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December 21, 2019

Pope Francis accepts resignation of dean of cardinals, sets 5-year term limit

December 21, 2019

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Angelo Sodano as dean of the College of Cardinals and declared that the position will now have a five-year term limit with the possibility of renewal. Previously, cardinal dean, considered “first among equals,” was a life position. Pope Francis created the five-year limit in an apostolic letter

Church reform requires personal conversion, Pope Francis tells Roman Curia

December 21, 2019

To carry out the continuing reform of the Church requires a willingness to change and a commitment to personal conversion, Pope Francis said Saturday, during his annual Christmas greeting to the bishops and cardinals of the Roman Curia. Francis quoted St John Henry Newman, who said, “here on earth living is changing, and perfection is

CDF official: Anthropology and Scripture document is not ‘open’ to same-sex unions

December 21, 2019

The secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, said Friday that a new document by the Pontifical Biblical Commission does not give an “opening” to the validity of so-called same-sex unions. Morandi referred to the book-length document “Che Cosa E’ L’Uomo? Un itinerio di antropologia biblica” (“What is Man?

Benedict XVI creates foundation for Catholic journalism in Germany

December 21, 2019

In what came as a surprise to many members of the Catholic elite in Germany, Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has launched a foundation for Catholic journalism in his home country. “I want the Catholic voice to be heard,” the retired Roman pontiff, who has resided in a Vatican monastery since his 2013 resignation, said of