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Synod: the place of women, the liturgy and Church governance

France has published its first synthesis of what Catholics who participated in the synodal process believe should be top priorities for their Church “It is not only a question of women exercising much more responsibility in leadership, which must be done. Their place is also expected at the heart of sacramental life,” the document notes. […]

Muslim-majority Indonesia eager to welcome pope

Indonesia has officially invited Pope Francis to visit the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. Country’s Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday and deli-vered the invitation letter on be-half of President Joko Widodo. Archbishop Yohanes Harun Yuwono, chairman of the Indonesian bishops’ Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, said […]

The Catholic Church in Chile has lost all credibility

When running an errand in the centre of Santiago, the capital of Chile, Gina always stops at the Catholic cathedral. She 67-year-old stays there for about 20 minutes, thanking the Lord for her health and entrusting her son who lives far away. She also prays every night at home. But she has not been to […]

$2M relic stolen, angel statue beheaded at Brooklyn church

Police say someone busted into the altar at a New York City church, stole a $2 million gold relic and removed the head from a statue of an angel at some point late last week. The incident happened between 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m. on May 26th at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, known as […]

What Happens If Pope Francis Resigns? The Protocols in Place for Retirement

Speculation about Pope Francis’ future continues to grow as the Vatican announced June 10 he would not be going on a scheduled trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan this July. “At the request of his doctors, and in order not to jeopardize the results of the therapy that he is undergoing for his […]

Brazil procession celebrates the Holy Spirit

Over the course of nine days, a religious procession known as the Folia of the Di-vine Holy Spirit brings messages of faith and song to farms and villages across the countryside of Brazil’s Goias state. Like a medieval caravan, the group framed by small red and white flags is comprised of more than 300 people, […]

Nigeria Is Following Pakistan on Blasphemy and Mob Violence

On May 12, a Nigerian Christian student named Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu was stoned, beaten to death, and her body burnt in Sokoto, Nigeria, by her fellow classmates because of allegations of blasphemy. On May 16, protestors in Borno State, Nigeria, went to police headquarters in Maiduguri demanding the release of Christian woman Naomi Goni so […]

UK Catholic Church Heading for Extinction

A leading British mathematician is predicting the “exponential decline” of the Catholic Church in England and Wales by 2050, as it becomes increasingly woke in its embrace of progressive ideology. Using epidemiological modeling, which is designed to calculate the number of persons infected with a contagious illness in a closed population over time, Dr. John Hayward computes that […]