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Katalin Novák resigns as president of Hungary

Katalin Novák resigned as president of Hungary on February 10 amid protests over her decision to pardon a man last year who had been convicted of hiding a string of child sexual abuses in a state-run children’s home. “I issued a pardon that caused bewilderment and unrest for many people,” Novák said in a television […]

Pope Francis Rebellion Grows as 90 Catholic Figures Sign Scathing Letter

A group of 90 Catholic clergy-men, scholars and authors have published a joint letter to “all Cardinals and Bishops of the Catholic Church,” urging them to oppose a Vatican document approved by Pope Francis that allows priests to bless same-sex unions for the first time. In the letter, the Catholic conservatives say that Fiducia Supplicans, […]

African cardinal says ‘Fiducia’ has discredited synod on synodality

An African cardinal who recently led the continent’s bishops in rejecting blessings for same-sex couples has now lashed out at the timing of the Vatican document that opened the door to such a move, calling it “damaging” to the synodal process convened by Pope Francis. Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa in the Democratic Re-public of […]

Pope Francis:‘Without liturgical reform there is no reform of the Church’

Pope Francis met with members of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on February 8 morning to discuss the importance of liturgical re-form as a core feature of the broader “renewal of the Church.” The address comes as the dicastery is meeting for its annual plenary assembly, which is […]

Survey finds most U.S. orders didn’t have a single member take perpetual vows in 2023

Of the 508 American religious communities which responded to a new survey on the number of men and women who professed perpetual vows in 2023, a total of 438, representing 87 percent, reported that they didn’t have a single member who did so, and only 23 reported that they had more than one. That tally […]

How the Vatican secured the release of jailed Nicaraguan bishop

It’s being called a successful negotiation between the Holy See and the regime of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. The government in the Central American nation this past January 14 announced that it had released Bishop Rolando Alvarez from prison and exiled him to Rome. It also freed another bishop, 15 priests, and two seminarians and […]

‘Slum priests’ slam new libertarian government in Pope’s native Argentina

A group of 60 “slum priests” in Pope Francis’s native country released a January 19 statement denouncing what they described as deteriorating living conditions for millions of impoverished Argentines, driven by rising food prices and decreasing earnings. Though he’s only been in office for a little over a month, new Argentine President Javier Milei nervetheless […]

Istanbul church attack: Gunmen kill one person during Sunday morning mass

The shooting happened at the Church of Santa Maria during Sunday mass at around 11:40 local time (08:40 GMT). Turkey’s interior minister later said on X, formerly Twitter: “The two mur-der suspects have been captured,” without giving further details on the motive of the attack. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack. In […]

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