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August 18, 2022

Persecution of Church officials in Nicaragua intensifies

August 18, 2022

Despite protests from the Latin American Church and an appeal from the Vatican for dialogue a understanding, the Nicaraguan government continues to raise tensions with the local clergy. Since August 4, President Daniel Ortega’s regime has been forbidding Bishop Rolando Alvarez of Matagalpa to leave his rectory, along with a group of five members of

On Our Lady, the Assumption and ‘Trans’

August 18, 2022

Changing the outer circumstances of who we are is no guarantee of a change at a deeper level, where most of our pain is to found

An African Pope – Cardinals Sarah and Turkson could beat Tagle

August 18, 2022

As rumours abound about the possible resignation of Pope Francis, the Pope’s appointment of 16 new voting cardinals will further stack the odds in favour of a future pontiff made in his image. Little wonder speculation is rife about the “Asian Francis” – Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle – who bookmakers now have at 6/1. But

Is Cardinal Zen a bargaining chip for Beijing in Vatican deal?

August 18, 2022

Cardinal Joseph Zen – a long-standing critic of the Vatican’s accommodation with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) – has now has his trial date set for September 19, following his earlier arrest under China’s national security law. He and four others face charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters