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Lay Catholics Can Perform Marriage Rights
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From the Telegram:VATICAN CITY — The Vatican said on Monday that in very exceptional circumstances and with special permission, lay Catholics can be allowed to perform marriage rites.In a document issued by the Holy See office for clergy, the Vatican…
Vatican Issues New Guide To Clergy On Handling Sex Abuse Cases
The Vatican, through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, yesterday issued a detailed guide for clerics on handling clergy sex abuse cases. Titled Vademcum: On Certain Points of Procedure In Treating Cases of Sexual Abuse of Minors Committed …
Why Chinese whistleblower may be right that Communists paid Vatican to shut up about its war on Catholics | Blogs | LifeSite
June 25, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) Chinese dissident Guo Wengui claims that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) allocates up to $2 billion a year to buy the Vatican's silence concerning the ongoing persecution of the Catholic Church in China and…
Pope Francis Sets Aside Proposal on Married Priests – The New York Times
VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has for now rejected a landmark proposal by bishops to allow the ordination of married men in remote areas, a potentially momentous change that conservatives had warned would set the Roman Catholic Church on a slippery…
Pompeo Speaks At Vatican Symposium On Faith-Based Organizations
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke yesterday (full text and video of remarks) in the Vatican at a symposium titled Pathways to Achieving Human Dignity: Partnering with Faith-Based Organizations. The event was co-sponsored by the Holy See’s Secretariat of…
“Angels Unawares” Unveiled in Vatican for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
On Sunday, during a special Mass on the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Francis unveiled a monument to migration in St. Peter’s Square as a homage to the displaced.The work, “Angels Unaware,” by the…
Vatican Considers Select Priest Marriage
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From BBC:
The Vatican has raised the idea of ordaining older married men as priests in the Amazon's remote areas where there is a shortage of clergy, in what could be a historic shift, the BBC's religion editor Martin Bashir
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New Vatican Document Says Gender Theory is Cultural and Ideological Revolution
VATICAN CITY – A Vatican department has issued a sweeping denunciation of so-called gender theory, and affirmed the principles of human dignity, difference, and complementarity. In all such [gender] theories, from the most moderate to the most radical, there…
Pope Francis sounds racism alarm as EU nationalists win big, Europe News & Top Stories – The Straits Times
VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Pope Francis warned on Monday (May 27) against a rise of intolerance and racism as far-right nationalists and eurosceptic parties made historic gains in European elections."The signs of meanness we see around us heighten our…