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Renew consecration to the Immaculate Heart, Pope recommends
Pope Francis has encouraged a renewal of the consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25, the feast of the Annunciation, every year.At his Wednesday audience on March 22, the Pope recalled the feast day last year, “when in union with all the bishops of the world, the Church and humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine, were consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.” He suggested an annual renewal of the consecration by “every believer and community, especially prayer groups.”
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Cardinal McElroy: Catholic teaching on grave nature of ‘all sexual sins’ is 17th-century innovation
Responding to critics of his January article on “radical inclusion“ for “LGBT people, women, and others in the Catholic Church,” Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego...3
Two more confusing papal interviews [News Analysis]
“Interviews are not my forte,” Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio once remarked, explaining that he did not feel he expressed himself clearly when he spoke extemporaneously. If Pope Francis...4
Washington Post rips lay Catholic group for divulging priests’ online habits
A non-profit foundation established by lay Catholics has furnished US bishops with data linking priests with online gay dating services, the Washington Post reports. The Post, in a critical...5
Cardinal Hollerich: Loyal to the Pope; ready to change Church teaching [News Analysis]
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg made the astonishing suggestion that early Christians did not understand what homosexuality was, in a revealing interview with a Croatian...6
Decade-long decline in worldwide priestly vocations continues
For the first time since 1999, the number of major seminarians worldwide has fallen below 110,000, according to statistics released by the Vatican. Between the end of 2020 and the end of 2021,...7
Pope names new members of Council of Cardinals
Pope Francis has revamped the Council of Cardinals, naming five new members to his top advisory panel. The most notable changes in the composition of the group will be the departure of Cardinal...8
Archbishop admits spying on other Vatican officials [News analysis]
Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, the sostituto or deputy secretary of state, has admitted that he authorized electronic surveillance of the director of the Vatican bank, without legal...9
Pope Francis sketches vision for future of moral theology
On March 23, Pope Francis received participants in a conference organized by the Alphonsian Academy (Alphonsianum), two months after he raised the institute of moral theology to the dignity of a...10
