Top officials in Vatican Secretariat of State test positive for COVID-19

ROME — As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues spreading rapidly in Italy, the Vatican press office said both Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, the substitute for general affairs in the secretariat, have tested positive for the coronavirus. Parolin, who turned 67 Jan. 17, has “mild symptoms,” according […]

Synodality and ecumenism require walking together, say cardinals

ROME — All Christians are invited to pray for unity and continue to journey together, said Cardinals Mario Grech, general secretary of the Synod of the Bishops, and Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Toward that end, the two offices came together to offer a prayer, which could be […]

Ireland’s Clergy Crisis

The Catholic Church in Ireland is on life support after spending years capitulating to a sinful world and betraying Christ. Priests and religious are dying off faster than they can be replaced. Church Militant’s Trey Blanton has the shocking new numbers coming out of the Emerald Isle. Ireland had just over 2,500 priests, active and retired, in […]