Dispatches

Vatican watchers suggest the leak intended to discredit Pell

Pope Francis has appointed Charles Scicluna the Vatican rsquo s former chief prosecutor of clergy who abuse minors as archbishop of Malta The Vatican made the announcement on Feb 27 though the news had been broken some days earlier by the press in Malta The 55-year-old Toronto-born Maltese prelat

Earlier this week the National Catholic Reporter did a story on the surveys being conducted by all the dioceses of the United States in prepartion for October rsquo s Synod on the Family Again this is all part of the two year consultation process that Pope Francis began over a year ago to discuss

You kind of had to be there. And thanks to Netflix, you still can be.

An ecumenical theater troupe sparks conversation with ‘The Merchant of Venice’

The Catholic Archbishop of Coro Archbishop Roberto L ckert affirms that the arrest of the mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma quot is adding fuel to the fire quot to the continuing conflict between Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition forces On Feb 19 about 100 Venezuelan police of

Who gets to be in the Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts There are 19 branches to the Academy — 17 for specific fields like Acting Directing Set Design and two ndash Members-at-Large and associates — for people who don rsquo t fit in the other categoriesTo get into the Academy you have to b

Years after he had been appointed Bishop of Xai-Xai in Mozambique now Cardinal J lio Duarte Langa 87 was asked how he had reacted to the announcement He explained ldquo Well I think the Holy Father at the time was looking for someone better and not finding anyone exceptional he just settled f