Controversy in East Timor Over the Cost of the Papal Visit for Which the Pope Is Not to Blame

Aug 11, 2024 08:19

The Government of East Timor allocated US$12 million to prepare for the Pontiff’s visit from September 9-11 Photo: CNN Portugal

The Cardinal also criticized the lack of proofs and clear testimonies in The Pillar’s report

Indonesia, the nation with the world’s largest Muslim population

Pope Francis received a group of representatives from the Afghan Muslim community in Italy

Pope Francis resumed the general audiences that had been suspended during July due to his annual period of rest.

Persecuted Christians

Pakistan: young Christian widow beaten in the countryside by Muslims after accusing her of blasphemy

Saima Farhad Gill, a widow, living in a village, near Gojra, in the Punjab, was saved by police and placed in custody after being charged under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws.

Aug 08, 2024 18:10

John Pontifex

Local Church

Spanish Salesian Priest Celebrated “Mass” in a Pool: His Bishop’s Reaction

The removal of Moreno’s images suggests he has realized that his actions were inappropriate.

Aug 08, 2024 08:19

Rafael Llanes

Local Church

First Abbot Not a Priest Is Elected in the Benedictine Order of the United States

Canon Law exacts priestly ordination as a requisite to occupy the position, and a consultation was necessary to obtain the Holy See’s permission.

Aug 08, 2024 08:13

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Vatican City

Judge of the Vatican’s Civil Court Under Investigation for Alleged Favours to the Mafia

The Vatican hasn’t made any comment on the new investigation of Pignatone underway.

Aug 08, 2024 08:09

Rafael Llanes

Cardinals and Bishops•Young People

German Bishop Reveals That Young People’s Real Questions Have Nothing to Do with Celibacy or Women’s Ordination

The statement, made by Bishop Bätzing, shows another face of German Catholics’ interest, which is clearly in a different direction from the ideological agenda promoted in recent years by a good part of the German Episcopate.

Aug 06, 2024 17:30

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Controversy in East Timor Over the Cost of the Papal Visit for Which the Pope Is Not to Blame

Cardinal Gerhard Mũller Rejects and Contests Accusations of Poor Financial Management and Denounces Defamatory Attacks

In Face of Pope Francis’ Forthcoming Visit to Indonesia, Islamic Extremists Target Churches for Attacks

Pope to Afghan Muslims: «one cannot, in the name of God, encourage contempt for others, hatred and violence»

How to conceive and give birth to Jesus? Pope Francis explains in catechesis

USA: Shareholders, members call on Costco, fellow retailers to resist politicized calls to sell dangerous chemical abortion drugs

Preserving Christianity in Iraq 10 years after Daesh invasion

Pakistan: young Christian widow beaten in the countryside by Muslims after accusing her of blasphemy

Spanish Salesian Priest Celebrated “Mass” in a Pool: His Bishop’s Reaction

First Abbot Not a Priest Is Elected in the Benedictine Order of the United States

Judge of the Vatican’s Civil Court Under Investigation for Alleged Favours to the Mafia

German Bishop Reveals That Young People’s Real Questions Have Nothing to Do with Celibacy or Women’s Ordination