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December 18, 2018
Vatican urges bishops to meet abuse victims ahead of February summit
December 18, 2018
Organizers of the Vatican’s February meeting on sexual abuse have sent a letter to the participating bishops asking them to meet with abuse victims in advance of the gathering. “We urge each episcopal conference president to reach out and visit with victim survivors of clergy sex abuse in your respective countries prior to the meeting
Pope names Italian journalists to key posts in Vatican communications
December 18, 2018
Pope Francis has made new appointments to the Dicastery for Communication, naming Andrea Tornielli, an Italian journalist, as its “editorial director” and Andrea Monda, an Italian journalist and religion teacher, as editor-in-chief of the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano. Tornielli, a respected Vatican reporter, was born in a city near Venice in 1964 and earned a
Ukrainian Catholic leader welcomes head of new independent Orthodox church
December 18, 2018
The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church has welcomed the election of a leader for the country’s new independent Orthodox church. In Kiev on December 15, 192 bishops from Ukraine’s three previously divided Orthodox denominations elected Metropolitan Epiphanius, 39, as metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine. He will receive a final decree, or tomos, establishing
‘100 Nativities in the Vatican’ seeks to show true meaning of Christmas
December 18, 2018
More than 100 nativity scenes are on display near the Vatican as the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization seeks to share the history and spirituality behind the nearly 800-year-old Christmas devotion. “The nativity, in addition to being a beautiful cultural tradition transmitted [by] the genius of St. Francis of Assisi and
Pope Francis reiterates opposition to death penalty
December 18, 2018
The death penalty is always a rejection of the Gospel and of human dignity, and therefore must be rejected by all countries, Pope Francis told the Delegation of the International Commission against the Death Penalty on Monday. In his meeting with the delegation at the Vatican, the Pope set aside his prepared remarks and gave
True Christmas celebrates Jesus, Pope says
December 18, 2018
With Christmas just over a week away, visitors came to St Peter’s Square with their Baby Jesus figurines for a traditional blessing by the Pope. Many children came with small figurines for their family Nativity scene, others held delicate sculptures, and one group set a giant statue of the Baby Jesus on top of stacks
Morning Catholic must-reads: 18/12/18
December 18, 2018
A Holy See delegation will meet government officials in Vietnam on Wednesday. Filipino bishops were reportedly asked to leave a presidential ceremony marking the return of historic church bells from the United States. A priest in Buffalo diocese has said he holds “no animosity” after he was cleared of an abuse allegation. Andrea Gagliarducci praises
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