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Pope Francis condemns clerics who engage in simony

In a homily on January 21, Pope Francis condemned priests and bishops who use money to advance their careers. To be a priest or bishop, like being a Christian, is a free and undeserved gift of God, not something to be bought, he said on Jan. 21 during Mass in the chapel of the Vatican’s […]

Three churches reportedly burned down in Sudan

According to a local rights group in Sudan, three churches in a town were burnt down in December 2019 and quickly rebuilt, only to be burnt down again earlier this month. Human Rights and Development Organization said that a Catholic Church, an Orthodox Church, and a Sudan Internal Church in Bout were burnt down on […]

Church leader executed by Boko Haram

A senior church leader in Nigeria, who was abducted in early January, has reportedly now been killed. Reverend Lawan Andimi, a state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), was taken during a raid in Michika, a town in Nigeria’s Adamawa State. A video was later released by a group linked to extremist Boko […]

Pope Francis appoints woman to senior Vatican position

Pope Francis has announced that he is appointing a woman for the first time to a managerial role in the Secretariat of State, one of the most important departments in the Vatican. Francesca Di Giovanni, who has worked at the Secretariat for 27 years, will be elevated to the position of undersecretary for the section […]

Former prostitutes among ex-nuns at Vatican shelter: Cardinal

Former nuns “abandoned” by the Catholic Church, including some who became prostitutes to survive, have been sheltered at a Vatican residence for more than a year, a Brazilian cardinal said. Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz confirmed the house’s existence at an undisclosed location in the Vatican City during an interview for the February issue of […]

Rebecca Long-Bailey: ‘My faith keeps me going’

Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, the current shadow business secretary and a practising Catholic, has become the sixth candidate to enter Labour’s leadership contest in Briton. Long-Bailey struck a strongly left-wing note in her article that announced her campaign, pledging to rebuild Labour “as an insurgent force.” Linking constitutional reform with left-wing economic policy, she argued that […]

Study finds bishops are satisfied with their life and ministry

Catholics may be surprised to learn that many U.S. bishops describe their lives as both all-consuming and satisfying, a priest-researcher said. “These are guys who generally get up very, very early in the morning, pray about two hours every day and work about 10 hours a day,” said Father Stephen Fichter, a research associate at […]

Rights violations in Chile: Archbishop’s installation interrupted

During the Jan. 11 installation Mass of CelestinoAós as the new archbishop of Santiago, Chile, a small number of protesters opened backpacks near the front of the church and dumped tear gas canisters on the floor. An Instagram post by portadasoñada, which describes itself as “an independent and self-managed media outlet” included a video of […]

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