Justice and Peace

New Accusations of Abuse Against Cardinal George Pell, Who Has Already Been Declared Innocent

Cardinal Pell is now being accused by the father of a deceased boy, adducing that he has suffered psychological harm. The lawsuit is not criminal (oriented to send someone to prison) but civil, geared in the majority of cases to obtain economic benefits from the accused.

Jul 15, 2022 15:02

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Francis Vindicates Cardinal Pell’s Role: He Began the Clean-up of the Vatican’s Finances

The Pope affirms that sufficient controls have been established so that scandals are not repeated.

Jul 08, 2022 14:08

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Church and World•Pope Francis

China and the Vatican: Pope Talks, the Chinese Government Specifies. Is There Hope for the Chinese Church?

Monsignor Javier Herrera-Corona, a Vatican official in Hong Kong, requested 50 Catholic Associations and Missions to prepare for Chinese repression.

Jul 07, 2022 17:58

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Interview•Pope Francis

Pope Francis on Spotify. First Interview on a Podcast: The One Who Escaped from the Vatican Was Saint John Paul II

In regard to the myth that Pope Francis escapes from the Vatican and goes around the streets, he answers: “It’s not true,” adding that “the one who did this was Saint John Paul II. He found a way.”

Jul 07, 2022 17:50

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Dicasteries•Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Announces that Two Women Will Assist Him in the Dicastery that Chooses the Bishops from Around the World

Thus the Holy Father seeks to bring to fulfilment the new Constitution for the Roman Curia, Constitution that came into force in June of 2022 and that not only sees the inclusion of women in the different Dicasteries, but of laymen in general. 

Jul 06, 2022 17:33

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Interview•Pope Francis

Ten Years After the Beginning of Pope Francis’ Pontificate, What Is Still Pending?

The Assessment the Pope proffers as a question is that which he will share with the Cardinals in August, specifically on the Reform of the Roman Curia.

Jul 05, 2022 14:34

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Church and World•Pope Francis•Vatican City

Nancy Pelosi Receives Communion During Mass in the Vatican (in Other Words, When the Eucharist . . . and the Pope Are Instrumentalized)

Nancy Pelosi went to Mass, publicly and very visibly, after two especially relevant events in ecclesiastical and social life in the United States: the veto imposed on her to go to Communion and the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion.

Jun 30, 2022 14:30

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church

Analysis: United States Supreme Court Rules against Abortion in the Country’s Constitution

The Supreme Court’s ruling is not, as is said and is presented, an automatically pro-life ruling. In fact, the decision doesn’t make abortion illegal in the States where they are legal according to the local Constitution. What the Supreme Court Justice have done is to return to the legislatures of the different States that make up the United States the ability to legislate in that area. 

Jun 27, 2022 14:12

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Interview•Testimonies

Do I Need Healing? Human Wounds and the Ministry of Healing in the Church. Interview with Father Miguel Guerra, LC (Part II)

What must be taken into account before taking part in a retreat of healing so as not to be disappointed? Is the human being more wounded today than at other times? Father Miguel Guerra answers these and other questions in this second part of the interview. 

Jun 18, 2022 00:58

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Interview•Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

“I protected them as a chicken does her chicks.” The faithful were saying to him: “Father, please save us!” Testimony of the priest of the church attacked in Nigeria

“While the attack was going on, some saw them [the attackers] but were unable to identify them because they weren’t talking. During the Mass, some of the attackers disguised themselves as faithful,’ said the assistant parish priest of the church attacked in Nigeria. 

Jun 16, 2022 20:13

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Francis•Testimonies•Vatican City

Pope Francis Prays for Legionary Seminarian Sick with Cancer and Asks Those Present in Saint Peter’s Square to Pray for Him

The Pontiff said to him, “kneel down  and we are all going to pray for you.” Then he imposed his hands on me and we prayed for a minute. It was a moment of prayer that made Brother Alejandro ask God “for healing and for help to live the time of chemotherapy in the best way.”

Jun 10, 2022 14:50

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Francis Attends Funeral Rites of Cardinal Angelo Sodano in Saint Peter’s Basilica

Pope Francis’ presence was discreet: he arrived in his wheelchair from Saint Martha’s and stayed seated until he intervened, standing for the Commendatio and Valedictio at the end of the ceremony.

Jun 01, 2022 20:18

Jorge Enrique Mújica