(CARINO HODDER. The Pillar). Pope Francis’ motu proprio Vos estis lux undi turns five years old this month. First promulgated for an experimental period of three years and now in permanent force, the letter…
Vatican expects 900,000 German pilgrims for the Holy Year
(Katholisch). The Vatican is expecting 900,000 people from Germany to attend a major pilgrimage event next year. The Vatican’s special representative for the Holy Year 2025, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, gave the figure at…
Reading Pope Francis backwards on ‘gender ideology’
(CONDON. The Pillar). Pope Francis has said transgender people must be “accepted and integrated into society” in a private letter to the founder of a dissident Catholic ministry. Continue reading… Subjects: Pope…
RUFFINI: PACE E PAOLO VI – ORBAN, PAPA – TITOLI – MACRON: BOSCHI, GELMINI
(Rossoporpora). Le stimolanti parole di Paolo VI sulla ricerca della pace ricordate a Palazzo Chigi da Paolo Ruffini, durante il II Forum per la libertà religiosa – Orban, la guerra in Ucraina,…
UMC drops decades-old ban on ordaining LGBT clergy without debate
(The Christian Post. Michael Gryboski). The United Methodist General Conference has voted to remove a decades-old ban on ordaining pastors in romantic same-sex relationships after thousands of conservative congregations left the denomination…
Victims: Rupnik’s art cannot be separated from abuse claims
(Federica Tourn. OUR SUNDAY VISITOR). For the rector of the world’s second largest church after St. Peter’s Basilica — the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil — May 11 will be a…
Republicans Voting for Bill That Could Make ‘Bible Illegal’ Outrages MAGA
(Andrew Stanton. Newsweek). MAGA conservatives expressed outrage that congressional Republicans voted for the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act out of fear that the Bible would be illegal. On Wednesday, Congress passed the bill, which…
Francisco llama a caminar con los anglicanos a pesar de la «comunión imperfecta»
(Alfa y Omega. Victoria Isabel Cardiel C.). Reconoce ante la Asamblea de los Primados de la Comunión Anglicana, con el arzobispo de Canterbury al frente, que su papel como Obispo de Roma…
New record: Evangelical Church is losing more members than ever
(Katholisch). Der Mitgliederverlust der beiden großen Kirchen in Deutschland scheint unaufhaltsam: Nun stellte die EKD ihre neue Statistik für das Jahr 2023 vor. Und muss abermals neue Negativ-Rekordwerte hinnehmen. Die evangelische Kirche…
Papa Francesco agli Anglicani: costruiamo la via per l’unità
(Simone Baroncia. korazym). ‘Pace a Voi’, con queste parole stamane papa Francesco ha ricevuto in udienza i partecipanti all’Assemblea dei Primati della Comunione Anglicana, che hanno avuto un colloquio franco sui problemi…
Pope’s study groups reflect changing nature of synod process, theologians say
(CHRISTOPHER WHITE. NCR). In 1960 — two years before the start of the Second Vatican Council — Pope John XXIII established 10 preparatory commissions to lay the foundation of what would become a landmark…
Iglesia católica anima a votar ‘en paz’ en las elecciones del próximo domingo.
(Agencia EFE. LA ESTRELLA DE PANAMÁ). La Conferencia Episcopal de Panamá hizo un llamado este domingo 28 de abril a votar “en paz y fraternidad” en las elecciones del próximo 5 de…
Obispo argentino acusado, enjuiciado y condenado, dice que Francisco le aconsejó ocultar transacciones financieras.
(ACN). Francisco animó a Monseñor Óscar Zanchetta, el antiguo obispo de Orán, Argentina, ahora un depredador homosexual convicto, a cubrir sus huellas financieras. Contuinue reading… Subjects: Argentina, Pope Francis
Mons. Luis Marín: “La parroquia es sin duda alguna un laboratorio de sinodalidad”
(Luis Miguel Modino. Religión Digital). El Sínodo sobre la Sinodalidad realiza su Asamblea Sinodal en dos sesiones, la llevada a cabo en octubre de 2023 y la prevista para el mismo mes…
Revelan nueva información sobre el secuestro del obispo Salvador Rangel: Lo drogaron.
(Frida Tochimani.Tribuna). Ciudad de México.- Fue el día de ayer, martes 30 de abril del 2024, cuando la titular de la Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana (SSPC), Rosa Icela Rodríguez, habló sobre el secuestro del obispo emérito Salvador…
Senado aprueba 12 años de cárcel a quien realice terapias de conversión en menores.
