International

German bishops publish ‘10 theses on climate protection’

The German Bishops’ Conference on April 3, 2019 has published a contribution to climate policy discussion as a central social challenge in the field of the creation of creation. The expert text “Ten theses on climate protection. A discussion contribution “is based on socio-ethical, economic, natural and juris prudential considerations and contains solutions. Based on […]

In extraordinary peace gesture Pope kisses feet of South Sudan’s leaders

For five years they were at war with each other in a bloody conflict that has killed 400,000, left six million starving, four million displaced from their homes and a devastated economy. On 11 April 2019, the President of South Sudan, SalvaKiir, and his former vice-president Riek Machar sat together on a sofa in the […]

Pope Benedict Breaks 6 Years Silence To Comment On Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has broken six years of relative silence with the release of an outspoken letter on the clergy sex abuse scandal. Benedict’s analysis differs significantly from that of his successor, Pope Francis, and thus leaves the world’s Catholics with contrasting papal perspectives on the greatest crisis facing Roman Catholicism today. In his […]

750,000 abortions performed in Russia annually, only one-fifth for medical reasons

Moscow on April 3, Interfax-Only 20% of all abortions in Russia are performed due to health problems, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said. “I have to say that over 750,000 terminations of pregnancy are registered annually, and only a fifth of them is performed for medical reasons,” Golikova said at a parliamentary hour meeting […]

Pope changes canon law for religious who desert community

Pope Francis has amended Canon Law to create a new mechanism for dismissing a religious who has deserted their community. Under the new law, promulgated by the Pope in an apostolic letter issued “motu-proprio,” superiors can declare a member dismissed ipso facto if they have been illicitly absent from the community for more than a […]

Hagia Sophia might be reverted to a mosque, Erdoðan says

President Recep Tayyip Erdodan on March 24 voiced the possibility of reverting the Hagia Sophia, which has been used as a museum since 1935 and is considered one of the world’s wonders, to a mosque. “This is not unlikely. We might even change its name to Ayasofya Mosque,” Erdodan said during a live interview with […]

French, German and Swiss Bishops discuss future of Europe

Two months ahead of the European elections and amidst the many difficulties faced by the European project, bishops from France, Germany and Switzerland meet for a seminar in Paris to discuss the “European Common Good.” A seminar, entitled “Dialogue on the European Common Good,” jointly organised by the French, German and Swiss episcopal conferences, took […]

Catholics urged to support Middle East Christians on Good Friday

Iraqis and Syrians returning to their homelands and refugees living abroad need the help of all Catholics and people of goodwill, said the Congregation for Eastern Churches. “Greater cooperation and a generous commitment by Christians all over the world to their brothers and sisters of the Holy Land and the Middle East is needed,” it […]

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