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3 Swiss Guards resign over Vatican vaccine mandate
“The Pontifical Swiss Guard, charged with protecting the pope, has required all 135 guards to get a COVID-19 vaccine.”
Pope Francis’ Recent Words on Communion and His Own Practice Reveal a Potential Lesson for Bishops
COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s words during the inflight press conference from Slovakia have to be read very closely, as he chooses them very carefully.
Attack in Nigeria’s Kaduna State “a massacre against natives”: Catholic Priest
“This is concerning, and must be investigated by the Nigerian government, and failing that, by the wider international community.”
Vatican Clarifies COVID-19 Vaccine Pass Rules for Employees, Visitors of City State
“[T]he regulations were being implemented at the request of Pope Francis…”
Catholic opinions on Johnson & Johnson vaccine highlight debate between hardliners on abortion and others in the church
What is behind the confusion about Catholics taking the Johnson & Johnson vaccine?
Human rights activist: Myanmar’s Christians are suffering amid crackdown
“I think we’ve seen people of different religious backgrounds, different ethnic backgrounds, coming together across the country.”
Pope Francis decries abortion and euthanasia as treating human life like ‘waste’
“I entrust to the Virgin Mary the work of this assembly and also the whole of your activity as an Academy for the defense and promotion of life,” Pope Francis said…
Iraq’s Islamist extremists are emboldened by Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
Iraq is a priority country for Aid to the Church in Need, which provides help such as emergency aid, repairs of Church buildings, medical assistance during the pandemic and student scholarships.
Media Exploit the Pope Again
Most media accounts said nothing about the pope’s comments on homosexuality, and they gave brief mention to his remarks on abortion.
Pope Francis warns leaders of Catholic movements not to abuse power
“Our desire for power is expressed in many ways in the life of the Church.”
SLOVAKIA – Pope Francis: “The authentic Christian witness comes to life from the mysterious triumph of the Cross of Christ”
Authentic witnesses, the Pope said at the end of his homily – generate other witnesses, because they are givers of life.
Who is the True Pope? | Ask Father with Fr. Paul McDonald
Video: Fr. Paul McDonald explains that there cannot be two popes.
Darkness Has Not Overcome the Church: New Catholic History Book Reminds Us That God Brings Good Even Out of Major Crises
Steve Weidenkopf (The Real Story of Catholic History) turns his knowledge and insight to the Church’s considerable history of self-inflicted wounds.
Religious Freedom in the World Report 2021 wants to give a ‘fresh impetus to the defense of human dignity’
The country reports are prepared by independent international experts and cover all religions and religious persuasions
Cardinal Sarah asks Pope Francis to reinstate individual Masses at St. Peter’s Basilica
Cardinal Sarah referenced canon 902 of the Code of Canon Law, which refers to “Sacrosanctum concilium” no. 57, and “guarantees priests the possibility of personally celebrating the Eucharist.”
Christine Flowers: Some things in the Catholic Church will never change
Catholicism does not change with the times, with cultural evolutions, or with the whims of the woke.
Schism Looms: Pope Francis and the Willfully Rebellious Church in Germany
COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s German gamble failed. He led with an open hand and got a clenched fist in return.
Papal visit to Iraq’s largest Catholic town boosts hopes that Christians will return
The suffering of Christians continues, as long as there is an Islamic constitution that does not protect the rights of Christians and other minorities.
Pope authorizes Decrees on heroic virtues concerning three religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor
Sister Annelvira Ossoli, Sister Vitarosa Zorza, and Sister Danielangela Sorti may eventually become saints as their Causes will be promulgated.
Christian Leaders in Nigeria Hail Holy See’s Clarification on Same-Sex Unions
The Christian leaders say that they “totally agree” with the Vatican’s stand that what is to be blessed needs to be “objectively and positively ordered to receive and express grace, according to the designs of God inscribed in creation, and fully revealed by Christ the Lord.”
English Catholic bishop fears Germany’s ‘Synodal Way’ will lead to ‘de facto schism’
“This will lead to a de facto schism that will be very difficult (and theologically complex) to repair.”
The Bishops and Eucharistic Coherence
“We should commit ourselves to ‘eucharistic coherence,’ that is, we should be conscious that people cannot receive Holy Communion and at the same time act or speak against the commandments, in particular when abortion, euthanasia, and other serious crimes against life and family are facilitated.”
Vatican Slams the Door on Gay Unions
The door has been slammed shut on the gay agenda.
