Climate activists disrupt archbishop’s Mass in Turin
Turin Cathedral. / Credit: Eccekevin |Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 4.0 CNA Staff, Dec 4, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Climate activists in Italy over the weekend disrupted a Mass celebrated by Turin Archbishop Roberto Repole, with the demonstrators reading from Pope Francis’ works on the environment during the incident. Activists with the climate group Extinction Rebellion appeared […]
Pope Francis Signs Interfaith Climate Statement as Part of COP28 Summit in Dubai
Daniel Ibanez/CNA Pope Francis at his general audience on Nov. 22, 2023. On Sunday, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin delivered greetings from Pope Francis at the inauguration of the faith pavilion.
Climate Activists Disrupt Archbishop’s Mass in Turin
Eccekevin Turin Cathedral. Video showed the demonstrators reading from the Pope’s documents, at one point while surrounded by the archbishop and two other clergy.
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Explosion at university in southern Philippines kills four people during morning Mass
A deadly bomb that exploded during a Mass Dec. 3 killed at least four people and injured dozens at a university in a predominantly Muslim city in southern Philippines. Media reports that the explosion caused panic among dozens of students and teachers in a gymnasium where Mass was taking place, at Mindanao State University in […]
Pope says health improving (AP)
Pope Francis assured the faithful that his health is improving, but did not read his message at his regular Sunday audience on December 3. The Pontiff did not come to the window to address the crowd in St. Peter’s Square, but in a video presentation said: “I won’t be able to read everything. I’m getting […]
Climate activists disrupt Mass in Turin cathedral (Katholisch (German))
A group of climate activists disrupted Sunday Mass in the cathedral of Turin, Italy, shouting passages from the encyclical Laudato Si’ during the homily. Archbishop Roberto Repole responded to the disruption by telling reporters that he appreciated the demonstrators’ commitment to the environmentalist cause, “I was displeased that they simply took the floor without asking […]
Council of Cardinals meets to discuss feminine role (Vatican News)
The Council of Cardinals is meeting in Rome this week, to discuss the “feminine dimensions of the Church.” At a November 30 audience with members of the International Theological Commission, Pope Francis said said that the Church needed more feminine influence and disclosed that the topic would be on the agenda for his advisory board. […]
Witnesses say imprisoned Nicaraguan bishop suffering mistreatment (CNA)
Bishop Rolando Alvarez, who has been imprisoned by Nicaragua’s government, is suffering mistreatment and possibly even torture, witnesses told a congressional hearing in Washington, DC. Last week the Ortega regime released video footage of the jailed bishop, responding to complaints that the government has not even provided assurance that he is still alive. At the […]
Cardinal Burke officially notified of Pope’s decision on Vatican apartment (Pillar)
Cardinal Raymond Burke has been notified that he must begin paying market-rate rent on his Vatican apartment, or vacate it by the end of February 2024. The formal notification to the American cardinal arrived a week after the publication of reports that Pope Francis, at a November 20 meeting, had informed officials of the Roman […]