Local Church•Marriage and Family

Philippines: debate on legalization of divorce heated

The bishops acknowledge the secular nature of the Filipino state and the religious freedom enjoyed by its citizens.

Jul 22, 2024 18:00

Rafael Llanes

Vatican City

Survey Highlights Most Common Complaints of Vatican Employees

The press release stressed that the Association’s efforts “are not seen positively by certain superiors. “ A recent example is the lawsuit filed recently by 49 employees of the Vatican Museums, given the conditions of work that they consider unjust and deficient.

Jul 22, 2024 07:36

Rafael Llanes

Justice and Peace

Israeli Government Plans New City in Israel Only for Ultraorthodox

Initially it was planned as a secular and religious city, but eventually it was decided to organize it to attend only to the needs of the ultraorthodox community, which has a high birthrate

Jul 16, 2024 06:52

Rafael Llanes

Gender Ideology•Religious Freedom•Testimonies

Victim of Gender Ideology: 400 Days in Prison for Refusing to Use LGBT+ Pronouns

On June 28 of this year, Judge Mark Sanfey of Dublin’s High Court ordered Enoch Burke to be released from the Mountjoy Prison, where he had been an inmate since September 2022. He is out on conditional freedom, banned from returning to the school where he was teaching.

Jul 10, 2024 06:42

Rafael Llanes

Local Church•Religious Freedom

Iraqi court orders conversion of Christian mother and her children to Islam

Elvin Joseph, a resident of Duhok in Iraqi Kurdistan, expressed her distress in an interview: «I am a Christian. I am married to a Christian man. My children are Christians. I was educated in our language. All my official documents identify me as Christian. Our marriage is registered by the Church.»

Jul 02, 2024 17:24

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

On the Hunt for Benedict XVI’s Inheritance: Appeal for a New Trial of Joseph Ratzinger’s Assets

The victim of a pedophile priest maintains the civil lawsuit against Benedict XVI seeking that his heirs pay compensation, although a German court ruled out the obligation: the lawyer has announced the appeal.

Jul 02, 2024 16:22

Rafael Llanes

Gender Ideology•Local Church

Priest Denies Eucharist to Married Gay Couple and They Report Him to the Police

It remains to be seen if Spanish justice accepts the complaint, as Civil Law must be harmonized with Ecclesiastical Law.

Jun 19, 2024 05:51

Rafael Llanes

Causes of Saints•Testimonies

Woman Who Will Experience Canonization of Her Son: Impressions of Carlo Acutis’ Mother

She adds: “Now the Lord has fulfilled the desire of the many who prayed for Carlo’s canonization. We see it, obviously, as a sign from Heaven»

Jun 16, 2024 17:22

Rafael Llanes

Testimonies

Priest with Lateral Sclerosis: “As a Sick Priest, I Hope to Give Meaning to Others’ Disease”

“It’s a very harsh disease, but it has enabled me to mature and, especially, to understand what things are really important in life,” said Father Álvaro Granados

Jun 11, 2024 06:09

Rafael Llanes

Protection of vulnerable people

Current State of the Rupnik Case Told From Inside the Vatican

Monsignor John Joseph Kennedy said to journalists on May 28 that the trial of the former Jesuit requires timely treatment

Jun 11, 2024 05:58

Rafael Llanes

Analysis Opinion•Virgin Mary

What Do The New Norms Given by The Vatican Change About the Approval of Marian Apparitions?

Sister Daniela said that “the new norms are useful for Bishops, in the first place, because the more detailed norms make it possible to guide better the path of discernment that the Prelates are called to follow, in communion with the Dicastery. To add to the ‘nihil obstat’ the declaration ‘of supernaturalness,’ “underscores that these phenomena do not become objects of faith, that is, they are not binding for believers. This error has been registered especially in some parts of the world,” she said.

Jun 02, 2024 18:08

Rafael Llanes

Causes of Saints•Local Church

Carmelites Request Opening of Saint Teresa’s Sepulcher for New Studies on Her Relics

Italian doctors and scientists, headed by prestigious Professor Luigi Capasso, together with experts of the Vatican Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, will carry out the task.

May 30, 2024 10:18

Rafael Llanes