Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify “spiritual abuse” as a new crime in order to address cases where priests use purported mystical experiences as a pretext for harming others.
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St. Jude relic tour halted over alleged ‘incident’ involving students and visiting priest
The incident allegedly involved the priest touching a female student’s long hair during a presentation as he was joking with about 200 students gathered to venerate the relic.
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Cardinal Ayuso, top Vatican promoter of interreligious dialogue, dies at 72
Spanish Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, who dedicated his priestly life and ministry to building bridges between Catholics and Muslims, died in Rome Nov. 25 at the age of 72.
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Pope Francis will visit Corsica Dec. 15 after skipping Paris reopening of Notre Dame
Pope Francis has announced he will travel to the French island of Corsica on Dec. 15, visiting France just a week after the scheduled reopening of Notre Dame that he will not be attending.
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St. Thomas Aquinas’ skull traveling to D.C. and seven Eastern states
A touring relic will give the faithful in Washington and seven states a rare opportunity to venerate St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the greatest Christian theologians.
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Pope Francis to make late Italian teenager Carlo Acutis the first millennial and digital saint on April 27
Pope Francis said he will canonize Carlo Acutis next April, setting the eagerly awaited date for the late teenager to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial and digital saint.
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NYC priest who allowed Sabrina Carpenter to shoot a music video in church further stripped of duties
An investigation launched after the video revealed that Msgr. Gigantiello made unauthorized financial transfers to a former top aide in New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, which is being investigated on charges of corruption.
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Local group protests cutting down 200-year-old tree for Vatican’s Christmas
A local Italian group launched an online petition urging Pope Francis, the Vatican and others to stop the “fir tree-icide” of cutting down a 200-year-old red pine to decorate St. Peter’s Square for Christmas.
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Pope Francis: Christian faith that does not work for the poor becomes ‘harmless devotion’
Pope Francis said that Christian faith must disturb the powers that be.
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Pope Francis calls for investigation of possible genocide in Gaza in new book
Pope Francis said the international community should investigate whether Israel’s military actions in Gaza constitute genocide.