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Numbers of African Catholics boom as Church in Europe continues to shrink

yaoundè, cameroon - a leading nigerian prelate has said that africans see catholicism in the west as a “church in decline” while in africa c...

Ngala Killian Chimtom

Synod on Synodality ends with no clear or concrete proposals after a month of silence

rome – a final synthesis produced by pope francis’s month-long synod of bishops on synodality offered no clear or concrete proposals on hot-...

Francis and Rupnik: 'people are going to want an explanation'

rome – back in 1980, william casey, then the campaign manager for candidate ronald reagan, coined the phrase “october surprise” to refer to ...

Rupnik: Pope Francis lifts statute of limitations to allow prosecution to go ahead

rome – in response to a complaint from his own anti-abuse panel about “serious problems” in the handling of a case involving a prominent slo...

Rupnik returns to priestly ministry in Slovenian diocese despite accusations of sexual abuse of over 20 nuns

marko ivan rupnik, a former jesuit who has been at the centre of controversy amidst accusations of spiritual and sexual abuse, has been gran...

Designed to avoid polemics, Pope’s media blackout on synod may exacerbate them

rome – perhaps one of the most exciting moments of the synod of bishops so far, not to mention one of the most illustrative, took place duri...

Elise Ann Allen

Twelve Nicaraguan priests flown to Rome after Ortega demands their exile

nicaragua has released 12 catholic priests from jail and sent them into exile in rome following a deal with the vatican. vatican spokesman m...

Does the same fate await 'synodality' as befell 'new evangelisation'?

rome – as the synod of bishops on synodality continues to unfold in rome this month, it’s increasingly reminiscent of another synod just ove...

Israel protests pope's language on Gaza, asks for 'unequivocal' condemnation of Hamas

rome – israel’s top diplomat has demanded that the vatican issue a “clear and unequivocal” condemnation of the terrorist attacks launched by...

Synod on Synodality urged to condemn Hamas attacks in name of 'moral clarity'

rome – an official of the oldest jewish advocacy organization in the united states has called upon the ongoing synod on synodality in the va...