Pope appoints woman as first prefect of an important dicastery of the Roman Curia: Cardinal remains as subordinate

Jan 07, 2025 17:56

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This marks a groundbreaking moment as she becomes the first woman to head a Vatican dicastery Photo: Yahoo News

She succeeds Loup Besmond de Senneville, formerly the Rome correspondent for France's La Croix, who now serves as deputy editor-in-chief of the same publication in Paris.

Gibbons is currently incarcerated following her latest arrest in June 2024

A 14-year-old girl was defeated in a youth race by a transgender athlete

Pilgrimage Pastoral Office at the Vicariate of Rome’s Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (ORP)

This law extends Italy's existing ban on surrogacy

Cardinals and Bishops•Woman

Cardinal Prefect of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Repeats That Female Diaconate Is Not Mature and Explains Absence of Synodal Group

Communication from Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández at the XIII General Congregation of the Synod

Oct 21, 2024 06:51

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USA: Abortion Is The Most Important Electoral Topic for Women

In the KFF study, four out of ten women younger than 30 consider abortion as the most important point for their vote. The survey was carried out between September and early October 2024. Another KFF survey at the end of May and beginning of June showed that only 20% mentioned abortion as the main problem.

Oct 21, 2024 06:47

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Pakistan: sentence mother of 4 children to death on blasphemy charges

Shagufta was convicted under Section 295-C of Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws, whereby insulting the Prophet carries a mandatory death sentence.

Sep 22, 2024 11:40

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Analysis Opinion•Woman

The Rise of Living Alone

As Crooks noted in Of Mice and Men, when people get lonely, they can get sick, and this becomes a public health problem. Research finds that loneliness and lack of social connection increase the risk of disease, anxiety, depression, dementia, and premature death.

Sep 17, 2024 11:45

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Women’s groups, 26 states ask US Supreme Court to hear cases seeking to protect women’s sports

A legal challenge to West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act that, if successful, would undermine women’s sports by allowing males who identify as female to compete with females in girls’ and women’s sports.

Aug 20, 2024 18:00

ZENIT Staff

Some Characteristics of the Papal Diplomatic Priest: The Tasks Assigned by Leo XIV to Those Preparing to Become His Ambassadors

Address by the Holy Father to the community of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy on the occasion of its 325th anniversary

This is what the women Archbishop of Canterbury said to Pope Leo XIV: full speech

Address by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally on the Occasion of an Audience with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Pope appoints woman as first prefect of an important dicastery of the Roman Curia: Cardinal remains as subordinate

Valentina Alazraki Named President of International Vatican Journalists’ Association

The “grandmother” who has spent a total of 11 years in jail for opposing abortion

Male Self-Perceived Female Beats 14-Year-Old Girl in Sport: The Story of One Who Could Be Your Daughter

A woman at the head of one of the great works of the Church: Opera Romana dei Pellegrinaghi

USA: Female athletes, 23 states unite to defend fairness, privacy, safety in schools across country

Italy passes law banning “renting” surrogate wombs abroad

Cardinal Prefect of Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Repeats That Female Diaconate Is Not Mature and Explains Absence of Synodal Group

USA: Abortion Is The Most Important Electoral Topic for Women

Pakistan: sentence mother of 4 children to death on blasphemy charges

The Rise of Living Alone

Women’s groups, 26 states ask US Supreme Court to hear cases seeking to protect women’s sports