Dicasteries•Vatican City

The Holy Father appoints a Temporary Administrator to relaunch Caritas Internationalis and its service

Earlier this year, the DPIHD commissioned a review of the workplace environment of the CI General Secretariat and its alignment with Catholic values of human dignity and respect for each person. No evidence emerged of financial mismanagement or sexual impropriety, but other important themes and areas for urgent attention emerged from the panel’s work. Real deficiencies were noted in management and procedures, seriously prejudicing team-spirit and staff morale.

Nov 22, 2022 18:24

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Dicasteries

An Italian Is the New Prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for the Oriental Churches

He substitutes Argentine Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, one of the few ecclesiastics remaining in the Roman Curia from the time of John Paul II.

Nov 22, 2022 17:58

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Local Church•Pope Francis

Cardinal Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht, Asks Pope for An Encyclical on Gender Ideology

The proposal was specified later in a press conference on November 16.

Nov 22, 2022 17:56

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Dicasteries

Meeting of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East

The Commission will meet again in Rome in November 2023 to begin a new study on the theme “Liturgy in the life of the Church: A comparative study of the Latin and Church of the East’s liturgical traditions”.

Nov 21, 2022 17:47

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Pope Francis

Pope to Assyrian Leader on Easter: “We Are Ready to Accept Any Proposal That Is Made Together”

“I dare even to express a dream: that the separation with the beloved Assyrian Church of the East, the longest in the history of the Church, can also be, please God, the first to be resolved,” said the Pope to the leader of the Assyrian Church.

Nov 21, 2022 10:26

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Local Church•Pope Francis

Pope Francis’ Visit with His Cousins in Northern Italy

Its was his first family visit in ten years. Two cousins received the Pontiff, one of them in the context of her 90th birthday. 

Nov 21, 2022 10:12

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Dicasteries•Local Church•Vatican City

Vatican to German Bishops: The Risk of “Reforms of the Church and Not in the Church”

Joint press release between the Holy See and the German Episcopal Conference.

Nov 19, 2022 16:43

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Local Church

German Bishops’ Web in Favour of Pornography for Priests

They naturalize the consumption of pornography by priests, saying that “to watch pornography is normal today, including for celibate persons,” and alerting only when pornography becomes a problematic habit.

Nov 18, 2022 21:53

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Local Church

Washington’s Cardinal Cancels the Country’s Most Important Pro-Life March and Mass 

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington decided not to go ahead with the organization of the largest inter-diocesan manifestation.

Nov 18, 2022 21:50

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Vatican City

Pope Francis Appoints Former Priest as Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life

Gleison De Paula Souza, a secularized priest, is Brazilian but resides in Italy.

Nov 18, 2022 21:47

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Local Church

U.S. Bishops’ Chairman for Religious Liberty on “Respect for Marriage Act”

ing cake bakers, faith-based adoption and foster care providers, religious employers seeking to maintain their faith identity, faith-based housing agencies – are all at greater risk of discrimination under this legislation.

Nov 18, 2022 00:47

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Local Church

Qatar World Cup: The Only Catholic Church of the City Will Schedule Extra Masses for Tourists

The parish of Our Lady of the Rosary was built on land donated by the Emir of Qatar to the Catholic Church.

Nov 18, 2022 00:43

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