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Benedict XVI criticised for new article on Jewish-Christian relations‍

Several German-speaking rabbis and Christian theologians have sharply criticised Benedict XVI for his newly published article on Catholic-Jewish dialogue, which appears in the current issue of the international theological journal Communio. One rabbi went so far as to say that the article encourages

Pope revises catechism to say death penalty is ‘inadmissible’

Francis has ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, asserting that “the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.” He has committed the Church to working for its abolition worldwide. The catechism’s paragraph on capital punishment, 2267, had already been updated by […]

Churches burned and priests killed in the Somali region

Patriarch Matthias I and the Holy Synod of the Tewahedo Orthodox Church of Ethiopia have decided to offer 16 days of fasting and prayer that precede and follow the liturgical solemnity of the Dormition of St Mary Mother of God–(celebrated on August 15), to invoke the gift of peace and reconciliation in Jijiga and in […]

Belgium’s euthanasia nightmare

One striking thing about modern Western societies is how quickly bioethical practices that would once have been shocking quickly become un-remarkable. It happened with abortion, it happened with embryo selection, and now it is happening with euthanasia. It emerged that during 2016 and 2017 three children in Belgium were given euthanasia, and the media reaction […]

Study: Most US major superiors think women deacons ‘theoretically possible’

A major new study has found that more than three-quarters of the leaders of religious orders of priests, brothers and sisters in the U.S. believe it is “theoretically possible” to ordain women as deacons in the Catholic Church. Nearly as many, according to the just-released report from the Centre for Applied Research in the Apostolate […]

Chinese authorities bulldoze church in Jinan province

A second church has been demolished by authorities in China’s Jinan province — and a third church is expected to suffer the same fate soon. After Liangwang Catholic Church was demolished on July 17, local Catholics prayed at the site and protested the unreasonable behaviour of authorities. Shilihe Catholic Church was demolished earlier this year […]