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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.
US Catholic couple sues after being blocked from adopting children due to religious beliefs
new york – a massachusetts catholic couple has sued the state, alleging that they were blocked from adopting children through the state’s fo...
John Lavenburg
Vatican announces changes to canon law which may affect Opus Dei
the 90,000 lay members and roughly 2,000 priests of opus dei, a worldwide catholic organisation which is currently the church’s lone persona...
Crux Staff
"A stone in the shoe": the Francis revolution
rome — a broad consensus regards pope francis, who today wraps up a five-day trip to lisbon for world youth day, as a revolutionary figure. ...
John L Allen
Russian Orthodox bishop thanks Francis for his "support of the Ukrainian people"
lisbon – during a meeting with interreligious leaders on friday morning in lisbon, pope francis spoke to a russian orthodox bishop who voice...
Elise Ann Allen
Priests must play soccer, not preach dogma, says Pope in broadside against traditionalists
rome – pope francis has attacked the “corruption” of restorationist movements within the church and said the second vatican council has not ...
Crux Staff
Clerical eco-activists and taking God's name in vain
it is not easy to watch pictures of an elderly protestant clergywoman, sporting her dog collar, being arrested for breaching the peace as sh...
Gavin Ashenden
New-look Princes of the Church
in a flurry of pontifical activity, the pope has named 21 new cardinals – one of them archbishop fernández, the new head of the dicast...
The Catholic Herald
Pope Francis delivers surprise Facebook live message
rome – by now, pope francis’s novel use of media should surprise no one – except, perhaps, his official pr personnel, who are constantly bei...
Crux Staff
Pope's Ukraine peace envoy may visit China in August
rome – after making trips to kyiv, moscow, and washington d.c. as part of his peace mission on behalf of pope francis for the war in ukraine...
Elise Allen
Just how much faith should Rome place in a deal which China routinely flouts?
an historic deal was reached between the vatican and the people’s republic of china in 2018 that was seen as a breakthrough in a struggle fo...
Simon Caldwell
Too close for comfort: the lessons of the Russian Orthodox Church for the Vatican's status as a sovereign state
rome – back in 2007, the prestigious english news magazine the economist carried an article on vatican diplomacy, which conclude...
John L Allen
Sino-Vatican deal violated again: Francis rubber-stamps latest Communist gambit
rome – pope francis has decided to recognize the transfer of a bishop in china earlier this year without his knowledge or approval, the vati...
Elise Allen
Faith groups protest against Guatemala election interference
john lavenburg of crux reports on turmoil in the central american state following the first round of presidential elections new york – a net...
The Catholic Herald
New Rector for National Shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham
an announcement from the catholic bishops' conference of england and wales the reverend dr robert billing has been appointed the new rector ...
The Catholic Herald
Family accuses Vatican of trying to shift blame in ‘Vatican girl’ case
rome – in response to suggestions in the italian media that sexual advances by an uncle might be at the root of the infamous “vatican girl” ...
Elise Allen
Homeless in Nicaragua lament Ortega’s expulsion of Brazilian nuns
são paulo (crux) – since missionary nuns of the institute of the poor of jesus christ, a brazilian women’s order, were expelled from nicarag...
Eduardo Campos Lima
Feast and Fast recipes: Cold ratatouille, pork meatloaf, potato salad, lemon and almond cake
cornelia van der poll serves a summer spread of pork meatloaf, cold ratatouille, potato salad and lemon and almond cake, ideal for a picnic....
Cornelia van der Poll
Bishop Alvarez sent back to jail in Nicaragua
nicaraguan authorities have returned a catholic bishop to jail after he refused to go into exile in italy. bishop rolando álvarez of matagal...
Simon Caldwell
Prominent UK Catholic support for exiled Hong Kongers after latest Chinese Communist crackdown
uk catholic parliamentarians and other public figures have expressed their support for exiled hong kong democracy activists after the territ...
Georgia L. Gilholy
Revisiting Guernica
i have recently returned from a pilgrimage of the “i’ve-been-there-before” variety to guernica. the town suffers from an odd problem in that...
William Stirling James
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