Pope Francis: Every Country Should Welcome As Many Refugees As Possible
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla CIRO FUSCO VIA GETTY IMAGES Pope Francis talks with journalists aboard a plane, at the end of his visit to Geneva on June 21 […]
Pope to make Vatican changes in push for reform, transparency
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will be making several significant changes in the Vatican in the next few weeks and months to bring in […]
For what’s believed to be the first time, the Vatican uses the term ‘LGBT’ in official document
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein (iStock) The Vatican this month is showing unprecedented, if symbolic, outreach on issues of human sexuality, using for what’s believed to be the first […]
Vatican promises to hear more abuse complaints in Chile
Source: Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A papal envoy looking into clerical sexual abuse is leaving Chile, but he says the Vatican will continue collecting testimony from people who […]
Papal explainer: Pope Francis’ Geneva trip in a nutshell
By Simon Bradley This content was published on June 20, 2018 Pope Francis waves to a crowd at the Vatican on June 2, 2018 (Keystone) The pope is flying into Geneva […]
Vatican open to official role for women and married men in Amazon
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 […]
Vatican’s top sex abuse investigators promise action in Chile
Source: Reuters BY Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The Vatican’s top sex abuse investigators arrived in Chile on Tuesday saying they had orders from Pope Francis to ensure the Roman […]
Vatican stalls German bishops’ plan to give Protestants Communion
Source: Religion News Service ROME (RNS) – Disagreements between Catholic bishops in Germany about plans to give Communion to Protestants have spilled out into the wider Roman Catholic Church. Last Monday […]
Vatican-backed family rally to have speech on welcoming gays
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — An international family rally the Catholic Church is hosting in Ireland will feature workshops on hot-button issues facing Catholic families, […]
Vatican open to official role for women and married men in Amazon
Source: CNN By Delia Gallagher and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Rome (CNN) The Vatican says it is open to discussing the ordination of married men and an official role for women, to address […]
Vatican ex-diplomat on trial for ‘child sex abuse images’
Source: BBC News A senior Vatican official who served as a diplomat to the US will face charges of possessing images that show child sex abuse, the Holy See said. […]
Pope begins purge in Chilean church over sex abuse scandal
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis began purging Chile’s Catholic hierarchy on Monday over an avalanche of sex abuse and cover-up cases, starting with accepting the resignations of the bishop at the center of the scandal and two others. More heads were expected to […]
Pope to address oil majors in Vatican climate conference
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican will host executives of the world’s top oil companies for a conference next week on climate change and the […]
Never again: Pope denounces ‘culture of abuse, cover-up’
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and EVA VERGARA VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis became the first pope to publicly denounce a “culture of abuse and cover-up” in the […]
Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Vatican Conservative, Dies at 88
Source: The New York Times By Sam Roberts Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, a vigorous conservative voice in the Vatican and influential figure in the Latin American church who drew attention for […]
Jewish group questions sainthood for WWII-era cardinal
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — A leading Jewish organization has criticized the Vatican’s decision to move World War II-era Cardinal August Hlond along the path […]
God made you like that
Source: CNN A victim of clerical sexual abuse has said that Pope Francis told him that God made him gay and that his sexuality “does not matter.” Juan Carlos Cruz, a survivor of sexual abuse, spent three days with Pope Francis at the Vatican in April, in which he discussed […]
Chile’s bishops resign en masse over sex abuse cover-up
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — In the biggest shake-up yet in the Catholic Church’s long-running sex abuse scandal, every active Chilean bishop offered to resign […]
Ecumenical pilgrimage Why is the pope visiting the Geneva-based World Council of Churches?
By Simon Bradley This content was published on May 15, 2018 Pope Francis (right) with Bishop Angelo De Donatis as he meets with the bishops, priests, religious and lay […]
Vatican Denounces Offshore Tax Havens
Source: Wall Street Journal BY Francis X. Rocca ROME—The Vatican denounced the use of offshore tax havens and financial instruments such as debt securitizations that are seen as factors behind […]