(Luis Carlos Rodríguez. El Universal). El pleno del Senado de la República aprobó un dictamen para imponer hasta 12 años de cárcel a quien realice terapias de conversión sexual en menores, debido a que representan prácticas…
KENYA: SECAM Constitutes Special Commission to Discern Theological and Pastoral Implications of Polygamy in the African Church
(Paschal Norbert. CISA) In line with the directive from the First Session of Synod on Synodality in 2023, the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has constituted a commission to…
A sus 65 años, CLAR insta a la vida religiosa a “recuperar su voz profética”
(Global Sisters Report. Rina Guidos). Miembros de la Confederación Latinoamericana de Religiosos decoran una tela para un altar el 18 de abril de 2024 en el campus El Tabor de la Universidad…
KENYA: Fiducia Supplicans Drowned Synodality in Africa, ‘We are coming back on track,’ says Cardinal Ambongo
(Paschal Norbert. CISA). Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo has said that the Church in Africa is united ahead of the 2024 Second Session of the Synod on Synodality set to begin in October and…
Cardenal Pizzaballa, Patriarca de Jerusalem,sobre la situación en Gaza: «Una cosa es cierta: nada volverá a ser como antes
(ACN/InfoCatólica). El Patriarca de Jerusalén, Cardenal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ha asegurado en una entrevista con Vatican News que «cuando nos reunimos en noviembre para mantener una larga conversación 30 días después del comienzo…
Bishops: New Biden HHS Obamacare rule advances ‘ideological view of sex’
(CNA. Peter Pinedo). The U.S. bishops issued a statement criticizing a new Biden administration change to the Affordable Care Act that requires health providers to perform or cover sex-change surgeries and therapies. …
Papa Francisco recibió a Dilma Rousseff en el Vaticano.
(Gaudium Press). Esta es la cuarta vez que se reúnen desde que Francisco fue elegido Papa en 2013. En la mañana del pasado sábado 27 de abril, el Papa Francisco recibió en…
Four-year study released showing impact of abuse crisis on Catholic community in England and Wales
(The Catholic Herald). Durham University’s Centre for Catholic Studies has released what is being described as the first study into how the clerical child sexual abuse crisis has impacted “the whole Catholic…
Il Jesuit Refugee Service del Regno Unito contro la deportazione dei rifugiati in Rwanda
(La Civiltà Cattolica). Il Jesuit Refugee Service del Regno Unito (JRS UK), l’organizzazione dei gesuiti che assiste migranti e rifugiati, ha espresso le sue gravi preoccupazioni sull’imminente attuazione dei piani del governo britannico per arrestare i…
Catholic imprint on six ‘swing states’ may shape the global future
(Crux. John L. Allen Jr.). Were you to ask veteran Vatican-watchers to name the six most important prelates in the Catholic Church today beyond the pope himself, you’d probably get a fairly…
Diakonie President Rüdiger Schuch on dealing with right-wing extremists in the Diakonie organisation
(Diakonie Deustchland). Diakonie-Präsident Rüdiger Schuch hat sich in einem am Dienstag veröffentlichten Interview mit den Zeitungen der Funke-Mediengruppe klar zum evangelischen Profil der Diakonie und zum Umgang mit rechtsextremen Mitarbeitenden geäußert. Continue…
Il parroco di Aleppo: ‘Soluzioni vere alla crisi siriana per poterci rialzare’
(AsiaNews. Chiara Zappa). P. Bahjat Karakach, francescano della comunità latina, racconta la difficile situazione nella martoriata città afflitta da tredici anni di guerra, dal terremoto e ora anche dai contraccolpi del conflitto…
The Apostolic Vicar of South Arabia Bishop Paolo Martinelli: Interreligious education makes humanity more fraternalabu
(Exaudi). “The religious dimension is a constitutive part of the educational experience. Religion penetrates the heart of the anthropological experience, since it concerns the relationship of each person with God, to collaborate…
Entrevista a Cardenal Bechara Boutros Rai: “La Iglesia sufre junto al pueblo libanés”
(Omnes. Bernard Larraín). El Patriarca maronita de Antioquía y de todo Oriente es la figura cristiana más importante del Líbano y su rol es central en la vida pública de la sociedad….
Papabili(ty): The cardinals who have seen their prospects in the next conclave harmed and improved by recent news events
(John L Allen Jr. Catholic Herald). Stock markets are notoriously fickle, forever expanding or contracting on the basis of whatever new wind happens to blow. Let a coup occur in Bahrain, and…