Local Church•Popes•Protection of vulnerable people

Benedict XVI Exonerated from Trial in Germany for Lack of Proof of Covering Up Abuses

In statements to the press, the Prosecutor said that the principal act was not verifiable and that, moreover, it was already prescribed.

Mar 21, 2023 09:59

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Local Church

Hong Kong’s Catholic Bishop (in communion with the Pope) Will Visit His Counterpart of Beijing (of the Patriotic Church controlled by China)

According to Bishop Chow, this visit underlines the mission of the Hong Kong diocese to be a bridge Church and promote exchanges and interactions between both parties.

Mar 20, 2023 14:26

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Pope Francis

Pope Addresses Children with Rare Diseases: They Gave the Real Sermon

Audience to the members of the Italian Federation of Rare Diseases.

Feb 13, 2023 15:32

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Angelus•Pope Francis

Pope Francis Explains What It Means That Jesus Came to Fulfil the Commandments

Address at the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, February 12.

Feb 12, 2023 20:15

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Local Church•Persecuted Christians•Testimonies

Nicaraguan Bishop Who Refuses to Leave The Country Is Sentenced to 26 Years of Prison

The sentence was given on Friday, February 10, in the afternoon, local time. The country’s Ortega dictatorship accused him of organizing violent groups through the media to destabilize the country.

Feb 11, 2023 20:17

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General Audience•Pope Francis

The Call to the Apostolate: The Pope’s First Catechesis on Apostolic Zeal

The Holy Father’s General Audience on Wednesday, January 11, on “The Passion for Evangelization: The Believer’s Apostolic Zeal. The Call to the Apostolate (Matthew  9:9-13)”

Jan 11, 2023 13:31

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Interview•Popes

Archbishop Georg Gänswein Reveals that Pope Francis’ Liturgical Reform “Hit Hard” Benedict XVI’s Heart

In a part of an extensive video-interview, Guido Horst, Chief Editor of the Catholic national weekly Die Tagespost, questions Monsignor Gänswein about Pope Francis’ controversial document, which limits the celebration of Mass with the Missal used before Vatican Council II. 

Jan 04, 2023 18:56

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Interview•Pope Francis

Pope Francis to Spanish Press: “I’m a Very Close Friend of the Opus Dei, I Love Them a Lot and the Good They Do Is Very Great”

The Pope’s statements shows that many opinions heard in venues, commentaries, columns and articles about enmity and even a form of “progressive” punishment against a “conservative organization” were — and are — very far from the reality and from the Pope’s mind. 

Dec 20, 2022 19:36

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Local Church

Frank Pavone, Leader of the Right to Life Movement in the United States, Is Dismissed from the Clerical State

Opinions on the social networks have polarized between those who see in this canonical decision a political act on the part of the Holy See, and those who question the methods and destination of the funds collected by Frank Pavone through the Pro-Life Movement. 

Dec 20, 2022 19:32

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Analysis Opinion•Church and World

Patriarch Bartholomew asks Rome to help Constantinople and Moscow get rid of political burdens

He challenges his Moscow counterpart Kirill on the historical ideology of ‘panslavism’. No to nationalist heresy, yes to original apostolic universalism. In the Russian Orthodox world religion is exploited for political and ideological reasons. The help of the Church of Rome is needed to overcome the differences between “Greeks and Russians”.

Dec 19, 2022 02:31

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Vatican City

Eight New Ambassadors from Countries Around the World Are Presented to the Pope

The Pontiff’s address to the new Ambassadors accredited to the Holy See.

Dec 16, 2022 15:12

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Church and World•Pope Francis•Vatican City

Vatican Apologizes to Russia for Pope’s Words

Given that the Vatican’s apologies have not only been received but accepted, could the Holy See now be a setting with a view to peace between Russia and Ukraine?

Dec 16, 2022 15:08

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