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Pope Appoints German Scientist Stefan Walter Hell Member of Pontifical Academy of Sciences

Pope Francis appointed Professor Stefan Walter Hell, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen, and of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany, an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is of international scope, multi-racial in its composition and non-sectarian in […]

Britain relentlessly becoming land of secularists and atheists

A “dramatic decline” in Christian belief and practice, along with a “substantial increase in atheism,” are recorded in the latest findings on religion from the British Social Attitudes survey. “Over time, there has been a dramatic decline in the proportion of people who identify with Christianity along with a substantial increase in those with no […]

Argentine priest says Benedict wanted Bergoglio as Secretary of State

An Argentine priest who knew Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires prior to his election as Pope Francis claims that in 2005, Pope emeritus Benedict XVI offered Bergoglio the position of Secretary of State, effectively the second most important position in the Vatican after the papacy itself, but the future pontiff turned it down.

Christians the “most persecuted” religious group

The British government should consider sanctions on countries where Christians are persecuted, according an independent review for the Foreign Secretary. The report, by the Church of England Bishop of Truro Philip Mounstephen, reco-mmends the UK “be prepared to impose sanctions against perpetrators of Freedom of Religious Belief (FoRB) abuses.” It also recommends the government explore […]

Blessed John Henry Newman to be canonized on October 13

The Vatican announced that Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman will be canonized on October 13 in Rome. During a consistory of cardinals on July 1, Pope Francis decreed that New-man and four other blesseds will be canonized together in St Peter’s Square. Indian Sister Mariam Thresia, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the […]

First women members of Vatican department that oversees religious orders appointed

Pope Francis has named the first women members of the Vatican department that oversees religious orders. On 8 July 2019, it was announced the Pope had named a raft of new appointments to the board of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, including seven women. A Vatican spokesman confirmed […]

German cardinal says Amazon synod is ‘heretical’, must be ‘rejected’

German Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, widely seen as a key opponent of Pope Francis, has penned a rare essay openly criticizing the upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, saying the official preparatory document breaks with Catholic teaching. According to Brandmüller’s essay, published on June 27, on the Settimo Cielo blog of Italian journalist Sandro Magister, […]

Women present at the altars in early Christianity, argues academic

The debate over female ordination inside the Catholic Church hinges on the role of women in early Christianity. When he addressed the question of women deacons, the Pope said a commission he set up to look at the historical origins of deaconesses, could not agree over whether they had received sacramental ordination or not. He […]

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Pope To Syro-malabar Faithful: Unity Is A Duty

The Goa Bench Of The Bombay High Court Grants Relief For Protestant Pastor, Wife