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Rare public conflict at Vatican over laicization of Argentine priest

In a highly unusual ruling, the Vatican in September rescinded the laicization of an Argentine priest who had been found guilty of sexual abuse of minors. But on October 7, the Dicastery for the...

Cardinal-designate Radcliffe links African bishops’ opposition to homosexuality to pressure from evangelicals, Moscow, and Muslims

In an article published in the Italian daily edition of the Vatican newspaper, Cardinal-designate Timothy Radcliffe, OP, one of the synod session’s two spiritual assistants, took repeated...

11-year decline in worldwide priestly vocations continues

The number of major seminarians worldwide fell from 109,895 at the end of 2021 to 108,481 at the end of 2022, according to statistics published by the Fides news agency (CWN coverage). Between...

New papal encyclical urges devotion to Sacred Heart

In his 4th encyclical, Dilexit Nos, Pope Francis strongly encourages the traditional Catholic devotion to the Sacred Heart. “In the end, that Sacred Heart is the unifying principle of all...

Cardinal-designate Radcliffe denies making published remarks about African bishops and homosexuality, Cardinal Ambongo says

Cardinal-designate Timothy Radcliffe, OP, has denied making a statement, published three times under his name, linking the African bishops’ qualms about homosexuality to pressure from...

Worldwide baptisms fall over 15% in 6 years

The number of baptisms administered in the Church worldwide plunged from over 16 million in 2016 to 13,327,037 in 2022—a decline of 17% over six years, according to the appendix to statistics...

Synod, October 9: Cardinal Fernández invites synod participants to weigh in on forthcoming document on women and ministry

On October 9, 343 of the 365 participants in the second and final session of the synod on synodality gathered in Paul VI Audience Hall for the third day of their four-day consideration of the...

Top Vatican official hints at papal involvement in mysterious abuse case

The Vatican's top canon-law official has hinted that Pope Francis may have been personally involved in the case of an Argentine priest who was laicized because of abuse accusations, then had that...

Synod, October 8: final document commission members chosen; leading Latin American prelate raises prospect of married priests

On October 8, 350 of the 365 participants in the second and final session of the synod on synodality gathered in Paul VI Audience Hall for the second day of their four-day consideration of the...

Pope, in book foreword, laments ‘resistance to change’ on women in the Church

L’Osservatore Romano has published the Pope’s foreword to Donne e uomini, questione di culture: Per una Chiesa del noi [Women and Men, A Question of Cultures: For a Church of Us], a book...