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ROME – Pope Francis told a group of priests that he doesn’t want to see “grandma’s lace” when Mass is celebrated, saying that although “paying homage” to grandma is good, “it is better to celebrate the Holy Mother Church.” Speaking to the priests and bishops of the Italian island of […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 3, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italy, Mafia, News, Sicily | 0 |
A second diocese in Sicily, where the Mafia has had a significant presence for decades, announced a temporary ban on the naming of godparents for baptisms and confirmations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 1, 2021 | Angelus, Catholic News Service, Haiti, Italy, News, Pope Francis, Sicily, Vatican, Vietnam | 0 |
Pope Francis called on world leaders to aid the people of Haiti as the country continues to descend into chaos due to widespread violence, economic instability and natural disasters.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 21, 2021 | Baptism, Catholic Church, Catholic Church in Italy, Catholic news, Confirmation, Europe, Free Access, Godparents, Mafia, News, Sicily | 0 |
Rome Newsroom, Oct 20, 2021 / 06:10 am There will be no godfathers named in the Sicilian archdiocese of Catania for the next three years due to a decree issued by the archbishop that came into full effect this month. Archbishop Salvatore Gristina of Catania has said that he decided to temporarily suspend the naming
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 10, 2021 | Belgium, Decomissioned Churches, Flanders, Italy, lead, News, News Analysis, secularism, Sicily, sociology, Teachers, Western Europe | 0 |
In western Europe, the church is undergoing a long-term transition from a culture-shaping majority to an optional subculture, sometimes in harmony with the broader majority and sometimes at odds with it.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 5, 2021 | Abusive priests, Canon Law, Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, Child pornography, child protection, Church in Europe, lead, News, Sicily, Umbria | 0 |
A Sicilian priest who has been serving in the Archdiocese of Perguia for nearly 10 years has been arrested on charges of child pornography and child prostitution after allegedly paying for explicit images and videos of minors sent via online chats.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 27, 2021 | Church in Europe, lead, Mediterranean, Migrants, News, Pope Francis, Sea Watch, Sicily | 0 |
One Italian bishop has said Pope Francis’s push for greater brotherhood and solidarity is needed more than ever following the death last week of 130 migrants who for two days issued distress calls to no avail when their boat met trouble in the Mediterranean.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 30, 2020 | Associated Press, Asylum seekers, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Italy, Lampedusa, Mediterranean, migrants and refugees, News, Sicily | 0 |
The arrival of hundreds of migrants crammed into a rickety fishing boat has worsened the severe overcrowding at shelters on a tiny Italian island, triggering an angry demonstration by islanders and a vow Sunday by the mayor to call a protest strike.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 26, 2020 | Church in Europe, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Italy, lead, migrants and refugees, News, Sicily | 0 |
Church leaders in Sicily have criticized the directive of a local political to expel all migrants in the region and close reception centers on the alleged basis of public safety amid the coronavirus, calling the move hypocritical, discriminatory and dangerous.
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