vatican news Child & Youth ProtectionFeatureMcCarrick ReportNewsVaticanWorld News McCarrick report summary cites lack of serious investigations of rumors Cindy WoodenNovember 10, 20209 min read Although dogged for years by rumors of sexual impropriety, Theodore E. McCarrick was able to rise up the Catholic hierarchical structure based on personal contacts, protestations of his innocence and a lack of church officials reporting and investigating accusations, according to the Vatican summary of its report on the matter. Child & Youth ProtectionFeatureMcCarrick ReportNewsVaticanWorld News Vatican report on investigation into ex-Cardinal McCarrick to be released Nov. 10 Rhina GuidosNovember 6, 20204 min read Vatican officials announced Nov. 6 that the Holy See will release Nov. 10 a long-awaited report on the investigation about the ascent to power of now-disgraced former U.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Cardinal Tumi, 90, released after being kidnapped with 12 others Carol GlatzNovember 6, 20203 min read After armed men abducted Cardinal Christian Tumi along with a dozen other people in the northwest region of Cameroon Nov. 5, local reports said he was released Nov. 6. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope expedites transfer of management of Secretariat of State assets Carol GlatzNovember 5, 20203 min read After the Vatican Secretariat of State missed a Nov. 1 deadline to hand over the management and monitoring of its own assets to two separate Vatican bodies, Pope Francis set up a commission to make the transfer and external oversight happen. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Prayers for the dead help the living, too, pope says Cindy WoodenNovember 5, 20203 min read Praying for the dead and asking God to welcome them into his presence forever helps Christians remember what life and death are really about, Pope Francis said. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Vatican approval necessary for diocesan religious orders, pope says Cindy WoodenNovember 4, 20203 min read Bishops who want to establish a religious order in their dioceses must first obtain the written permission of the Holy See, Pope Francis said. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Hope is gift to seek from God, pope says on All Souls’ feast Catholic News ServiceNovember 3, 20203 min read When life is difficult and when one is mourning the passing of a loved one, it is time to pray for the gift of hope and the ability to say with the prophet Job, “I know that my redeemer lives,” Pope Francis said. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope not changing church teaching on gay unions, Secretariat of State says Cindy WoodenNovember 2, 20203 min read The Vatican Secretariat of State has sent an explanatory note to nuncios around the world insisting that when Pope Francis spoke about civil unions, he was not changing or challenging “the doctrine of the church, which he has reaffirmed numerous times over the years.” Ecumenism and Interfaith RelationsFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Catholic, Jewish leaders mark 55th anniversary of ‘Nostra Aetate’ Catholic News ServiceOctober 29, 20203 min read The formal structures that sponsor Catholic-Jewish dialogue are important, but their decades of success have relied on strong personal friendships and mutual respect, both of which must continue to spread among all Catholics and Jews, officials involved in the dialogue said. CoronavirusFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope to celebrate private Mass for All Souls at Vatican cemetery Junno Arocho EstevesOctober 29, 20202 min read Due to restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19, Pope Francis will celebrate the feast of All Souls with a “strictly private” Mass at a Vatican cemetery. Previous 1 … 179 180 181 … 192 Next