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Vatican document praises (monogamous) marriage [News Analysis]
Una Caro, the document released on November 25 by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), was advertised as a Vatican statement on polygamy. But actually the DDF document is a paean to...
Irish teacher faces Christmas in prison in dispute over gender ideology
An Irish schoolteacher who was dismissed for refusing to accept gender ideology has been warned that he faces a Christmas in prison for contempt of court.Enoch Burke was fired in 2022 from Wilson’s Hospital School, after he refused to use a student’s “preferred pronouns.” When he insisted on reporting for work despite his dismissal, the school obtained a court order barring him from the school grounds. He has repeatedly defied that order and been charged with contempt.
At Burke’s latest court hearing, Justice Brian Cregan accused Burke of a “deliberate, sustained, and concerted attack” on the rule of law, and called the dismissed teacher a “baleful and malign presence” at the school. He said that Burke would be held in jail until he purges himself of contempt of court, by promising not to appear on the school’s grounds.
Leo XIV, Ecumenical Patriarch sign joint declaration; Pontiff calls for 2033 gathering in Jerusalem
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who holds a primacy of honor among the Orthodox churches, signed a joint declaration yesterday, the third day of the first...USCCB publishes new edition of Ethical and Religious Directives for health care
The United States Conference of Catholics has published the seventh edition of its Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.The publication follows a vote by the US bishops, at their November meeting, to bar gender-altering treatment at Catholic hospitals.
Pope, in Turkey, commemorates 1700th anniversary of Council of Nicaea, warns of ‘new Arianism’
On the second day of the first international trip of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV made a pilgrimage to İznik, Turkey (historically Nicaea), where he commemorated the 1700th anniversary of the First...President Trump issues message for feast of Immaculate Conception
President Donald Trump issued a message yesterday for the feast of the Immaculate Conception.“Today, I recognize every American celebrating December 8 as a Holy Day honoring the faith, humility, and love of Mary, mother of Jesus and one of the greatest figures in the Bible,” the message began. “On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Catholics celebrate what they believe to be Mary’s freedom from original sin as the mother of God.”
“Today, we look to Mary once again for inspiration and encouragement as we pray for an end to war and for a new and lasting era of peace, prosperity, and harmony in Europe and throughout the world,” the president added.
Pope Leo begins 1st international trip, calls on Turkey to be ‘source of stability and rapprochement’
At the beginning of the first international trip of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV expressed hope that Turkey would become a “source of stability and rapprochement between peoples, in service...Islamist rebels kill patients, set fire to Catholic health clinic in DR Congo
Members of the Allied Democratic Forces, an Islamist rebel group, attacked a diocesan health clinic in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The Islamists “massacred patients, and then set the entire facility ablaze, killing several women in the maternity ward,” according to Vatican News, the news agency of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication.
Father Giovanni Piumatti, an Italian missionary, said that “15 people were killed in the clinic and another five in the surrounding area. They set fire to the entire facility and 27 nearby homes. Before destroying everything, they looted all the medical supplies ... They killed mothers as they were breastfeeding their babies.”
Departing Turkey, Pope holds in-flight press conference, calls on Lebanese to be peacemakers
Pope Leo XIV departed from Turkey and arrived in Lebanon on November 30, the fourth day of the Pope’s six-day apostolic journey to the two nations. Istanbul Pope Leo XIV’s first...Pope abolishes newly created Vatican fundraising commission
Pope Leo XIV has abolished a commission set up by Pope Francis to encourage and coordinate donations to the Holy See.In a decree made public on December 4, Pope Leo suppressed the Commission for Donations to the Holy See, which was created by Pope Francis in February of this year. Pope Leo explained that he was eliminating the new commission in accordance with a recommendation from the Council for the Economy, which is charged with streamlining Vatican finances.
The wording of the December 4 papal decree suggests that Vatican officials were unhappy with the structure and performance of the Commission for Donations. The document states that a new Vatican working group will be set up “to formulate proposals regarding the general structure of fundraising for the Holy See,” while the Council for the Economy will be asked to nominate members of this body.
