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Pope, recovering well, had ‘severe’ narrowing of his colon‍

Pope Francis’s recovery from intestinal surgery continues to be “regular and satis-factory,” the Vatican said Wednesday, as it revealed that final examinations showed he had suffered a “severe” narrowing of his colon. The Vatican’s daily update indicated there was no evidence of cancer

Vatican Insider: Pope Francis ‘Will Never Be the Same’ After Colon Operation

Luis Badilla, editor of the semi-official Vatican news aggregator Il Sismografo, said that Pope Francis’ health situation is “severe” and when he returns from hospital he “will never be the same again.” In his sobering blog post, Badilla declares that journalists and commentators are not doing the pope any favours when they downplay the seriousness of his illness. […]

Vatican suppresses Italy-based lay movement founded by alleged visionary

With the approval of Pope Francis, the Vatican has ordered the dissolution of an Italy-based lay movement, citing problems with the group’s origins, catechesis, governance, respect for members’ consciences, handling of donations and with the divisions it allegedly has created among clergy of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace, where it is based. The decree ordering the […]

Australian brothers’ ordination completes hat trick of religious vocations

For the first time in Sydney’s history, two brothers have been ordained to the priesthood on the same day. Siblings Daniel and Stephen Drum were ordained May 29 by Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher at St Mary’s Cathedral in front of more than 700 people, including 90 of their closest family. The family’s vocations story does […]

Syro-Malabar priests to appeal Vatican congregation’s order to sell land

A controversial land deal that rocked India’s Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Church four years ago has resurfaced after a group of priests called a Vatican restitution decree unjust and unethical. Syro-Malabar priests in India say the new archdiocesan administrator bypassed canonical channels to sell property to pay off debt. They will appeal to the Vatican’s Apostolic Signature […]

Tribal Catholic gets post in India’s new cabinet

Church leaders and activists have welcomed the appointment of a tribal Catholic as India’s new minister of state for minority affairs. John Barla, an MP who represents Alipurduar in West Bengal state for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest cabinet reshuffle on July 7. “We are quite delighted […]