The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors issued findings and recommendations in its pilot annual report, specifically calling for greater transparency from the Vatican’s sex abuse office, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
News
Posted inFaith, News
Puerto Rico archbishop to Trump: ‘You, personally, apologize’ for racist remarks at rally
The Archbishop of San Juan has demanded former President Donald Trump personally apologize for racist remarks directed at Puerto Rico and others at his Oct. 27 rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis calls for a ‘church that gets its hands dirty’ at synod’s closing Mass
Pope Francis delivered a homily during the closing Mass for the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 27.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis says he will not write his own exhortation on synod, publishes members’ final document
“I do not intend to publish an apostolic exhortation. What we have approved is enough,” Pope Francis said. Instead, he ordered the publication of the synod’s final document.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican releases audio of meeting on women deacons between Cardinal Fernández and synod members
“I am convinced that we cannot wait to take steps forward for the empowerment of women in the church” by distinguishing what requires ordination and what does not, Cardinal Fernández told about 100 synod members.
Posted inFaith, News
Cardinals working at the Vatican take a pay cut
The 18 cardinals who head Vatican offices will find a little less in their pay envelopes starting Nov. 1.
Posted inFaith, News
Synod discusses what giving ‘genuine doctrinal authority’ to bishops’ conferences would mean
Recognizing the doctrinal authority of bishops’ conferences does not mean allowing them to reject the teaching authority of the pope, said the head of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican and China renew agreement on naming bishops for four more years
The Vatican and the Chinese government are renewing their agreement on the appointment of bishops for four years.
Posted inFaith, News
Cardinal Fernandez affirms Pope Francis’ opposition to women deacons, says study will focus on women’s roles
“We know that the Holy Father has expressed that at this time the issue of the female diaconate is not mature and has asked that we not entertain this possibility for now,” Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández told the synod Oct. 21.
Posted inFaith, News
Indigenous priest shot dead in Mexico’s increasingly violent Chiapas state
Father Marcelo Pérez, an Indigenous Tzotzil priest and peace activist, was murdered after celebrating Sunday Mass in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state.