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The Moscow Patriarchate is imploding, says Russia expert

“We are witnessing the beginning of an implosion of the Moscow Patriarchate, even in countries historically linked to the Russian Orthodox Church,” says Antoine Nivière, author and professor of Russian history, religion, and culture at the University of Lorraine (France). He says this is largely due to Patriarch Kirill’s staunch support of Vladimir Putin and […]

Argentine bishops renounce government-funded stipends

In Pope Francis’s native Argentina, the usual financial challenges faced by the Catholic Church around the world are being compounded by a historic decision by the country’s bishops to reject the stipends the national government has been paying to Catholic clergy and seminarians since 1979. The decision to stop accepting the stipends was made by […]

Religious people coped better with Covid-19 pandemic, research suggests

Two Cambridge-led studies suggest that the psychological distress caused by lockdowns (UK) and experience of infection (US) was reduced among those of faith compared to non-religious people. People of religious faith may have experienced lower levels of unhappiness and stress than secular people during the UK’s Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, according to a […]

Vatican’s abuse expert says ending priestly celibacy could prevent a ‘double life’

One of the Catholic Church’s leading doctrinal officials has reiterated his unusual call for the global institution to consider ending its millennia-long requirement that priests remain celibate, saying that allowing priestly marriage could be a means of preventing clerics from living dangerous double lives. In an exclusive interview with National Catholic Reporter on Jan. 24, […]

Theologian: Pope is a great advocate of the diaconate for women

Italian theologian and religious Linda Pocher has con-firmed that Pope Francis is in favour of the diaconate of wo-men. As reported by the Spanish portal “Religion Digital” (Friday), the Pope is “very much in favour of the diaconate for women”, according to the Don Bosco sister, who teaches Christology and Mariology in Rome. The Vatican […]

Katalin Novák resigns as president of Hungary

Katalin Novák resigned as president of Hungary on February 10 amid protests over her decision to pardon a man last year who had been convicted of hiding a string of child sexual abuses in a state-run children’s home. “I issued a pardon that caused bewilderment and unrest for many people,” Novák said in a television […]

Pope Francis Rebellion Grows as 90 Catholic Figures Sign Scathing Letter

A group of 90 Catholic clergy-men, scholars and authors have published a joint letter to “all Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church,” urging them to oppose a Vatican document approved by Pope Francis that allows priests to bless same-sex unions for the first time. In the letter, the Catholic conservatives say that Fiducia Supplicans, […]

African cardinal says ‘Fiducia’ has discredited synod on synodality

An African cardinal who recently led the continent’s bishops in rejecting blessings for same-sex couples has now lashed out at the timing of the Vatican document that opened the door to such a move, calling it “damaging” to the synodal process convened by Pope Francis. Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa in the Democratic Re-public of […]

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Pope: Red Cross’ humanitarian work shows that fraternity is possible

New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity