Vatican opens archives on history’s most controversial pope
Vatican opens archives on history’s most controversial pope AFP 1st March 2020 Watch: A look inside the Vatican’s secret wartime archives (Reuters) The Vatican unseals the archives […]
Pope backs Iraqi call for its sovereignty to be respected
Jan 25, 2020 – swissinfo.ch By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis met Iraq’s president on Saturday and the two agreed that the country’s sovereignty must be respected, […]
Two popes, plotting cardinals and the fallout of an explosive book
Source: The Guardian By Angela Giuffrida, who is the Guardian’s Rome correspondent Benedict and his inner circle are accused of intervening to halt Pope Francis relaxing celibacy rules as the […]
Retired Pope Benedict warns Francis against relaxing priestly celibacy rules
Source: BBC Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church as his successor considers easing a ban on married men serving as priests. Pope Benedict made the appeal in a book co-authored with Cardinal Robert Sarah. It comes in response to a proposal […]
Violence is wrong – but does it really matter that the Pope slapped that woman’s hand away?
Source: Letters to the Indepenent An 83-year-old man gets his arm grabbed causing obvious pain, and as the person won’t let go, he slaps her hand twice, for which he […]
Pope Francis apologises after slapping woman’s hand
Pontiff admits ‘sometime even I lose patience’, referring to incident with pilgrim at Vatican Source: The Guardian Pope Francis has apologised after slapping a woman’s hand as he greeted pilgrims […]
Pope and U.N. chief appeal for environment, religious tolerance
Dec 20, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appealed for nuclear disarmament, environmental protection and religious tolerance. The pope […]
Catholic abuse legal reckoning: New wave of lawsuits could cost church over $4B
Source: Global News By Bernard Condon and Jim Mustian At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, […]
Pope Francis Decrees Name Change For Vatican Secret Archive
Source: NPR BY Scott Neuman Pope Francis is hoping to give the Vatican Secret Archive an image makeover by changing the name of the ancient collection to something less mysterious. […]
Catholic Church: Could Pope Francis say ‘yes’ to married priests?
Source: BBC News By Lebo Diseko Catholic bishops from around the world are meeting at the Vatican to discuss the future of the Church in the Amazon. Over the next […]
Pope calls for global commitment to put out Amazon fires
Source: Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday called for a global commitment to put out the fires in the Amazon, saying the area was essential for the […]
Search for Missing Teenager in Vatican Cemetery Unearths Thousands of Bones Image
Source: The New York Times Earlier this month, workers opened two tombs on Vatican’s grounds as part of an inquiry into the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, 15.CreditCreditAgence France-Presse — Getty […]
Married men as priests? This could be the start of a Roman Catholic revolution
Source: The Guardian BY Joanna Moorhead The Vatican has opened debate on ordaining married men to meet a shortage, showing its ability to be pragmatic and to react Desperate times […]
Why Pope Francis may open the door to married 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 […]
Roman Catholic church could allow married men to become priests
Source: CTV The Vatican formally opened debate Monday on letting married men be ordained as priests in remote parts of the Amazon where priests are so few that Catholics can […]
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 […]
