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Palm Sunday bombing at cathedral in Indonesia injures Catholics leaving Mass‍

A suspected suicide bomb attack targeted Catholics leaving a cathedral after Palm Sunday Mass on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The explosion occurred March 28 out-side Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar, capital of South Sulawesi pro-vince, as church-goers were exiting the cathedral at

Vatican Now in Crisis Management Mode with German Bishops

In January, two Vatican cardinals wanted to summon the president of the German bishops’ conference to Rome and correct him about a media interview in which he expressed his dissent from Church teaching in a number of areas. Such a meeting, which some believe should have been used to give the Vatican’s formal opposition to […]

Catholic Church ‘has no future’ without women

Women of faith celebrated International Women’s day with discussions on women’s future in the Catholic Church and by exploring if women have been written out of scripture. “We are talking about the survival of the Church,” said Joanna Moorhead, The Tablet’s Arts editor, who has written widely on the subject of women in the Church […]

MARY IS NOT A CO-REDEMPTRIX SAYS POPE FRANCIS

“You are truly blessed! The Lord is with you,” Gabriel the Archangel tells Mary, in a greeting traditionally called the Annunciation, which is remembered today, March 25, in many churches that follow a church calendar. This week Pope Francis has reminded Catholics that Mary is honoured as the mother of Jesus but “not as co-redeemer”. […]

Cardinal Schönborn: Same-sex blessings “will not be denied”

A senior Churchman in Vienna and member of the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, says he is “not happy with this statement from the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith” – the watchdog’s official name – regarding the Church’s power to bless same-sex unions. The Church has no such power, the CDF said […]

Iranian Convert Couple Face Prison Summons

An Iranian Christian convert couple faces summons for their prison sentences any day. Homayoun Zhaveh, age 62, and his wife Sara Ahmadi, age 42, were sentenced in November 2020 as members of a house church on national security charges. Homayoun, who also suffers from advanced stages of Parkinson’s disease, was sentenced to two years, while […]