Dicasteries•Pope Francis

Pope’s Ghost Writer is undersecretary of Dicastery for Oriental Churches

Since 2015, he has worked in the Section for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State.

Apr 15, 2024 00:09

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Pope Francis•Rome

For the Time Being, Pope Francis Will Not Appoint the Vicar for Rome, the Diocese of Which He Is Bishop

The Holy Father said that, due to the delicacy of the office of the Cardinal Vicar, he will take time to make a sound discernment about the figure that will take up the post, so, for the time being, it will remain vacant. The Pope encouraged the Auxiliary Bishops, in this transitional phase, to continue with the pastoral ministry and the administrative activities already initiated.

Apr 09, 2024 13:13

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Dicasteries•Gender Ideology

Vatican To Publish a Declaration on Gender Ideology and Other Questions on Human Dignity on April 8

The new document of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will be called Dignitas Infinita

Apr 04, 2024 12:30

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Pope Francis

Is Pope Francis Illness Something Serious? The Doctor Who Operated on Him Twice Responds

The Doctor did say that Pope Francis has difficult respiratory episodes during the colder periods, in part due to lung surgery he had many years ago, but that he undergoes periodic medical check-ups and doesn’t manifest any significant illness.

Apr 03, 2024 01:48

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis to go to Indonesia: government of the world’s most Muslim country announces date

This trip for September 2024 also includes Papua New Guinea, in addition to Timor.

Apr 02, 2024 23:59

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Local Church•Pope Francis

The Pope’s 8-Hour Visit to Venice: A Prison, Young People and the Famous Basilica of Saint Mark

The main reason for the Pontiff’s trip to Venice is to take part in Venice’s Biennial, where the Holy See will have a pavilion. The Biennial is one of the most important artistic events in the world.

Mar 26, 2024 23:36

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Pope Francis•Vatican City

Pope Francis Reforms the Roman Basilica of Saint Mary Major: These Are the New Measures

The Pontiff made Bishop Makrickas Coadjutor Archpriest of the Basilica (with the right of succession)and equipped him with all the faculties for the government of the Council (the Council is a body or community of capitular ecclesiastics of a Cathedral or Collegial church).

Mar 20, 2024 00:09

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Pope Francis

After two days of cancelled audiences, Pope Francis is taken to hospital

It was ANSA that first reported the Pope’s transfer to the hospital. Later, the Holy See Press Office would communicate very briefly: «After the general audience, Pope Francis went to Gemelli Hospital on Tiber Island for some diagnostic tests. Then he returned to the Vatican.»

Feb 28, 2024 00:19

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Analysis Opinion•Vatican City

Before a Next Conclave, Historian Suggests a Reform That Makes It Slower and Says Why

A simple but effective solution is proposed: to space out the votes to enable a greater internal debate and to avoid precipitate decisions.

Feb 27, 2024 23:59

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Vatican City

Story of Vatican Secret Archive Recounted in a Book by Its Prefect: Conclave, Napoleon and Pius XII and the Black Legend

Archbishop Sergio Pagano’s book-interview offers a unique and fascinating vision of the Vatican Apostolic Archive, revealing hidden secrets and offering a new understanding of its role in world history.

Feb 27, 2024 23:50

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Protection of vulnerable people

Rupnik Case on the 5th Anniversary of the Summit on Abuses Held in the Vatican: Two Abused Women Show Their Faces

Five years later, precisely in February, on the morning of February 21, a press conference was held at the headquarters of the National Federation of the Italian Press in Rome, in which two women, former members of the Loyola Community, founded by the priest and former Jesuit Marko Ivan Rupnik, took part.

Feb 22, 2024 13:03

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Dicasteries•Pope Francis

Pope establishes study groups between dicasteries and Synod Secretariat to study issues raised in first part of synod on synodality

The Pontiff established that «the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia collaborate, «according to their respective specific competencies, in the activity of the General Secretariat of the Synod,» by forming study groups that will initiate, with a synodal method, the in-depth study of some of the themes that emerged from the First Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.

Feb 18, 2024 03:33

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