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German bishops in tug of war over blessing same-sex unions

The German Bishops’ Conference convenes its plenary assembly on September 25, setting the stage for what promises to be a pivotal gathering amid a period of unprecedented tension within the Church in Germany – and with the wider Catholic Church. On the official agenda for the gathering from Sept. 25–28 in the town of Wiesbaden […]

Thousands of Armenian Christians flee homes: ‘Mass exodus has begun,’ expert says

Thousands of Armenian Christians have fled their ancestral homeland in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh over the weekend and more are expected, the government of Armenia confirmed on September 25. “The mass exodus has begun,” Siobhan Nash-Marshall, a U.S. – based human rights advocate who has been speaking to witnesses on the ground, told CNA. Nash-Marshall […]

‘It’s time to abolish celibacy,’ says president of Swiss Bishops’ Conference

The president of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference admits mistakes in dealing with abuse cases in the Catholic Church and advocates for the abolition of celibacy and the admission of women to the priesthood. In an interview with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) am Sonntag External link, Bishop Felix Gmür also said that the Catholic Church has […]

Mozambique: Terrorists kill 11 Christians

On September 15th, at least 11 Christians were massacred by terrorists loyal to ISIS in northern Mozambique. According to Friar Boaventura, a missionary in the region, the killings took place in the village of Naquitengue, in the province of Cabo Delgado. Since 2017, the area has been under regular attack from Islamic fundamentalists. Friar Boaventura […]

In France, Pope Francis denounces the “fanaticism of indifference” towards migrants

On the heights of Marseille, in the south of France, the sea stretches as far as the eye can see. The memorial dedicated to sailors and migrants lost at sea is there, at the foot of Notre-Dame de la Garde. The memorial stone is surmounted by a large Camargue cross – combining the traditional cross […]

Have China’s Christians Peaked? Pew Researches the Data Debate

Christianity’s growth in China has stalled since 2010. That’s according to a new Pew Research Centre report measuring religion in China published today. In 2010, approximately 23.2 million adults in China self-identified as Christian. In 2018, 19.9 million adults did so, which Pew researchers say is not a “statistically significant gap.” Among Chinese Christians, the percentages of zongjiao (Mandarin […]

Swedish Catholic cardinal, Lutheran bishop make joint DC visit for ecumenical dialogue

Cardinal Anders Arborelius, who has led the small Catholic community in Sweden since 1998, came to Washington, D.C., alongside Bishop Karin Johannesson, an assistant bishop in the Lutheran Archdiocese of Uppsala. The two prelates, who share a devotion to Carmelite spirituality, took part in an ecumenical dialogue on the 19th-century St. Thérèse of Lisieux, held at the St. […]

Church and state in Ukraine blast Pope for praising ‘great Mother Russia’

In the latest expression of Ukrainian irritation with Pope Francis’s efforts to be even-handed with regard to Russia’s ongoing invasion, a spokesman for Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has accused the pontiff of trafficking in “imperialist propaganda” during a recent video address to Russian youth. The Vatican fired back , insisting that the pope “certainly did not […]