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Vatican warns German bishops of ‘legal consequences’ over disputed ‘Synodal Committee’

February 19, 2024

ROME – As the German bishops meet this week to advance their national reform process, the Vatican has threatened canonical action if they refuse to comply with an order to halt a vote on the statutes of a controversial new committee that had previously been disapproved. As part of their current Feb. 19-22 general assembly

Ukrainian divorce rate hits all-time high as head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church decries human cost of the war

February 17, 2024

ROME – As headlines around the world reverberate to the news of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Friday, and as the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, Ukraine’s top prelate has condemned the ongoing violence as an attempt to wipe out a nation. Speaking via video connection during

Rift between Vatican and Israel grows after Gaza remarks by top papal advisor

February 15, 2024

ROME – A growing rift between the Vatican and Israel was exacerbated 14 February, when the Israeli ambassador to the Holy See hit back against a top Vatican official who said the ongoing Israeli military offensive in Gaza is disproportionate. On the margins of a 13 Feb. event commemorating the 95th anniversary of the Lateran

Pope’s Ash Wednesday address: Remove social media ‘mask’ and ‘enter into the secret’ with God

February 14, 2024

ROME – Pope Francis told Catholics to carve out a silent space for God amid the buzz of the digital era in which little remains private as he opened the Lenten season with a procession and Mass on Ash Wednesday. In his homily, the Pope focused on the emphasis that the day’s scripture readings place

Female diaconate possible according to theologian nun advising Pope

February 14, 2024

ROME – A Spanish nun who has participated in recent meetings of Pope Francis’s top advisory body has said that while women’s priestly ordination is currently off the table, the pontiff is supportive of having a female diaconate. Speaking to the news agency Europa Press, Spanish nun and theologian Linda Pocher said that while “there

Controversial appointee to Vatican’s Academy for Life responds to her pro-life critics

February 13, 2024

ROME – Both the Italian archbishop who heads the Pontifical Academy for Life and an Ango-Italian economist who serves on it struck back at critics who claim their statements and views are at odds with traditional Catholic doctrine on sexual morality. Mariana Mazzucato, a Rome-born economist who’s served as an advisor to the UN, the

Argentina gets first female saint as Pope meets country’s brash populist leader

February 12, 2024

ROME – Pope Francis and Argentine President Javier Milei, a populist politician and a blunt contrarian who has made derogatory remarks about the pontiff, had a warm encounter as Argentina’s first female saint was canonised at Mass on Sunday in the Vatican. A former television pundit, Milei was elected president of Argentina in November. He

Pope turns to female theologians for advice on women’s roles in Church

February 06, 2024

ROME – After completing a massive overhaul of the Roman curia in 2022, Pope Francis has turned his attention to the topic of women as part of his reforming efforts, inviting several female theologians and a female Anglican bishop to address his Council of Cardinals, what Francis informally calls his “kitchen cabinet”. For the past

Religious from 60 countries converge on Vatican to prep for 2025 Jubilee of Hope

February 01, 2024

ROME – Religious representatives are converging on the Vatican this week to prepare for the upcoming 2025 Jubilee of Hope celebrations, which are expected to draw around 35 million pilgrims over the course of the year. From 1 – 4 February, more than 300 representatives of various consecrated communities from over 60 countries will be

Senior bishop warns European Union faces a ‘critical step’ this June for its ‘future’

January 31, 2024

ROME – Ahead of looming European elections in June, and with a war on the continent still raging, the president of the European bishops has stressed the need for unity and setting aside partisan interests following a meeting with Pope Francis. Speaking to the Italian news agency SIR after a 26 January meeting with the

Chinese mainland gets bishop for first ‘new Catholic diocese’ since communist revolution

January 30, 2024

ROME – The state-sanctioned Catholic church in China has seen a new bishop’s appointment made alongside the establishment of a new diocese on the mainland for the first time since Mao’s Communist revolution. On 29 January, the Vatican confirmed that Bishop Anthony Sun Venjun, 53, had been appointed to lead the Diocese of Weifang that

Vatican court overturns priest’s acquittal in landmark seminary sexual abuse case

January 25, 2024

ROME – A Vatican court has overturned the acquittal of a priest accused of sexually abusing a fellow student at the Vatican’s St. Pius X Pre-Seminary, delivering a guilty verdict in a landmark case that marked the first time a case for alleged sexual abuse went to trial within Vatican walls. Upon appeal from the

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