The president of the German bishops’ conference has said there is scope for priests to bless same-sex couples in individual cases, but it is not possible to make a general rule governing the practice. In the “Interview of the Week” on Bavarian radio (Bayrischer...
American Catholics have “shown a lack of moral consciousness on the issue of race,” Bishop George Murry told attendees at the 2018 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering. While he believes America has made progress on the issue of race relations, he said that...
When an eminent Polish Dominican wrote a scathing attack on his country’s government and Church in month of January, it brought to a head long simmering frustrations. The occasion for Fr Ludwik Wisniewski’s on slaught, in the weekly Tygodnik Powszechny, was the...
“An irreversible and regrettable mistake”: this is how a group of Catholic personalities in Hong Kong and in the world defines the possible agreement between China and the Holy See on bishops’ nominations, reported by some media as “imminent.” In an open letter...
The Marian sanctuary at Lourdes has recognised the sudden healing of a French Franciscan nun as the 70th confirmed miracle after she overcame decades of disability following a pilgrimage there. Sister Bernadette Moriau, 78, developed nerve damage at the base of her...
