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by bcadmin | Sep 27, 2022 | lead, News, Swiss Guard, Switzerland, Vatican | 0 |
A Swiss canton held a referendum on whether to make a financial contribution to the renovation of the new barracks for the Swiss Guard, the world’s smallest army, at the Vatican, with around 71.5 percent voting in opposition to the funding.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 7, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, News, Switzerland | 0 |
The leaders of the Catholic Church in Switzerland have asked two academics to lead a study into the Swiss church’s history of sexual exploitation since the mid-20th century.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 1, 2021 | Associated Press, News, Swiss Guards, Switzerland, Vatican, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |
The Swiss government decided Friday to set up a dedicated embassy to the Vatican, for which Switzerland’s ambassador to Slovenia is currently responsible.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 1, 2021 | Associated Press, Austria, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, Gay marriage, Gay ministry, Germany, LGBT Catholics, News, Switzerland | 0 |
Five Catholic women’s organizations in German-speaking areas have released an open letter calling for the Vatican to reverse its position that priests cannot bless same-sex unions.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 29, 2021 | Anti-Muslim, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Switzerland | 0 |
Switzerland’s Catholic Church has joined other religious groups in opposing a proposed ban on Muslim head coverings, arguing it would “disproportionately” restrict religious freedom.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | Cardinals, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, College of Cardinals, News, Obituary, SSPX, Switzerland | 0 |
Swiss Cardinal Henri Schwery, whose diocese was home to Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s priestly society, died Jan. 7 at the age of 88.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 9, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic Marriage, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Defense of Marriage, Gay marriage, News, Switzerland | 0 |
Switzerland’s proposed “marriage equality” law is an attempt to resolve “problems of discrimination by ignoring the differences” between a civil union and a marriage, said the country’s bishops.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 17, 2020 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, German bishops, German Church, Germany, News, Switzerland | 0 |
Lutheran and Catholic churches in Switzerland and Germany are planning for people to celebrate religious Christmas services at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 17, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, corporate social responsibility, News, Switzerland | 0 |
The Catholic Church in Switzerland has backed legislation that would penalize companies that damage the environment or abuse human rights.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 5, 2020 | Associated Press, Bishop Charles Morerod, Catholic Church, Catholic women, Church in Europe, News, second, Switzerland, Women in the Church | 0 |
A Swiss bishop’s appointment of a lay mother of three to a senior administrative post previously held by a priest has raised eyebrows in conservative Catholic circles, at a time when a strengthened role for women in the church is under debate in other European countries.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 1, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Dominicans, Gregorian Chant, News, sacred music, Switzerland | 0 |
Dominican Brothers Stefan Ansinger and Alexandre Frezzato are teaching people to sing 800-year-old Gregorian chant through free weekly lessons on their YouTube channel called OPChant.
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