ROME — The Vatican announced this weekend that it will accept China’s autonomous appointment of a Catholic bishop without Church approval. Flouting its 2018 accord with the Vatican over the nomination of bishops in the country, the Chinese Communist Party … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, So they caught the guy responsible for publicizing highly classified documents. Everyone’s concerned that this young (21 yr. old) guy would have access to such ruinous documents But they got him. The news media is all over … Read More
Independent commission reaches conclusion after hearing evidence from over 500 survivors last year Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday after hearing hundreds of survivors’ accounts. Thousands of reports of … Read More
the world that criminalizes homosexuality or otherwise discriminates against LGBTQ individuals Tuesday, seemingly indicating that the leadership of the Catholic Church—long divided over the question of its position toward the community—was beginning to take a firmer position of solidarity with … Read More
German predecessor to Pope Francis became first pontiff to step down as head of Catholic church in 600 years Pope Benedict XVI, who served as leader of the Catholic church from 2005 until his resignation in 2013, died on Saturday … Read More
Pope Francis reiterated he might resign someday if poor health made it impossible to head the Church. Pope Francis denied rumors that he will soon resign and explained that he is expecting to visit Canada this month and hopes to … Read More
Dec. 3 (UPI) — During a mass Friday on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Pope Francis urged reconciliation between the Catholic and Orthodox churches and separately met with the leader of Cyprus’ Greek Orthodox Church. The pontiff met with Archbishop … Read More
Dec. 18 (UPI) — Pope Francis on Saturday recommitted to his earlier restrictions on celebrating the traditional Latin Mass, which has become a fault line in the Catholic Church. The latest move to rein in Latin Mass came in a … Read More
Germany’s Cologne cathedral is pictured from the banks of the Rhine River Nov. 25, 2020. (Credit: Harald Oppitz/KNA via CNS.) BERLIN — Catholics around the world have their eyes on Germany as it works for change through its “Synodal Path,” … Read More
Pope Francis has officially called for “global governance” and held up the goal of “universal vaccines” in an April 4 letter—a letter in which God is mentioned only once, but vaccines mentioned three times. The letter was sent to the Spring 2021 virtual meeting … Read More