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Vatican publishes new norms for vetting private revelations
May 17, 2024
ROME – The Vatican today rolled out a new expedited procedure for vetting alleged Marian apparitions or other spiritual phenomenon, ruling that they will no longer deemed supernatural, but simply that nothing stands in the way of encouraging devotion. In an introductory presentation of the new norms, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery
Controversial Chinese bishop to speak at Vatican conference
May 16, 2024
ROME – Next week a high-profile conference will be held marking the centenary of the Catholic Church’s first ever council in China, drawing a slew of experts and featuring prominent Vatican speakers, including Pope Francis. On May 21, a conference titled “100 years since the Concilium Sinense: Between history and present,” will be held at Rome’s
Pilgrimage emphasised by Vatican as opportunity for indulgences during Jubilee 2025
May 14, 2024
ROME – The Vatican has issued guidance on how to obtain the traditional plenary indulgence during the upcoming Jubilee of Hope, placing a special emphasis on individual and group pilgrimages to holy sites. The Jubilee of Hope is set to start on 24 Dec. 2023 and will formally close on 6 Jan., the Feast of
Vatican Museums in dispute with workers and local residents over ‘troublesome’ visitors and noisy pilgrims
May 13, 2024
ROME – Nearly 50 employees of the Vatican Museums have initiated a labour dispute with the Holy See over what they allege are poor, unfair and unsafe working conditions, and which could result in the first-ever class action lawsuit brought against Pope Francis’s administration. At the same time, some local residents are fuming and say
Holy Land Cardinal criticises anti-Israel protests on US university campuses
May 02, 2024
ROME – Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa of Jerusalem has criticised the anti-Israel protests taking place on college and university campuses throughout the United States, saying academic institutions ought to be places of peaceful exchange. “I confess that I struggle to understand it. Universities are places where cultural engagement, even heated, even harsh, must be open 360
Suspended Italian army general now populist politician criticised by bishops for comments on children with disabilities
April 29, 2024
ROME – Italian populist politician and suspended Army General Roberto Vannacci has been criticised by activists and the country’s Catholic bishops over remarks suggesting that children with disabilities ought to be separated in school classrooms. Among those hitting back against Vannacci’s remarks was Bishop Francesco Savino of Cassano all’Jonio, vice president of the Italian Bishops
Four German bishops opt out of controversial ‘Synodal Council’
April 26, 2024
Amid an ongoing back and forth between the Vatican and the German bishops conference over a controversial new ecclesial body, four of the nation’s prelates have refused to participate in Germany’s national synodal process, opting instead to wait for direction from Rome. The planning process of the Church in Germany, referred to as the “synodal
European bishops warn against ideological expansion as EU grows
April 23, 2024
Europe’s bishops have voiced support for the European Union’s future enlargement plans, saying it provides a unique opportunity to showcase the value of fraternity, but they also cautioned against the imposition of ideology and the pursuit of particular interests. Recently the bishops spoke out against efforts by EU politicians to make abortion a fundamental right
East Timor cardinal praises papal visit to help cement peaceful independence from world’s largest Muslim nation
April 22, 2024
East Timor’s cardinal has said Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to the country, scheduled for later this year, is not only a moment of joy for local Catholics, but also represents an opportunity to spread a message of peace and reconciliation throughout the country after its independence from Indonesia. Speaking to Crux, Cardinal Virgilio do Carmo da
Don’t let war force you from Holy Land, Franciscan leader tells friars
April 20, 2024
ROME – The leader of the worldwide Franciscan order, has appealed to his fellow Franciscans to stay put in the Holy Land despite rising tensions and threats to physical safety due to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas on the Gaza Strip. Speaking in an interview with the Franciscan-run Custodia magazine, Father Massimo Fusarelli said after
Italian mother dies after refusing cancer treatment to save her unborn child
April 18, 2024
At the funeral this week of Italian mother Azzurra Carnelos, who died last week after refusing cancer treatment in order to save the life of her unborn son, she was hailed for her courageous sacrifice and for her love of life. Speaking at Carnelos’s 17 April funeral, Father Massimo Rocchi, director of the Brandolini Rota
Ditch the woke idiocracies and let Europe be Christian, urges Hungarian minister
April 12, 2024
ROME – Hungary’s State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and a leading member of the country’s Christian Democratic People’s Party has lauded Pope Francis’s condemnation of so-called “ideological colonisation” and his call for Europe to return to its founding values. Speaking to Crux April 8 as part of a whirlwind trip to Rome, Secretary Tristan
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