Here’s what will be new at the Synod on Synodality
Before the second session of the Synod on Synodality kicks off in Rome at the beginning of October, participants will gather in retreat to pray together and ask forgiveness for sins in a penitential prayer vigil led by Pope Francis
Cardinal says Vatican study group to work on bringing Synodality to Papal Nuncios
(Nirmala Carvalho. Crux)
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay in India, has been appointed coordinator of the study group that will evaluate the functioning and role of Apostolic Nuncios, the papal Representatives in the Church worldwide, usually serving as the ambassador to the country
The Vatican’s delicate diplomatic vacancy
(Luke Coppen. The Pillar)
Archbishop Ante Jozić, the outgoing apostolic nuncio to Belarus, celebrated a farewell Mass Sunday at the baroque Catholic cathedral in the capital, Minsk
Cardinal Parolin denies involvement in plan to increase Latin Mass restrictions
(Michael Haynes. Life Site News).
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, denied his rumored involvement with alleged new restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass.
Q&A with Sr. Josée Ngalula, first African woman appointed to Vatican theological commission
(Sarah Mac Donald. National Catholic Reporter)
A Sister of St. Andrew, Josée Ngalula is the first African woman appointed to the International Theological Commission, the church’s premiere advisory body on theology and the church’s magisterium, notably the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. She is one of just five women theologians on the 28-member pontifical commission
Vatican and ZdK hold first talks since ‘synodal way’
(Luke Coppen. The Pillar)
Vatican officials and leaders of the lay Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) held their first face-to-face talks this week since the launch of Germany’s controversial synodal way.
Solidarietà Adlv ai due dipendenti Ior a rischio licenziamento
(A.D.L.V.)
L’esecutivo Adlv ribadisce la propria vicinanza ai due dipendenti dello IOR che rischiano il licenziamento per essersi sposati. E si augura che in Vaticano, i regolamenti non prevalgano sui sacramenti.
Rome “synodals” while the world burn
(THE CATHOLIC WORLD. Larry Chapp).
The inattention to the obvious elephant in the living room has led to the almost comical spectacle of a self-referential Church spending time and treasure on the completely irrelevant topic of ecclesial structures.
Almudena Martínez Bodrio. Aciprensa
La Oficina de prensa de la Santa Sede ha dado a conocer este 2 de septiembre el calendario de ceremonias que el Papa Francisco presidirá en el mes de octubre, marcado por el Sínodo de la Sinodalidad y varias canonizaciones.
New President of Centesimus Annus Foundation appointed
(Vatican News)
Professor Paolo Garonna succeeds to Professor Anna Maria Tarantola as new President of the Vatican-chartered academic institution founded in 1993 to promote the legacy of the St. John Paul II’s social encyclical by the same name
Almudena Martínez-Bordiú. Aciprensa
La Oficina de prensa de la Santa Sede ha dado a conocer este 2 de septiembre el calendario de ceremonias que el Papa Francisco presidirá en el mes de octubre, marcado por el Sínodo de la Sinodalidad y varias canonizaciones.
Tras su extenso viaje por Asia y Oceanía en septiembre y sus visitas a Bélgica y Luxemburgo a finales de mes, el Papa Francisco afrontará un octubre igualmente intenso.
German lawyer Selmayr new EU ambassador to the Vatican
(Katholisch).
Martin Selmayr has already gained experience at the EU Commission. Now the German lawyer is moving to Rome, where he will represent the European Union not only to the Holy See and the Order of Malta.
New Vatican Document Uses “BCE” Instead of “BC.” Wait. What?
For those unclear, BC is “before Christ.” Modern secularist demand that we write BCE (Before Common Era” whatever that means. But to think that people in the Vatican in charge of translating the pope’s words are so secularized as to make this mistake is quite telling.
Pope Francis meets Middle East Catholic bishops amid fears of all-out war in region
(CNA. Hannah Brockhaus).
Pope Francis met Wednesday with the Latin-rite Catholic leaders of some of the Middle Eastern and Arabic-speaking countries amid fears of an escalation of the Israel-Hamas war.
(Massimo Clausi. La C News 24).
Dopo l’autonomia differenziata, il terreno di scontro si sposta sugli sbarchi. Con il commissario del partito calabrese Sasso che accusa la Conferenza dei vescovi di «incentivare l’immigrazione clandestina» e la senatrice reggina Minasi che chiede «se intendono investire i soldi dell’8 per mille» per l’accoglienza
El Papa Francisco afirma que rechazar a los migrantes es un pecado grave: el Señor está con ellos
Almudena Martínez Bordiú. Aciprensa
El Papa Francisco pospuso su catequesis habitual en la Audiencia General de este 28 de agosto para denunciar la situación actual de los migrantes, víctimas de la “indiferencia y el descarte” que pierden la vida en los “mortíferos” mares y desiertos en busca de una vida de paz y seguridad.
Vatican casts bishop’s recognition as victory for Pope’s China policy
In what is being cast by the Vatican as a victory for Pope Francis’s China policy, Beijing has officially recognized a 95-year-old prelate as the bishop of the northern diocese of Tianjin, who previously had been subject to long periods in jail and under house arrest for his refusal to join a government-sponsored church body
Vatican employee: “Dissatisfaction is growing relentlessly”
(Kath).
Questionable changes combined with a lack of communication are causing unrest among the workforce, according to the union
El Papa en Asia y Oceanía. Cardenal Tagle: Las pequeñas Iglesias nos pueden enseñar
Por Gianni Valente y Fabio Beretta.
Roma (Agencia Fides) – Cuatro naciones en dos continentes y casi 40.000 kilómetros. El avión papal despegará del aeropuerto de Fiumicino el próximo 2 de septiembre y comenzará la visita apostólica más larga y exigente del Papa Francisco, entre Asia y Oceanía. Pero el obispo de Roma no abandona su diócesis para batir récords. Para el cardenal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, el de Francisco es más bien “un acto de humildad ante el Señor que nos llama”. “Un acto de obediencia a la misión”.
Parolin: inutile costruire una società che escluda Dio
(Marek Weresa. Vatican News)
Il cardinale Pietro Parolin ha presieduto la consacrazione episcopale di monsignor Kryspin Dubiel il 24 agosto a Leżajsku in Polonia. Sacerdote dell’arcidiocesi di Przemyśl, è stato nominato da Papa Francesco nunzio apostolico in Angola e in São Tomé e Príncipe.