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The Church has been urging government to permit non-Muslim students to receive religious education in their faith

In a notification on Jan. 22, the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training in Paki-stan approved a new curriculum, which makes studying Islam non-compulsory for Christian, Bahai, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, and Zo-roastrian students in the Islamic nation. The Religious Education Cu-rriculum 2023 for Grades 1 to Grade 12 will be introduced from the next […]

Surprising agreement between African and German bishops on same-sex couples

In the Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum in Innsbruck, Austria, featuring regional art of the Tyrol, there is a collection of magnificently, and intricately, carved nativity scenes. One of them shows the manger set amidst the mountainous Alps, with medieval towers looking down on the scene. That carving may not be historically accurate, but it is not heresy either. Its lack of […]

Cardinal says debate about blessings is normal part of Church life

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Va-tican secretary of state, said the debate surrounding the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s declaration on the possibility of blessing gay couples shows that deeper reflection is still needed. At the same time, he said, the reaction is a normal and healthy part of the Catholic Church learning how to […]

Cardinal Turkson at Davos: Business should foster economic solidarity

On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Card-inal Peter Turkson reflects on the importance of entrepreneurs wor-king to change business practices and goals in order to promote the economic integration of people enduring poverty. Global leaders need to adopt a transformative approach to economics so that people facing economic hardship may be […]

Armed men kidnap 6 nuns, others in Haitian capital

Six nuns from the Congrega-tion of the Sisters of Saint Anne were kidnapped Jan. 19 while traveling on a bus in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, according to the Haitian Conference of Religious. Other passengers on the bus also were taken in the abduction, the conference said in a statement. “These many kidnappings fill the consecrated […]

Priests should be allowed to be married

Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, who also serves as an adjunct secretary of the Holy See’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, says the Catholic Church has lost “good priests just because they chose marriage.” Speaking to the Times of Malta, the archbishop said, “Why should we lose a young man who would have […]

German bishops express burning concern over rise of AfD

On a snowy Saturday in January 20, German bishops’ conference chairman Bishop Georg Bätzing joined protesters at a demonstration near his residence in Limburg, in the central state of Hesse. Bishop Georg Bätzing attends a Jan. 20, 2024, demonstration against racism, fascism, and the AfD in Limburg, Germany. . Bätzing was one of the more […]

Amid row over same-sex blessings, Pope laments ‘splitting into groups’ in the Church

Pope Francis on the feast of the Epiphany lamented the sharp division among Catholics of differing views, saying believers must imitate the three wise men in putting God at the centre of their lives, rather than their own ideas of the faith. Speaking to attendees of his Jan. 6 Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, the […]

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