Catholics bring their bishop to justice… for blasphemy. Italian justice admits case

Nov 22, 2024 22:49

"Gratia Plena" exhibition hosted at the church-museum of San Ignacio in Carpi, has reignited debate over the boundaries of artistic expression within sacred spaces. Photo: El Confidencial

The exposition began with an inaugural Mass attended by over 40,000 faithful.

Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo, Bishop of Ajaccio, confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Corsica on December 15, 2024

the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, has inaugurated the “Ordo Viduarum” (Order of Widows)

Fernando María Cornet, an Argentine-born former diocesan priest

Archbishop of Nairobi, Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo

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Ireland: in two decades the country’s capital will be without 70% of the clergy

The Irish Priesthood Faces a Precarious Future Amid Dwindling Numbers and Growing Challenges

Nov 21, 2024 20:14

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USA: bishops’ assembly: synodality, new Bible and beatification causes

Exemplifying synodality, the bishops engaged in a table discussion during the public session on the pastoral implementation of integral ecology and Laudato si’.

Nov 19, 2024 17:48

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Swiss Catholic Church faces a record exodus of desertions

Nearly 67,500 individuals formally renounced their membership in 2023

Nov 19, 2024 17:46

Joachin Meisner Hertz

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‘Greatest manuscript discovery of modern times’ will return to the U.S. for the first time in almost a decade

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute to Host Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit in Commemoration of Historic Discovery’s 75th Anniversary

Nov 19, 2024 17:34

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Norwich: Catholic cathedral added to heritage ‘at risk’ register

St John’s Cathedral is among 29 sites added to the Heritage at Risk Register in the East of England with 14 sites saved and removed.

Nov 18, 2024 17:09

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Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

Catholics bring their bishop to justice… for blasphemy. Italian justice admits case

Relics of St. Francis Xavier on display: crowds throng to see them

Pope Francis to visit France on December 15, 2024

Macron in the square, the archbishop in the cathedral, the Pope in the Vatican: this is what the reopening of Notre Dame will be like

USA: bishop reestablishes the Old Church Order of Widows for his diocese

Rising Rebellion: Italian Clergy Sanctioned for Rejecting Pope Francis

Kenya: church refuses donations from country’s president to avoid blurring boundaries between politics and religion

Ireland: in two decades the country’s capital will be without 70% of the clergy

USA: bishops’ assembly: synodality, new Bible and beatification causes

Swiss Catholic Church faces a record exodus of desertions

‘Greatest manuscript discovery of modern times’ will return to the U.S. for the first time in almost a decade

Norwich: Catholic cathedral added to heritage ‘at risk’ register