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German bishop asks pastors to bless same-sex couples

A German bishop issued a letter on Noevmebr 2 asking pastors in his diocese to bless same-sex couples. Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiese-mann said in the Nov. 2 letter to priests, deacons, and lay pastoral workers that the blessings – whi-ch he also extended to remarried couples–could take place in chur-ches in the Diocese of Speyer. “The […]

Pope Francis speaks with president of Iran about Israel-Hamas war

Pope Francis is continuing his efforts for peace in the Holy Land. As confirmed by the Holy See, on the afternoon of Sunday, Nov. 5, the Holy Father had a conversation with the president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi. The Vatican has limited itself to confirming that the call took place at the request of Raisi, […]

How a tragic loss led a successful businessman to the priesthood

At age 66, Father Peter Adamski became a priest in the town of Stratford, Connecticut, at St. James Church. But his path to the priesthood was not your typical journey. As a teenager, Adamski believed the Lord was calling him to be a priest. That quickly changed when one day on his college campus, at […]

Why Türkiye’s Systematic Banishment of Christians Must be Challenged

Over the past 100 years, the number of Christians in Türkiye has fallen from 20% to 0.2% of the population. The systematic targeting of Turkish Christians and missionaries from abroad by the Turkish government has significantly contributed to this trend. Human rights experts hi-ghlighted the growing intole-rance against Christians in Türkiye at Europe’s largest human […]

Major survey finds ‘conservative’ and ‘orthodox’ priests on the rise

The new analysis of a study that claims to be the largest national survey of Catholic priests conducted in more than 50 years has found, among other thin-gs, that priests describing themselves as “progre-ssive” are practically go-ing “extinct” among U.S. seminary graduates, with the vast majority of young ordinands describing themselves as conservative and orthodox. […]

Abu Dhabi: Holy Door opened for Jubilee of Arabian Martyrs

As the Church in the Arabian Peninsula begins its Holy Year for the 1,500th anniversary of the Martyrs of Arabia (523-2023), the second of two Holy Doors was opened at Mass on Thursday evening in St. Joseph’s Cathedral in the United Arab Emirates’ capital of Abu Dhabi. The Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, Bishop Paolo […]

Transsexual and homosexual persons and the Sacraments

Transsexual persons, even if they have undergone hormone therapy or sex reassignment surgery, may receive the Sacrament of Baptism “if there are no situations in which there is a risk of generating public scandal or confusion among the faithful”. The children of homosexual couples should be baptized even if they are born from a surrogate […]

Christianity growing despite world’s worst persecutions, new report says

A new report from a Christian advocacy group says that Christianity continues to thrive and grow despite brutal repression and attempts by governments, groups, and individuals across the world to quash the faith. The 2023 “Persecutors of the Year” report was released this month by the advocacy group International Christian Concern (ICC). According to the […]

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