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Tag: Vatican

“Hands off Africa”: Pope Francis Revisits Key Moments of Recent Trip to Africa in New Book


“It is a valuable book.”

ACI Africa, Africa, Books, Catholicism, Christian, Pope Francis, Vatican

Pope Francis: Jesus is Found in the Community of the Catholic Church


Despite its failures and imperfection, within the community of the Church is where one finds Jesus.

ACI Africa, Catholicism, Christian, Pope Francis, Vatican

Pope Francis: Gender Ideology is ‘One of the Most Dangerous Ideological Colonizations’ Today


‘The question of gender is diluting the differences and making the world the same, all dull, all alike, and that is contrary to the human vocation.’

Catholic News Agency, Catholicism, Christian, Gender Dysphoria, Gender Ideology, Gender Theory, Pope Francis, Transgender, Vatican

Vatican Invites Protestant, Orthodox Theologians to Debate Petrine Primacy at St. Peter’s


Courtyard of the Gentiles is co-hosting the new lecture series along with the Fratelli Tutti Foundation, founded by Pope Francis in December 2021.

Apologetics, Catholicism, Christian, St. Peter, Vatican

Pelosi’s Communion Stunt At The Vatican


Pelosi waiting in line to receive Communion is akin to a murderer waiting in line to pay his respects to his victim at a Catholic wake.

Abortion, Catholic League, Catholicism, Christian, Nancy Pelosi, Pope Francis, Pro-Life, Vatican

Cardinal Zen’s Arrest Will Test the Vatican’s Agreement With Communist China


The bishop emeritus of Hong Kong was arrested with four others Wednesday for ‘collusion with foreign forces’ and has since been released on bail.

Cardinal Joseph Zen, Catholicism, China, Christian, Communism, Hong Kong, National Catholic Register, Persecution, Pope Francis, Religious Freedom, Vatican

The Kirill Question


How should Pope Francis and the Holy See deal with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church?

Catholicism, Christian, Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis, Ukraine, Vatican, Vladimir Putin, War

Why Was Rome Finally Willing to Call Out Russia as an Aggressor?


The invasion caused massive hemorrhaging in the Vatican’s Russia policy since 2014.

Catholicism, Christian, Pope Francis, Russia, Ukraine, Vatican, Vladimir Putin, War

Vatican Decries ‘Tragic’ Russian Invasion of Ukraine


Cardinal Pietro Parolin said in a video statement on Feb. 24 that Pope Francis’ appeal for ‘peaceful coexistence’ in the region has ‘dramatic urgency’ amid the ‘horrors of war.’

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Catholicism, Christian, National Catholic Register, Pope Francis, Russia, Ukraine, Vatican

What’s Behind Pope Francis’ Changes to the Vatican’s Doctrinal Office?


Shortly after his election, Pope Francis established a Council of Cardinals to assist him in governing the Church and help him draft a new apostolic constitution redefining the tasks and functions of curial offices.

Catholicism, Christian, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, National Catholic Register, Pope Francis, Vatican

Traditional Latin Mass: Canonists Question the Legislative Force of Recent Vatican Guidelines


ANALYSIS: The interpretive document considerably tightens already-sweeping restrictions on the traditional form of the Roman Rite.

Catholicism, National Catholic Register, Persecution, Pope Francis, Traditional Latin Mass, Traditiones Custodes, Vatican

Pfizer and the Vatican


Sources say Pope Francis met privately twice last year with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla

Catholicism, Christian, COVID-19, Pfizer, Pope Francis, Vaccination Mandates, Vaccinations, Vatican

Manipulating the Pope


Loyal Catholics need clarity from Rome about this issue.

Bill Donohue, Catholic League, Catholicism, Christian, Homosexuality, Pope Francis, Vatican

Traditionis custodes: Vatican further tightens restrictions on Traditional Latin Mass


The Vatican said it wanted to ensure that priests who wish to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass “share the desire of the Holy Father” that the Vatican II reform of the liturgy is recognized “as the unique expression of the lex orandi of the Roman Rite.”

Catholicism, Extraordinary Form, Persecution, Pope Francis, Religious Freedom, Traditional Latin Mass, Vatican, Vatican II

Croatian president raises plight of Bosnian Catholics during Vatican visit


Reuters has described current turmoil in the southeastern European state, home to 3.3 million people, as the worst political crisis since the war.

Bishops, Bosnia Herzegovina, Catholicism, Croatia, Persecution, Pope Francis, Religious Freedom, Vatican, Zoran Milanović

Catholic Action for Faith and Family Prayerfully Asks Bishops to Avert Another ‘McCarrick Moment’


“The momentous task of prophetically proclaiming the Church’s position falls primarily to the bishops.”

Abortion, Bishops, Cardinal Burke, Catholic Action for Faith and Family, Catholicism, Christian, Eucharist, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Pope Benedict XVI, Pro-Life, USCCB, Vatican

Fr. Pavone: ‘No common ground’ on abortion between Biden and Pope Francis


“We Catholics, and Christians overall, are sick and tired of having our faith used and abused by those who claim to profess it but reject the right to life.”

Abortion, Catholicism, Christian, Fr. Frank Pavone, Joe Biden, Pope Francis, Priests For Life, Pro-Life, Vatican

Italian Senate blocks controversial ‘anti-homophobia’ bill


The bill, which aimed to criminalize “discrimination or violence based on sex, gender or disability,” and add an annual day against “homophobia” and “transphobia” to the national calendar, had received significant support from public figures in Italy.

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Catholicism, Christian, Homosexuality, Italy, LGBTQ, Sex, Sexual Revolution, Vatican

Journalists Protest as Vatican Cancels Live Coverage of Joe Biden Greeting Pope Francis


The Vatican has indicated that it will now only provide live footage of the arrival of the U.S. president’s motorcade at the Apostolic Palace, which some journalists will also be allowed to attend.

Abortion, Catholicism, Joe Biden, Pope Francis, Pro-Life, Vatican

Vatican Stiffs Biden


The Vatican has said that there will be no live coverage of Biden greeting the pope.

Abortion, Catholicism, Christian, Joe Biden, Pope Francis, Vatican

White House: Pope Francis ‘has spoken differently’ than Biden on abortion


“Biden has issued statements supporting legal abortion in the United States and internationally.”

Abortion, Catholicism, Christian, Hyde Amendment, Jen Psaki, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, Mexico City Policy, Pope Francis, Pro-Life, Title X, Vatican

Bishop Shao Zhumin Seized by Chinese Authorities


The Underground Bishop was Taken Away for “Vacation”

Bishop Shao Zhumin, Catholicism, China, Chinese Communist Party, Christian, International Christian Concern, Persecution, Pope Francis, Religious Freedom, Vatican

The Formation of a New Priest Who Abused Minors: How Did He Slip Past Seminary Screening Policies?


“[N]o one had suspected what was learned following McWilliams’ arrest…”

Bishops, Catholicism, Children, Father Robert McWilliams, LGBTQ, Priests, Sexual Abuse, Vatican

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.”

Abortion, Catholicism, COVID-19, Persecution, Pope Francis, Pro-Life, Religious Freedom, Swiss Guards, Vaccination Mandates, Vaccinations, Vatican

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