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Head of China’s government-backed bishops’ body visits Hong Kong

November 15, 2023

ROME –Bishop Li Shan of Beijing, who leads the government-sponsored bishops’ conference in China, began a five-day visit to Hong Kong this week intended to strengthen ties between the two churches and to facilitate stronger communication between the Holy See and mainland China. According to the Sunday Examiner, the official news platform of the Diocese of

Cardinal Sarah: ‘The crisis of the Church has entered a new phase’

November 09, 2023

ROME – In a rare intervention, Cardinal Robert Sarah has said that “the crisis of the Church has entered a new phase: the crisis of the Magisterium.” Speaking to a standing-room only crowd on 26 October in Rome, at the launch of Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s new book “Credo: Compendium of the Catholic Faith” (Sophia Press,

Explaining Pope Francis’s perceived ‘ambiguity’ on Israel and Judaism

November 09, 2023

ROME – Leaders often speak at least as loudly by what they don’t say as by what they do, and such would appear to be the case in recent days regarding Pope Francis’s approach to Israel and the broader Jewish world. A series of perceived papal slights began in late October, when a group of

Jesuits ‘exhaustively’ warned Slovenian diocese against incardination of Rupnik

November 07, 2023

The Jesuits “exhaustively” warned a Slovenian bishop that the incardination of a celebrity Catholic priest-artist facing multiple accusations of sexual abuse into his diocese was a grave mistake, it has emerged. Father Johan Verschueren of the Society of Jesus suggested to Bishop Jurij Bizjak that the accusations against Fr Marko Rupnik, who was expelled from the Jesuits

Vatican has unique role to play in tempering Iran

November 07, 2023

ROME – As the war between Israel and Hamas intensifies on the Gaza Strip, so too does diplomatic activity intended to prevent a wider regional conflict. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, for instance, currently is setting new records for frequent flyer miles in a single week, visiting virtually every Middle Eastern capital of note.

Catechism author says Pope could change language on LGBTQ+ issues

October 24, 2023

ROME – A celebrated prelate who helped write the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and who’s widely recognised as being among the Church’s top theologians, upheld Church teaching on LGBTQ+ issues on Friday but also said the pope has the power to change the catechism’s language describing homosexual activity as “disordered”. Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn

Designed to avoid polemics, Pope’s media blackout on synod may exacerbate them

October 23, 2023

ROME – Perhaps one of the most exciting moments of the Synod of Bishops so far, not to mention one of the most illustrative, took place during a heated exchange between synod organisers and a veteran Vatican reporter over a publicity “fast” called for by Pope Francis during the assembly. In his opening address for

Pope phones Biden to discuss escalating Israel-Hamas conflict

October 23, 2023

ROME – Pope Francis issued another public appeal for peace in the Holy Land and throughout the world on Sunday, and made a phone call to United States President Joe Biden to discuss options for ensuring access to humanitarian aid and the release of hostages. Patriarchs and Church leaders in the Holy Land also issued