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Indonesian archbishop invites Pope Francis to Papua

Sacred Heart Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi of Merauke has called on the Indonesian Bishops’ Conference (KWI) to invite Pope Francis to visit his archdiocese in Papua to help create peace in the country’s restive easternmost region. He expressed his wish to have the pope visit during a meeting with officials from the Asso-ciation of Indonesian Catholic Intellectuals […]

Pope orders visitation of Vatican’s Congregation for Clergy

Pope Francis earlier this month asked an Italian bishop and expert in canon law to conduct visitation of the curial Congregation for Clergy, much like the one that recently concluded of the Vatican’s liturgy department. In a letter to diocesan priests widely reported on by Italian news outlets, including Italian newspapers La Stampa and L’Unione Monregalese and the official […]

Italian nun slain by 3 teen girls in Satanic ritual beatified as martyr

An Italian nun who was stabbed 19 times more than two decades ago by three teenage girls apparently fascinated by Satan was honoured on June 6 with beatification as a martyr of the Catholic Church. Hours before the beatification ceremony in northern Italy, Pope Francis praised Sister Maria Laura Mainetti and described her killers as “prisoners of […]

Pope Francis refuses resignation of German cardinal, commends his courage

Although agreeing with him that the clerical abuse crisis is a “catastrophe,” Pope Francis rejected the resignation presented to him by German Cardinal Reinhard Marx as archbishop of the archdiocese of Munich. “You tell me that you are going through a moment of crisis, and not only you but also the Church in Germany is […]

Catholic group founding conservative university in Warsaw

An increasingly influential Polish Catholic legal institute inaugurated a university in Warsaw that aims to educate a new generation of conservative lawyers in central Europe who it hopes will also shape wider European culture. The institute, Ordo Iuris, works to promote conservative causes, including restrictions on abortion and opposition to same-sex legal unions as its […]

12 Australian media companies fined for breaking Pell order

A judge on June 4 ordered a dozen Australian media compa-nies to pay fines from 1,000 Australian dollars ($766) to AU$450,000 ($345,000) for breaching a gag order by publishing references to Cardinal George Pell’s since-overturned convictions in 2018 for child sexual abuse. Dozens of companies, repor-ters and editors were initially charged with contempt and breaching […]

Pope orders sweeping change of abuse law

Pope Francis has ordered a sweeping revision of the Church’s Canon Law, toughening up regulations on abuse which now include lay people who commit offences while in office. The changes were made after a 14-year process of study of the Church’s laws, and is the most significant updating of Canon Law since the 1983 code was […]

Pope acknowledges ‘pain’ for boarding school discovery, no apology

Pope Francis expressed closeness to all Canadian people traumatized by the shocking discovery of the remains of 215 children in the Kamloops Indian Residential School, Canada’s largest indigenous boarding school. Though he spoke of pain and suffering, the pontiff avoided apologizing. “I follow with sorrow the news coming from Canada,” Francis said at the end […]