In the assessment released on June 9th, the European Watchdog committee states that the Vatican’s efforts towards investigating potential crimes committed by senior officials needs improving.
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Group recommends keeping some Covid restrictions for in-person worship while some remain unvaccinated
The Ecumenical Consultation on Protocols for Worship, Fellowship, and Sacraments, a group of clergy, scientists and other experts, advised congregations to take it slower at houses of worship, where vaccinated and unvaccinated people may occupy the same space.
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Pope Francis: The church needs fragile pastors — not ‘superman’ priests
“My fragility, the fragility of each one of us, is a theological place of encounter with the Lord. The ‘superman’ priests end up badly, all of them,” Pope Francis said.
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Italian nun slain by 3 teen girls ‘fascinated by Satan’ beatified as a martyr
An Italian nun who was stabbed 19 times more than two decades ago by three teenage girls apparently fascinated by Satan was honored Sunday with beatification as a martyr of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Father James Altman raises $640,000 to fight his bishop’s demand to resign
Videos posted by LifeFunder feature Father Altman railing against the Catholic hierarchy, calling bishops who don’t support him “cowards” and a “brood of vipers,” and labeling liberals “left-wing fascist Nazis.”
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The 8 causes U.S. bishops want Catholics to pray for during this year’s Religious Freedom Week
Adoption and foster care, free speech and church vandalism are some of the topics of concern chosen by the U.S. bishops for Religious Freedom Week, which is set for June 22-29.
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Chesterton High School opens in Iraq, with an emphasis on classical education
In the fall, Mar Qardakh School, a kindergarten through ninth grade Catholic institution, will open a high school, the Chesterton Academy of St. Thomas the Apostle, in the northern Iraq city.
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Report: There are 19,000 deacons in the U.S., but that number is dropping.
The number is dropping, mirroring trends seen in religious life and the priesthood for the past half-century.
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Bishops hold emergency meeting on immigration: ‘We have the duty to take care of one another.’
U.S. bishops came together for the first day of an emergency meeting on immigration at Mundelein Seminary outside of Chicago.
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Vatican doubts new claims that St. Peter’s bones are in a forgotten tomb
The remains of St. Peter may have been and possibly still could be buried in catacombs under the Mausoleum of St. Helena, according to a paper published recently by three Italian researchers.