Five alleged victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Slovenian Father Marko Rupnik have called for a response from the Vatican.
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Vatican’s UN diplomat: Hate speech violates command to love one’s neighbor
Archbishop Christophe Z. el-Kassis, apostolic nuncio and the Holy See’s permanent observer to the U.N., shared his thoughts in a statement during the Sept. 17 “Global Conference on Promoting Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue and Tolerance in Countering Hate Speech.”
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Vatican Notebook: The convening power of the church
The Catholic Church—and particularly Pope Leo—have an impressive ability to bring diverse people together to focus on the things that are most important to humanity.
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New document affirms Vatican II teaching on interreligious dialogue for 60th anniversary of ‘Nostra Aetate’
A new Vatican document affirms the teaching on the Church’s relationship with people of other faiths, while inviting humanity to enter upon a common “journey of hope.”
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Pope Leo calls for ‘culture of negotiation’ at meeting of North and South American leaders
This was the fourth of the synodal style encounters that were inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti,” published in October 2020.
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Pope Leo celebrates his 71st birthday—by giving gifts to the Vatican
Pope Leo restored full salaries to cardinals, senior officials, clerics and women and men religious working in the Holy See. He also extended available space to the Vatican Library and archives.
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Is Pope Leo ‘Americanizing’ Vatican fundraising?
Narratives that say “Francis ate with the poor; Leo eats with the rich” are oversimplifying the approaches of the two popes to Vatican finances.
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A long-awaited reckoning: A timeline of the Father Marko Rupnik case
For over three decades, the allegations of abuse against Slovenian artist and ex-Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik were met with cover-ups and bureaucratic delays.
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Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document
The more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”
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Pope Leo: Catholics cannot be ‘unengaged spectators’ amid ‘injustice, discrimination and violence’
In a new series of reflections on the Second Vatican Council’s pastoral constitution “Gaudium et Spes,” Pope Leo said the faithful are called to leave behind “all passivity and indifference” toward current events.