Donations to the annual Peter’s Pence collection were down in 2022, but the amount of money the fund distributed increased significantly thanks to the proceeds of property sales, the Vatican said.
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Podcast: What happens when bishops are under Vatican investigation
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell tells host Colleen Dulle what he has heard from sources who have spoken to the pope in recent days.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis blesses palliums for 32 new archbishops, tells them to follow the example of Sts. Peter and Paul
In his homily at Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on June 29, Pope Francis called on the 32 new archbishops present to follow the example of Sts. Peter and Paul, whose feast the church celebrates today.
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Pope Francis: All saints face opposition—even within the church
In his general audience, Pope Francis describes the evangelizing spirit of St. Mary MacKillop, who dedicated her life to the intellectual and religious formation of the poor in rural Australia.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Days after Wagner coup attempt, Pope Francis sends cardinal for peace talks
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi will be in Moscow June 28-29 “as the envoy of Pope Francis,” the Vatican announced today, on the second stage of a mission to explore ways to help bring an end to the war in Ukraine.
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Benedict XVI’s secretary has been sent away from the Vatican, but his future is unclear
Speculation surrounding the return to Germany of Georg Gänswein is continuing unabated, not least because his status remains unclear now that he has been sent away from the Vatican.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
New research reveals Argentine bishops knew the military junta was ‘disappearing’ people and chose not to speak out publicly
The Argentine bishops knew for certain as early as 1979 that it was the military junta’s official policy to “disappear” people in order to quash opposition. The Vatican urged the bishops’ conference to intervene using all possible means.
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Pope Francis is appointing more young bishops. Will they secure his legacy?
Since February, Pope Francis has appointed four men under age 60 to lead major archdioceses around the world, in what have widely been viewed as efforts to shore up his legacy.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Pope Francis knew about Marko Rupnik’s abuse. Why didn’t he punish him sooner?
When will the day come when we won’t see a headline about the church reluctantly admitting that they have spent several decades protecting yet another predator and feeding yet more victims into the flames?
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Pope Francis declares Mother Lange, founder of first order of Black U.S. nuns, ‘venerable’
Pope Francis has declared venerable Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, founder of the first Catholic order of African American nuns, and Sister Lúcia dos Santos, one of the children who saw the Fátima vision.