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Pope names South Korea bishop prefect for clergy

Pope Francis has appointed South Korean Bishop Lazarus You Heungsik of Daejeon as the new prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Clergy. The Vatican made the announcement June 11, adding that the outgoing prefect, Italian Cardinal Beniamino Stella, 79, would remain at the congregation until the new prefect could assume his role. The new prefect […]

Iran expels Italian nun who has spent her life for the poor of the country

Seventy-five-year-old Sister Giuseppina Berti, who has worked for 26 years in the leprosarium of Tabriz and now lives in Isfahan in the house of the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, will have to leave Iran in the coming days. In fact, her visa has not been renewed and she […]

German lay Catholics ‘shattered’ by Marx resignation

The head of Germany’s lay Catholics has said he is “shattered” by the resignation of Cardinal Reinhard Marx while others have written to Pope Francis, asking him not to accept. The head of the Central Committee of German lay Catholics (ZdK), Thomas Sternberg, with whom Marx initiated the German synodal path for church reform in December 2019, […]

‘Old habit’ of covering up abuse must stop everywhere, pope says

Abuse against a minor is a kind of “psychological murder” that can destroy the victim’s childhood, Pope Francis told an Italian association active in the fight against child abuse and online child pornography. “Therefore, protecting children against sexual exploitation is a duty of every nation, (which is) called to identify both traffickers and abusers,” he […]

Swiss bishop appoints lay people in episcopal vicars’ place

A Swiss Catholic bishop has announced that he is appointing lay people in place of episcopal vicars in his diocese. Bishop Charles Morerod, who has led the Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva, and Fribourg since 2011, revealed the decision in a May 25 interview with the Swiss Catholic Church’s website kath.ch. The Dominican prelate said that […]

Survey: Religiosity seems to be ‘buffer’ against some pandemic stresses

The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on participation in religious services just as it did on workplaces, but a new survey indicates strong emotional resilience from those who consider their faith vital to their existence. That was part of the findings of a survey conducted late last year of 1,600 adults, mostly from Washington, Maryland […]

Christian Village Attacked in Pakistan

Around 200 Muslims attack-ed a Christian village in the Okara District of Pakistan. The incident was incited May 14 when a Muslim motorcyclist, Muhammad Khalil, complained that youths cleaning a church road threw dust and water at him. At that moment, a verbal dispute took place. A few hours later, Khalil brought some friends, and […]

China Snubs Pope, Enforces New Clergy Laws

In a further blow to Pope Francis’ secret Sino-Vatican concordat, China is enforcing new draconian laws compelling clergy to “practice the core values of communism” and pro-mote the “sinicization of religion” — under threat of criminal sanctions. The Measures for the Administration of Religious Clergy, issued by the Communist Party of China’s (CCP) State Bureau […]

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