Cardinal Christoph Schönborn said that the publication of Archbishop Gänswein’s tell-all book on Pope Benedict’s private communications was “unseemly.”
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McCarrick’s lawyers seek to prove disgraced former cardinal not competent to stand trial
As Theodore McCarrick faces criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy, the disgraced former cardinal’s legal defense team is now claiming he is in steep mental and physical decline and therefore not able to stand trial.
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Diocese issues guidance on gender dysphoria, calling for compassion and coherence with church teaching
New guidance and policies on ministering to people experiencing gender dysphoria released Jan. 16 by the Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa, call for compassion and coherence with the church’s teaching on gender and identity.
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Sister André, a French nun and oldest known person in world, dies at age 118
Sister André, a Catholic convert raised in a Protestant family, was born Lucile Randon Feb. 11, 1904. She lived through the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and through 10 pontificates.
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Pope Francis prays for victims of church bombing in Congo two weeks before visit
Authorities say Sunday’s bombing in Kasindi, a town in North Kivu province, killed at least 14 people and injured more than 60.
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Catholic priest burned to death in Nigeria
Deadly violence hit Christians in Africa Jan. 15, with a Catholic priest in northern Nigeria burned to death and as many as 17 Christians killed in a blast in eastern Congo.
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Funeral for Cardinal Pell, critic and close advisor of Pope Francis, held at Vatican
Pope Francis imparted the final blessing at the funeral of Cardinal Pell, who decried his papacy as a “catastrophe.”
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Cardinal Pell blasts Pope Francis in secret memo: ‘This pontificate is a disaster’
Cardinal Pell, who died Tuesday, had written a memo outlining his concerns about Pope Francis’ papacy, which was published soon after his death.
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In one of his last interviews, Cardinal Pell praised Pope Benedict as ‘one of the finest theologians of the last century’
In his interview with OSV News, Cardinal Pell said Pope Benedict XVI “was one of the finest theologians of the last century” and “the best theologian who was ever the pope.”
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Jonathan Roumie of ‘The Chosen’ to speak at March for Life
Jonathan Roumie, known for his role as “Jesus” in the television series The Chosen, and other Catholic speakers are in the lineup for this year’s 50th annual national March for Life on Jan. 20.