Pope Francis Affirms His Attachment to Priestly Celibacy
The main objective of this congress is to deepen the relationship between the fundamental priesthood of the baptized and the ministerial priesthood. The subject seems interesting but it is also full of pitfalls. Indeed, the modern tendency is to divide the priesthood between the priests, possessing the priestly character, and the laity, which amounts to […]
In Tigray, Christianity May Be Erased
The British daily The Times, in its February 8, 2022 edition, allows Hagos Abraha Abay to speak. This Ethiopian philologist has turned into a whistleblower, in order to make the West aware of what is happening in his home country. For several months, in fact, numerous works of art and Christian manuscripts of great value […]
Sri Lankan court acquits security officials over Easter attacks
April 21, 2021: Catholics mark the second anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that killed more than 260 people. / Ruwan Walpola/Shutterstock Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb 18, 2022 / 13:00 pm (CNA). A court in Sri Lanka on Friday acquitted two former security officials who charged with negligence relating to the […]
Vatican Finance Trial: Financial Authority Joins Trial as Civil Party
Courtesy photo A hearing in the Vatican finance trial is held on Nov. 17, 2021. On the sidelines of Friday’s hearing, Cardinal Becciu gave a statement to the media about his financial giving to Spes Cooperative, the non-profit managed by his brother, denying that he intended to favor family members.
Pope Francis: Eastern Catholic Churches Have Shown Heroic Faith Amid Miseries of War
National Catholic Register Pope Francis meets participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall on Feb. 18. The Eastern Churches’ plenary assembly marks the 25th anniversary of the Vatican’s publication of the ‘Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern […]
Second Summit with Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Could Be Held in June-July
Courtesy photo Pope Francis meets with Patriarch Kirill in Havana, Cuba on Feb. 12, 2016. Pope Francis has sought to strengthen Catholic-Orthodox ties since his election in 2013.
Pope Francis Advances Sainthood Cause of Argentine Cardinal Who Organized 1st World Youth Days
Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1920-1998). Pope Francis has said that Cardinal Pironio was his friend when they both lived in Argentina.
Pope advances causes of four religious, cardinal who organized first WYDs
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Argentine Cardinal Eduardo Pironio, the prelate who organized and oversaw the first six international celebrations of World Youth Day.
As Russia threatens Ukraine, pope decries warmongering, prays for Catholics in danger
Meeting leaders of the Eastern Catholic churches — many from countries at war, facing the threat of war or dealing with the destruction left by war — Pope Francis said human beings seem to be “attached to wars, and this is tragic.”
At Vatican fraud trial, lawyers argue pope violated defendants' rights
Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s fraud and extortion trial on Feb. 18 accused Pope Francis of violating their clients’ human rights by issuing four secret, executive decrees that gave prosecutors free reign to investigate in ways that deprived the suspects of basic legal guarantees.