Titled Querida Amazonia, the document is an official encouragement to the
A different kind of test for ‘Vos estis’
January 23, 2020
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The Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported on Saturday that the metropolitan archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, is conducting
Why I won’t be visiting Rome’s new KFC
January 23, 2020
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I overslept on Monday. I had been working all weekend, but that’s no excuse. It was a school day, and
The case for suppressing the Legion of Christ
January 22, 2020
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The Legion of Christ is back in the news, with AP reporting on a gruesome story in Mexico, not only
‘Bookgate’: a week on, there are still unanswered questions
January 19, 2020
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An embattled senior Vatican official again took to social media on Friday to defend himself from accusations of dishonesty in
The European project according to Pope Francis
January 16, 2020
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One line in Pope Francis’s “State of the World” address to diplomats last week really stood out, regarding the disaster