Pope Francis has confirmed that members of the Fraternity of St. Peter may continue to celebrate the Mass, sacraments and Liturgy of the Hours using the pre-Vatican II texts and forms, the fraternity said.
Catholic News Service
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Cooks with Collars: Priest cooking competition has raised $110,000 for Catholic Charities
When priests hang up their clerical robes, grab their aprons and head for their kitchens, what’s cooking? The answer can be found online at www.CooksWithCollars.com
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Pope Francis to visit Malta, where St. Paul washed ashore 2,000 years ago
Pope Francis will visit Malta from April 2-3, a Vatican spokesman said. More than 90 percent of the country’s 460,000 people profess to be Catholic.
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Former priest serving life sentence for sexual exploitation dies in prison
Robert McWilliams, 41, was found unresponsive early Feb. 4, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said. It is believed that he died by suicide.
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Read: Pope Benedict XVI’s penitential letter on Munich sexual abuse report
“Each individual case of sexual abuse is appalling and irreparable,” Pope Benedict wrote. “The victims of sexual abuse have my deepest sympathy, and I feel great sorrow for each individual case.”
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A 20-year-old Pakistani man killed by a suicide bomber is on the path to sainthood
Akash Bashir, a 20-year-old volunteer security guard who was killed by a suicide bomber in 2015, is the first Pakistani to be given the title “servant of God,” an initial step on the path to sainthood.
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Top European cardinal: Church teaching on gay people ‘no longer correct’
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich said it was time for a fundamental revision of church teaching, and the way Pope Francis had spoken about homosexuality in the past could lead to a change in doctrine.
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Catholic sister whose rock version of Our Father topped charts dies at 84
Mercy Sister Janet Mead, who earned gold records for her 1974 hit version of the Our Father, died Jan. 26 in her native Adelaide, Australia. She was 84 and had been battling cancer.
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Pope Francis installs women as lectors and catechists
For the first time in modern church history, women have been formally installed as lectors and catechists, by a decree of Pope Francis.
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Poll: Majority support legal limits on abortion, oppose taxpayer funding
A new Knights of Columbus/Marist Poll shows that 71% of Americans support legal limits on abortion and a majority of Americans — 54% — oppose taxpayer funding of abortion.