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by bcadmin | May 14, 2021 | atheism, Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Christopher Hitchens, Giosué Carducci, Italy, lead, News, News Analysis, Papal States, Risorgimento | 0 |
Giosué Carducci, the poet most identified with the risorgimento uprising in the late 19th century, and an ardent atheist and anti-cleric who once composed a celebrated “Hymn to Satan,” reportedly confessed his sins thirty years later and went to his death a faithful Catholic, albeit without announcing his change of heart.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 26, 2021 | Cardinal Angelo Comastri, lead, News, News Analysis, pre-seminary, Sexual abuse, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican trial, Vatican tribunals | 0 |
Three witnesses testified that Italian Cardinal Angelo Comastri, who was relieved of his position as Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica last Saturday by Pope Francis, or his aides, had been aware of sexual abuse allegations at a pre-seminary on Vatican grounds and took no action.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 22, 2021 | Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Cardinal Robert Sarah, Comastri, News, Retire, U.S. & World News, Vatican, Vatican posts | 0 |
Pope Francis accepted the resignations of 75-year-old Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, and 77-year-old Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and vicar for Vatican City State.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 12, 2021 | Cardinal Angelo Comastri, clerical sexual abuse, lead, News, News Analysis, pre-seminary, Second Vatican Council, Seminarians, Vatican | 0 |
An abuse case currently before the Vatican’s tribunal involving a pre-seminary on Vatican grounds is a high-risk, high-reward proposition for Pope Francis.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 21, 2020 | Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Catholic Church, Coronavirus, covid, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, Vatican | 0 |
A Vatican cardinal serving as the archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica says that COVID-19 coronavirus does not “come from God” but possibly from a laboratory, and denounced the “great powers” for organizing “bacteriological wars.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 2, 2020 | Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, News, St. Peter's Basilica, St. Pope John Paul II, Vatican | 0 |
Remembering St. John Paul II and the 15th anniversary of his death, Pope Francis encouraged people to pray for his intercession and trust in Divine Mercy, especially during these “difficult days” of the coronavirus pandemic.
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