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Prominent clergy and scholars sign collective letter requesting Pope to retract Fiducia Supplicans

February 15, 2024

A collective letter entitled “Filial Appeal” has gained the signatures of around 90 prominent clergymen, intellectuals and authors around the world and has been submitted to the Vatican requesting the retraction of Fiducia Supplicans and its direction on the blessings of same-sex couples. The letter, originally published on 2 February 2024, addresses senior prelates around

Pope’s Ash Wednesday address: Remove social media ‘mask’ and ‘enter into the secret’ with God

February 14, 2024

ROME – Pope Francis told Catholics to carve out a silent space for God amid the buzz of the digital era in which little remains private as he opened the Lenten season with a procession and Mass on Ash Wednesday. In his homily, the Pope focused on the emphasis that the day’s scripture readings place

Finding hope in the desert: getting lost and discovering the way

February 14, 2024

The desert experience of the people of Israel was a difficult time of testing and penance, of getting lost and discovering the way, as the Lord sought to mould them into His covenant people. Yet the later prophets looked back on it as the honeymoon period in the people’s relationship with the Lord. The most

Argentina gets first female saint as Pope meets country’s brash populist leader

February 12, 2024

ROME – Pope Francis and Argentine President Javier Milei, a populist politician and a blunt contrarian who has made derogatory remarks about the pontiff, had a warm encounter as Argentina’s first female saint was canonised at Mass on Sunday in the Vatican. A former television pundit, Milei was elected president of Argentina in November. He

Chilean nun who voluntarily spent 18 months in prison during Covid wins prestigious award

February 07, 2024

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A Chilean nun who voluntarily spent 18 months in prison in order to support inmates has said that she hopes a recent award she was given will help call attention to the issue of protecting the human dignity of people behind bars. Sister Nelly León, who’s worked with imprisoned women for

Pope turns to female theologians for advice on women’s roles in Church

February 06, 2024

ROME – After completing a massive overhaul of the Roman curia in 2022, Pope Francis has turned his attention to the topic of women as part of his reforming efforts, inviting several female theologians and a female Anglican bishop to address his Council of Cardinals, what Francis informally calls his “kitchen cabinet”. For the past

Cardinal Ambongo: emerging papal candidate due to Fiducia Supplicans

January 31, 2024

ROME – There is a story that during British rule of India, colonial officials became concerned about poisonous cobras in the city of Delhi and decided to offer a bounty for every dead snake. Enterprising locals, naturally, began to breed cobras in order to collect the reward. When the British discovered the ruse and withdrew

A man on a mission: Pope Francis has ambitious travel plans for 2024

January 31, 2024

ROME – Despite being almost 90 years old and suffering from the various ailments that come with ageing, Pope Francis has touted some ambitious travel plans for this year, including potential visits to Polynesia and a long-awaited return trip to Argentina. Though there is nothing yet on the calendar for this spring, the Pope in