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November 28, 2023

BREAKING: Pope cancels Dubai trip over health concerns

November 28, 2023

ROME – Just hours after a Vatican news conference confirming Pope Francis’s trip to Dubai this weekend for a United Nations climate summit, the Vatican announced Tuesday that it has been cancelled upon medical advice due to an ongoing infection causing lung inflammation. A Vatican spokesman announced, however, that Pope Francis will lead his Wednesday

Pope called Cardinal Burke his ‘enemy’ and threatened to strip him of privileges, reports claim

November 28, 2023

Pope Francis has referred to an outspoken American cardinal as his “enemy” and threatened to strip him of his privileges, according to reports from Italy. The New Daily Compass, which first reported the rumour in the English-speaking media, claimed that the Pope was overheard saying: “Cardinal Burke is my enemy, so I am taking away

Legal gap around ‘false mysticism’ may hamper Rupnik prosecution, experts say

November 28, 2023

ROME – As the abuse case of famed Slovene priest and artist Father Marko Ivan Rupnik continues to perplex Catholics around the globe, experts have warned that a perceived gap in church law regarding an offense known as “false mysticism” is preventing him and other alleged abusers from facing prosecution. However, some observers believe that

Finally the experts agree that being Catholic is good for your health

November 28, 2023

It turns out that the psychologists have finally come round to the view that “being Catholic is good for you”. As Jordan Peterson very recently observed, Catholicism is “as sane as you can get”. Psychology has frowned on religion ever since Sigmund Freud believed he had made a connection between the practice of religion and