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by bcadmin | Nov 22, 2022 | Budget, Church in Europe, Italian politics, Italy, Lega Nord, News, Taxes, Weddings | 0 |
Parliamentarians from the right-wing, anti-immigrant Lega party had proposed a tax deduction of up to $20,000 for couples under the age of 35 with an income of less than $23,000 and who choose to get married in the Catholic Church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 21, 2022 | Celebrity, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italy, lead, News, Nuns, Religious Life | 0 |
In a disappointing, but perhaps, for some, unsurprising turn of events for fans of “Suor Cristina,” Italy’s most famous singing nun, the Ursuline sister and winner of a major vocal competition announced that she has left religious life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 19, 2022 | Church in Europe, Church Reform, German bishops, German synodal path, Germany, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
After a series of frank conversations with Vatican officials over the German church’s controversial “Synodal Path,” Germany’s bishops have assured officials in Rome but are pushing forward with their reform process.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 19, 2022 | Cardinal Luis Ladaria, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Church in Europe, Church Reform, German bishops, German synodal path, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
In what was described as a “frank” discussion in Rome Friday between Vatican department heads and German bishops over their contested “Synodal Path” reforms, a proposal to cease and desist the process was made and rejected.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 18, 2022 | Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
Ukraine, like any nation under attack, has a legitimate right to self-defense and to seek justice, but great care also must be taken to defend the hearts of Ukrainians from hatred and a desire for vengeance, said the Vatican secretary of state.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 18, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, lead, News, papal interview, Pope Francis, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
The Vatican is willing to do whatever it takes to broker a cease-fire and bring an end to the war on Ukraine, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, General Audience, News, Pope Francis, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
“We can pray for Ukraine by saying, ‘Hurry up, Lord,'” Pope Francis told visitors and pilgrims at his weekly general audience.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, lead, News, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
The Latin-rite bishop whose diocese includes Kherson, Ukraine, accused Russian forces of “cruel and bestial behavior” in the recaptured port and warned his country would not negotiate with Moscow until all occupied territory is regained.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Church in Europe, Emmanuel Macron, Joe Biden, lead, News, Pope Francis, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, United States, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |
In the Holy See’s latest bid to help bring an end to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, will preside over a special Mass for peace in Ukraine later this month.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 14, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, Cyprus, Greek Orthodox, News, Orthodox Church | 0 |
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Chrysostomos II, the leader of Cyprus’ Orthodox Church, was laid to rest Saturday with a ceremony that reflected centuries of ecclesiastical tradition, eulogized as his church’s greatest reformer and an outspoken fighter for his people. The spiritual head of the world’s 300 million Orthodox, Istanbul-based Patriarch Bartholomew, […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 11, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, France, lead, News, Vatican | 0 |
The Vatican said Friday it has decided to launch a preliminary sex abuse investigation into a prominent French cardinal after he admitted to having behaved in a “reprehensible way” with a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 11, 2022 | Abuse, Church in Europe, France, French bishops, French Catholics, lead, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
French Catholics are reeling after a series of recent abuse revelations, including a top prelate’s confession of misconduct, with the latest involving a priest who is accused of drugging and raping a teenager earlier this month.
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