Vatican Opens Door to Limited Ordination of Married Men as Priests
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Pope Francis has officially changed the words of the Lord’s Prayer
Source: The Irish Post BY: Jack Beresford THE POPE has announced a major change to the words recited in the Lord’s Prayer. Pope Francis has officially approved a change to […]
Pope Francis made this big change to Lord’s Prayer
The Catholic leader changed the phrase “lead us not into temptation” to “do not let us fall into temptation,” as mentioned in the gospel of Matthew 6:13, because the original […]
Pope vows to fight nun abuse, urges service not servitude
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis vowed Friday to combat the sexual abuse of nuns and urged religious sisters to just say no when clergy want to […]
TROUBLE RECRUITING : An uncertain future for Swiss soldiers guarding the Pope
By Patrick Boehler THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 7, 2019 (Alessandro Di Meo/Keystone) Every May, a new batch of young Swiss Roman Catholic soldiers swears allegiance to the Pope. But in […]
Pope says more study needed on role of women deacons in early Church
Philip Pullella ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Tuesday more study was needed on the role of women deacons in the early Christian Church, which eventually […]
Conservatives want Catholic bishops to denounce pope as heretic
Source: Reuters BY Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A group of 19 Catholic priests and academics have urged bishops to denounce Pope Francis as a heretic, in the latest ultra-conservative […]
Pope sends aid to migrants stranded at the US border
Thousands of Central American migrants in Mexico are in need of assistance. By Vatican News Pope Francis has donated 500,000 dollars to assist migrants in Mexico. The funds, from the […]
Vatican working on guidelines to report bishops in abuse cases: sources
Source: Reuters BY Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican is working on a papal document that would establish procedures for Catholics to report bishops suspected of sexual abuse or […]
Pope Makes History By Tapping First African American Bishop To Lead Washington, D.C.
Source: HP VATICAN CITY, April 4 (Reuters) – Pope Francis named the first African-American to the Catholic Church’s most senior U.S. position on Thursday, seeking to end a period of upheaval in a job whose previous two occupants were caught in sexual abuse scandals. Former Atlanta archbishop Wilton Gregory, 71, […]
Conversion is not your mission, pope tells Catholics in Morocco
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 31, 2019 Pope Francis holds a mass at Prince Moulay Abdellah sports complex in Rabat, Morocco, March 31, 2019. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (reuters_tickers) By […]
Pope requires sex abuse claims be reported in Vatican City
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for the Vatican City State and Vatican diplomats that requires the […]
Pope to broaden Muslim dialogue with Morocco visit
By AFP – Mar 28,2019 – JORDAN TIMES African Christian migrants pray in a church ahead of the Pope’s visit, in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday (Reuters photo) VATICANCITY — Pope Francis […]
‘In Islam there is violence and revenge. In Christianity peace, forgiveness and kindness?
Source: CT The letter was posted on Twitter by Nathan Stevens, who describes himself as an Immigration Caseworker specialising in immigration and asylum applications and appeals. Nathan Stevens@nathestevens Excerpt from a home office reasons for refusal letter for a convert to Christianity. I’ve seen a lot over the years, but […]
More Catholics considering leaving the Church over sexual abuse scandal
Source: CT A growing number of Catholics are now questioning their commitment to the Church in the wake of the recent sexual abuse scandal involving young people and priests, a new Gallup poll has found. The poll, which was published on Tuesday, shows that 37 percent of U.S. Catholics, a 15 […]
The Guardian view on Pius XII: a pope not a saint
Opinion Pope Pius XII Editorial Some have accused him of being Hitler’s pope. The decision to open the archives will show if he was guilty of something more than indifference […]
Explainer: What does Cardinal Pell’s conviction mean for the Catholic Church?
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Cardinal George Pell has become the highest ranking Roman Catholic prelate to be convicted on charges of sexual abuse. FILE PHOTO: […]
Analysis: Pope’s sex abuse summit: What it did and didn’t do
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ summit on preventing sexual abuse was never going to meet the expectations placed on it by victims groups, […]
Vatican’s legal procedures for handling sex abuse, explained
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — For centuries, the Vatican’s canon law system busied itself with banning books and dispensing punishments that included burnings at the […]
Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick for sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO, NICOLE WINFIELD and TRISHA THOMAS VATICAN CITY (AP) — Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been found guilty by the Vatican of sex abuse and […]
