The next ordinary Synod of Bishops will be a Synod on synodality, the Vatican announced on March 7. In October 2022, bishops from around the world will meet in Rome to discuss the theme: “For a Synodal Church: communion, participation and mission.” The concept of...
Pope Francis has established a task force “in order to assist the Episcopal Conferences in the preparation and updating of guidelines for the protection of minors.” The intention to form such a group had already been announced by the Pope at last year’s Meeting for...
The new chairman of the German bishops’ conference has said that calling for the ordination of women could be a conclusion of the two-year “synodal way” being undertaken by the Church in Germany. Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg said in a radio interview on March 9 for...
Fr Cardenal died on March 1 after a brief hospitalization. His wake will be at the Mount of Olives funeral home, and a funeral Mass was said on March 3 Managua’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral. Fr Cardenal was born on Jan. 20, 1925 in Granada, Nicaragua. He studied...
Italy has banned all religious ceremonies, including Masses and funerals, in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The highly restrictive decision keeps the ban on public liturgies in place until 3 April and comes after the government quarantined 16 million...
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