The Catholic Church’s highest ranking prelate in the Holy Land offered his “absolute availability” to be exchanged for Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas.
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
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Cardinal: Synod is not about ‘particular problems’ like women’s ordination and same-sex blessings
The synod on synodality is not geared to “resolve particular problems” in the Catholic Church, such as the blessing of same-sex unions or women’s ordination, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa, Congo, said.
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Pope Francis expresses openness to same-sex blessings in response to cardinal critics
Pope Francis has responded to a “dubia” letter written by five cardinals in regard to their concerns on the church clarifying doctrinal questions such as the ordination of women and blessing homosexual unions.
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At Synod vigil, Pope Francis prays for church’s purification from ‘gossip, ideologies and polarization’
Pope Francis prays alongside 12 Christian leaders at an ecumenical prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Square days before the Synod on Synodality that ‘the Holy Spirit will purify the church from gossip, ideologies, and polarization.
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Pope Francis’ peace day message: A.I. must be used in ‘service of humanity’
Signaling the Vatican’s growing engagement in efforts to ensure the ethical development of new technologies, the Vatican has announced that “Artificial Intelligence and Peace” will be the theme for the next World Day of Peace.
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Pope Francis fields questions on abuse, his health on return flight to Rome
After a five-day trip to Portugal, which recently came to terms with its own clerical sex abuse crisis, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must abandon its practice of covering up abuse and instead be “very open” about how it is confronting the crime.
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Pope Francis at World Youth Day: There is space in the church for ‘everyone, everyone, everyone!’
Pope Francis told some 500,000 singing, shouting and swaying young people that God has called each person to him by name, not their social media handle.
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As sex abuse crisis hits Portugal, Pope Francis says listen to the ‘anguished cry of the victims’
Pope Francis addressed Portuguese bishops, priests, religious and pastoral workers after praying vespers at the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon Aug. 2, the first day of his trip to Portugal.
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Catholic universities must engage with A.I.’s development, Cardinal says
Catholic universities must not recoil from the daunting risks of artificial intelligence but become proactively involved in its ethical development, said the head of the Dicastery for Culture and Education.
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New Vatican doctrine head expresses openness to same-sex couple blessings, if it doesn’t cause confusion about marriage
The Catholic Church must take great care to avoid rites or blessings that suggest marriage is anything other than a sacramental bond between one man and one woman, the incoming prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office said.