The Vatican has accused its first-ever auditor general of “going beyond his powers” in hiring an external firm to carry out investigations on the private lives of officials of the Holy See. The announcement comes after the auditor-general, Libero Milone, who resigned last June, broke his silence on Saturday and told reporters that he had been […]
News
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis critics continue to seek answers on ‘Amoris Laetitia’ in ‘filial correction’
A group of lay theologians and clergy opposed “Amoris Laetitia” have released a letter “correcting” Pope Francis, part of an ongoing effort directed against the pope’s focus on pastoral outreach to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics.
Posted inFaith, News
Father Stanley Rother is the first U.S.-born priest to be named ‘blessed’
Father Stanley Rother is the first U.S. born priest to be named ‘blessed’
Posted inFaith, News
The cries of the Rohingyas are the cries of humanity, Dhaka archbishop says
Cardinal Patrick D’Rozario, the archbishop of Dhaka, has described the recent attack on the Rohingya community in Myanmar, as “a crime against humanity.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Hispanic Heritage Month raises questions about identity for Latino Catholics
“It is good to rediscover our history and welcome the diversity of the people in the United States.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
With prayer, Catholics in Puerto Rico deal with Hurricane Maria’s wrath
When the hurricane hit the island with winds of up to 155 miles per hour, it tore out cables, roofs from homes and buildings, uprooted palm trees and even bent a cross anchored to a cement post at the entrance of a Jesuit school.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis says he’s worried about growing anti-migrant sentiment
Pope Francis said he is worried that even Catholics are arguing against accepting more migrants and refugees into their communities, and they often cite an ill-defined “‘moral obligation’ to preserve the original cultural and religious identity” of their nations.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
How church-based charities are providing earthquake relief in Mexico
In the aftermath of two earthquakes in the span of two weeks in Mexico church-based relief agencies have been on the ground providing food, shelter and repairs.
Posted inFaith, News
Kansas nun shares memories of her brother who is on path to sainthood
Sister Marita Rother really didn’t get to know her brother, Father Stanley Rother, as a priest until she visited him in Guatemala in the 1970s.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
American College of Physicians reaffirms opposition to physician-assisted suicide
The American College of Physicians called for better promotion of palliative and hospice care, which opponents of physician-assisted suicide say are underutilized areas of medicine that could address concerns of patients facing difficult illnesses.