Pope Francis attends funeral of Cardinal Sodano

Pope Francis attends the funeral Mass of Cardinal Angelo Sodano in St. Peter’s Basilica, May 31, 2022. / Vatican Media. Vatican City, May 31, 2022 / 06:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Tuesday attended the funeral Mass of the former Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the […]

Christians question sealing of church in eastern India (UCANews)

Officials in a village in the eastern Indian state of Odisha (Orissa) (map) have ordered the faithful to stay away from a church following a report of a conversion. An estimated 100 Christians were murdered, and 50,000 fled their homes, during a 2008 anti-Christian pogrom in the state.

Kirill to Onufriy: There is no autonomy without my approval (Orthodox Times)

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), led by Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv, recently stated its desire for independence from the Russian Orthodox Church—leading to a response from Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) is older than, and distinct from, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), led by Metropolitan Epiphanius I.

Pope: Study of history can offer valuable way to foster peace (Vatican News)

In an address to the members of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences (Italian-language website), Pope Francis emphasized that “adherence to firmly documented reality remains indispensable to the historian, without idealistic escapes into a supposedly consoling past.” “Your Committee, formed at the behest of the Venerable Pius XII to be at the service of the […]