Lay groups in Germany involved in the local Church’s controversial Synodal Way say they will continue demanding the right to preach at Mass, defying a recent rejection by the Vatican of the proposal.
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Extraordinary consistory signals Pope Leo’s push to work with cardinals on global challenges
As the second consistory of the year, the pope is making good on the cardinals’ requests for further collaboration, which the college expressed during the general congregations prior to his election last year.
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Pope Leo XIV approves new statutes for child protection commission
The new statutes mark a milestone for the commission, which has faced criticism from former members and survivors over its lack of enforcement power.
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Northern Ireland: Bishop denounces rioters stoking ‘flames of racism’ in Belfast
The Bishop said the riots and continued attacks against migrants “will not resolve any underlying issues, and violence will have to give way to dialogue and engagement.”
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On same-sex blessings in Germany, cardinal calls talk of Vatican sanctions ‘premature’
Speaking to journalists in Rome May 6, Cardinal Pietro Parolin was asked if the Vatican intends to impose sanctions on the German bishops after the continued promotion of a handbook for blessing same-sex couples.
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Suspect arrested for assault against French nun in Jerusalem
“The Israel Police treats any attack on members of the clergy and religious communities with the utmost seriousness and applies a policy of zero tolerance to all acts of violence,” a statement from Israeli police read.
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Benedictine abbot warns of Holy Land becoming ‘Christian Disneyland’
The abbot of Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion fears that the “Holy Land could become a kind of ‘Christian Disneyland’” where holy places, monks and priests remain while there “may be no Christian families, no young Christians, no ordinary Christian life.”
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Pope Leo at final Mass in Equatorial Guinea: The Gospel message brings freedom, justice and hope
(OSV News) — On his last day in Equatorial Guinea, Pope Leo XIV reminded Catholics in the country to seek strength, justice and hope from the Gospel and the sacraments. “If you are oppressed by injustice, he is justice; if you are in need of help, he is strength; if you fear death, he is life; if […]
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One year later, Pope Francis’ nurse remembers him as ‘a second father’
As the Catholic Church commemorates the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ death in Rome and beyond, his personal nurse, who attended him until the end, remembered the man he regarded as “a second father.”
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Pope Leo pays tribute to Pope Francis, urges Catholics to proclaim truth in troubled world
Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to Pope Francis and called on Catholics to follow the late pontiff’s example in proclaiming the truth in a troubled world.