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Pope urges Vatican press corps to resist sinking to ‘commercial media’ standards

January 23, 2024

ROME – In a rare session with members of the Vatican press corps, Pope Francis thanked journalists for their work, urging them to base their reporting on “the solid rock of responsibility in truth” rather than “the fragile sand of gossip and ideological readings”. In the first-of-its-kind meeting during Francis’s 11-year papacy on 22 January,

Pope urges Catholics to pick up a Bible against social media ‘barrage’

January 22, 2024

ROME – Pope Francis has urged believers to go beyond the “barrage” of words in the social media era and to allow themselves to be transformed by God through scripture. Speaking on 21 January to attendees of the fifth edition of his Sunday Mass celebrating the Word of God in Saint Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis

First ever papal trip to Vietnam likely after thaw in bilateral relations

January 19, 2024

ROME – After meeting Vietnamese officials, a top Vatican diplomat has said he will travel to Vietnam this spring as the two countries continue to make significant strides toward rapprochement, and that a papal trip is a likely possibility at some point in the future. A delegation representing the Communist Party of Vietnam visited the

French Bishops’ Conference backs Fiducia Supplicans and its ‘generosity’

January 11, 2024

ROME – Days after nine French prelates announced they would not authorise to blessings to same-sex couples as requested by the recent Vatican declaration Fiducia Supplicans, the Permanent Council of the French Bishops’ Conference has said instead that such blessings should be given as a sign of “unconditional and merciful welcome”. In a statement dated 10

Pope Benedict XVI’s top aide speaks candidly about the historic resignation

January 11, 2024

ROME – Pope Benedict XVI’s long-time private secretary, German Archbishop Georg Gänswein, spent the Feast of the Epiphany at a small parish in northern Italy, telling parishioners that Benedict was a man of prayer and debunking conspiracies behind his historic resignation. Speaking to churchgoers at Sacred Heart Parish in Carnovali, Bergamo, on the 6 January

Vatican’s doctrinal chief explains how he came to write erotically charged book on ‘mystical passion’ as young priest

January 09, 2024

ROME – A book written 25 years ago by now-Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández giving an in-depth spiritual reflection on human sexuality and the meaning of orgasms has resurfaced amid disputes over the Argentine prelate’s recent approval of non-liturgical blessing of same-sex couples. Titled La pasión mística: espiritualidad y sensualidad, meaning, “Mystical passion: spirituality and sensuality”, the

Pope highlights civilian casualties in a world ‘increasingly lacerated’ by conflict

January 08, 2024

ROME – After a year that saw thousands of civilians killed in wars and violent conflicts, Pope Francis told diplomats accredited to the Holy See that international war crimes must be recognised and prevented. In his 8 January address, the Pope noted that as the year 2024 opens the world is “increasingly lacerated” by conflict,

Pope Francis: Baptism ‘the most beautiful gift’ that Catholics can give their children

January 07, 2024

ROME – Marking the Baptism of the Lord as he always does by celebrating Mass in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Francis baptized sixteen infants on Sunday morning, telling their parents that the children are examples of how to receive faith. Speaking to those present, Pope Francis said that the children’s families and friends had gathered

Pope urges Catholics to “abandon ecclesial ideologies” in wake of recent controversies

January 06, 2024

ROME – On today’s Solemnity of the Epiphany the Holy Father lamented that the Church is often split into groups based on various interpretations of the faith and stressed the importance of communion, saying God must be at the centre of faith, rather than one’s own ideas about it. Pope Francis’s comments came amid a

Vatican issues ‘clarification’ on same-sex blessings amid Fiducia Supplicans backlash

January 04, 2024

ROME – Less than a month after issuing an instruction outlining the reasoning and method for giving non-liturgical blessings to same-sex couples and those in irregular unions, the Vatican has published a clarification amid a flurry of backlash and confusion. In a 4 January press release, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Mongolia’s tiny Catholic community just got a Christmas Eve boost

December 27, 2023

ULAANBAATAR – One of the world’s smallest Catholic flocks is growing in number, after the Mongolian Church added three native women to its ranks on Christmas Eve, nearly four months after Pope Francis’s visit earlier this year. There’s no other country on earth where the addition of just three converts would warrant much news. But

Israel accuses Latin Patriarch of ‘blood libel’ in row over sniper shootings of Gaza civilians

December 22, 2023

ROME – Days after two women were killed at the Catholic parish in Gaza, with local church authorities pinning blame on IDF forces, Israel’s Vatican ambassador has denied any intentional wrongdoing and has hit back against allegations of inflicting wilful harm. On Dec. 16 mother and daughter Nahida and Samar were shot and killed on

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