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Vatican issues final ‘stop sign’ on German Synodal Path
January 25, 2023
Two of Germany’s top canon lawyers have explained that the German Synodal Path must now end following a letter from Pope Francis to German bishops expressly stopping them from establishing a “permanent synodal council”. Running to four pages, the letter states that German bishops do not have the authority to establish a permament synodal council
Assisted suicide risks making medical profession ‘no go area’ for Catholics
January 20, 2023
The introduction of assisted suicide could risk making the medical profession a “no go area” for Catholics, The Catholic Union of Great Britain has warned. Following the decision from the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee to launch an inquiry into assisted suicide at the end of last year, the Catholic Union ran
Offering up our suffering helps us unite with Christ
January 01, 2023
A problem shared is a problem more than halved, says Olenka Hamilton
Alleged Rupnik victim speaks out about ‘sexual, psychological and spiritual’ abuse
December 21, 2022
An alleged victim of Father Marko Rupnik has spoken out about how she was abused by the priest over thirty years ago. In an interview with the Italian investigative newspaper Domani, the former nun accused Fr Rupnik of exerting “psycho-spiritual” control over her over a period of nine years. She said he forced her to
Pope Francis orders return of Parthenon fragments to Greece
December 20, 2022
Pope Francis has ordered the return of three Parthenon fragments which have been held in the papal collections of the Vatican Museums for centuries to Greece. The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will give the 2,500-year-old fragments to His Beatitude Ieronymos II, the Orthodox archbishop of Athens and All Greece, as a gesture of
Majority of Catholic US senators vote to redefine marriage
December 15, 2022
A majority of Catholics in the US House of Representatives voted last Thursday to pass the “Respect for Marriage Act” which will redefine marriage under US law. The Act was signed into law by Catholic US president Joe Biden yesterday. According to data published by US-based Catholic lobby group CatholicVote, out of the 130 Catholics in
Cardinal Ouellet sues for defamation over sexual assault accusations
December 14, 2022
Cardinal Ouellet said in a statement on Tuesday that he was suing a woman who accused him of sexual assault more than a decade ago when he was the archbishop of Quebec. A prominent figure at the Vatican, Canadian Cardinal Marc Armand Ouellet is the Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and President of the
Publisher withdraws abuser priest Fr Rupnik’s books
December 13, 2022
A global publisher has withdrawn three books by Jesuit artist Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik after he was accused of serial sex abuse. Pauline Books and Media announced on Thursday that it would withdraw the English editions of Rupnik’s works it had published over the years “in light of this very sad news, and out of respect
Watching for inspiration
December 02, 2022
How the Catholic family YouTube channel One in Nine helped restore my faith – and sanity
Russia hits out at Pope for calling ethnic minority soldiers ‘cruel’
November 29, 2022
The Russian government has condemned comments made by the Pope that some minority groups of soldiers have behaved worse than others in the invasion of Ukraine. “Generally, the cruellest are perhaps those who are of Russia but are not of the Russian tradition, such as the Chechens, the Buryats and so on,” Pope Francis told
Cardinal Müller attacks German ‘Synodal Path’ again
November 23, 2022
Cardinal Gerhard Müller has yet again spoken out forcefully against the direction of the ‘Synodal Path’ in Germany. His comments came during an interview with the Austrian Catholic online publication kath.net. The interview (click here for translation), which was published on 15 November, took place in order to discuss the Cardinal’s book,The Pope. Mandate and
Cardinal Tagle among executives at Caritas Internationalis fired by Pope
November 23, 2022
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and the entire leadership team of the Catholic church’s worldwide charity arm Caritas Internationalis were fired from their jobs on Tuesday by Pope Francis following accusations of bullying and humiliation of employees. Tagle, who was nominally president of Caritas, but was not involved in the day-to-day operations, will stand down and
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