Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin smiles as he is welcomed by German President Frank-Walter Stein-meier for a meeting at the Belle-vue palace in Berlin, Germany on June 29, 2021. The European Commission on Tuesday Nov. 30, 2021, retracted internal...
Two Catholic bishops in Germany, Franz-Josef Over-beck of Essen and Heinrich Timmerevers of Dresden, have called for major changes in the church’s teachings on sexual morality as part of contributions to a new book called Catholic and Queer. Homosexual partnerships,...
At a farewell Mass in Paris on December 10 , Archbishop Michel Aupetit directly addressed media reports claiming that he had “lost himself for love.” Preaching at a Mass of thanksgiving at the Church of Saint-Sulpice in the French capital on Dec. 10, the archbishop...
As Pope Francis arrived in the birthplace of democracy on Dec. 4, he immediately sounded the alarm that democracy is under threat across the globe, as authoritarian leaders fuelled by populist and nationalistic interests are on the rise. “Today, and not only in...
“Islamic fundamentalist groups, in particular ISIS, have ravaged parts of Iraq and Syria and brought those countries’ already decimated Christian population to the verge of extin-ction. In Egypt, Christian Copts face legal and societal discrimi-nation. In Gaza, which...
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