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January 17, 2024
January 17, 2024
There are many angles from which to analyse clerical celibacy today and the suggestions by some that it’s high time to end the practice. I would like to focus on two: its history and a personal reflection. The Catholic Church sometimes remembers aspects of its tradition which have fallen into disuse – such as her
January 17, 2024
NEW YORK – A first-of-its-kind report from the U.S. Bishops’ Conference spotlights religious freedom concerns nationwide. It highlights a particular concern for attacks on houses of worship, as well as efforts by federal agencies to impose abortion and gender-related requirements. The 48-page report, published 16 January – to coincide with national religious freedom day –
January 17, 2024
Italian bishops appear to have delivered a snub to Pope Francis by promoting a Vatican official who the Pope sacked months after the official authored a key document prohibiting liturgical blessings for same-sex couples. Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, 58, was dismissed by the Holy Father soon after the then-known Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
January 17, 2024
LEICESTER, UK – Britain’s chief Catholic refugee agency says the UK’s continued plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is “profoundly troubling”. This week, the British parliament is debating a Bill declaring that Rwanda is a safe country for asylum seekers. This would reverse the November 2023 ruling by the UK Supreme Court, which said
January 17, 2024
The Vatican is preparing a document on the ideology of gender, the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has said. Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández made the revelation in an interview with the Spanish news agency EFE. “We are preparing a very important document on human dignity that not only includes social
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