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France: Card. Barbarin (Lyon), “Not reporting the facts might have been a mistake; if I am convicted, it is fine”

“I knew absolutely nothing about the world of courts and justice. What is beautiful and powerful about the French justice system is that the picture is clear and you have to listen to others,” in this specific case to the victims, although “I had already met with dozens of them, as well as with their […]

Maltese Catholics Criticize Archbishop Scicluna’s Leadership on ‘LGBT’ Issues

A priest representing Pope Francis’ point man on sexual abuse in the Church, Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna, spoke approvingly of homosexuality as created by God and “part of his plan” to a talk show audience. Appearing on March 8th, on the show, called Xarabank, Father Kevin Schembri, who teaches Canon Law at the University of […]

Brexit dominates Irish primate’s message for St Patrick’s Day

Brexit’son-going political and economic uncertainty was the focus of the St Patrick’s Day message of Archbishop Eamon Martin, the Primate of All Ireland. The United Kingdom’s impending departure from the United Kingdom is especially affecting the island of Ireland as it would place the EU border at Northern Ireland. Not only does this threaten to […]

Survey measures US Catholics’ perceptions of the global persecution of Christians

According to a new poll, 46% of US Catholics say the global persecution of Christians is “very severe”—an increase of more than 16% compared to a year ago; and 58% of US Catholics say they are “very concerned” about the plight of their fellow faith ful—a figure up by more than 17% from February 2018. […]

Matteo Ricci and the Cultural Revolution absent in ode to friendship between China and Italy

In an interview given to the Corriere della Sera, on the eve of his journey to Rome, Monaco and France, President Xi Jinping’s words are a true love song for Italy. Yet what is really amazing about this long ode to relations between our nation and the Middle Empire is his silence on Matteo Ricci […]

3 German Catholic dioceses to join Lutherans in Lenten fast for climate protection, climate justice

The campaign “Climate Crisis” starts on Ash Wednesday (6th March) for the sixth time. At the initiative called by the Institute for Church and Society of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia (EKvW) under the motto “So much you need …” (Exodus 16), this year a total of eleven Protestant regional churches and three Catholic bishoprics […]

The number of churches “regularized” by the Egyptian government rises to 783

In Egypt the process of “legalization” of Christian places of worship built in the past without the required permits, along with the granting of authorizations for the construction of new churches, continues at a rapid pace. The Egyptian Council of Ministers, chaired by Premier Mostafa Kamal Madbouly, approved last March 5 the report of the […]

Pope: God is purifying the church with ‘unbearable’ pain of abuse scandal

The clerical abuse scandal has caused everyone in the Catholic Church “pain and unbearable suffering,” Pope Francis said, but it also is a call to repentance and the renewal of the church. “Our humble repentance, which remains silent between our tears for the monstrosity of sin and the unfathomable greatness of God’s forgiveness, this, this […]

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Purging silence: Vatican expands abuse prevention to lay movements

Report says nearly half of child deaths in Africa due to hunger