Church of England votes to bless same-sex couples
The General Synod of the Church of England on Thursday voted by 250 to 181 votes to approve the offering of blessings to same-sex couples in civil marriages. It narrowly…
European Catholics debate final outcome of Synod on Synodality assembly in Prague
Bishop Aliaksandr Yasheuskiy, auxiliary of Minsk, Belarus, recommended that the text should be clarified to note that the comments on the ordination of married men and the ordination of women…
Cardinal Grech at European assembly: ‘The synod is not there to destroy Catholic identity’
Addressing these two “equally problematic” ways of understanding the Synod on Synodality, Grech said that the synod is not a process to “raze distinctions.” “The synod is not there to…
Pope Francis meets with Cardinal Becciu amid ongoing Vatican finance trial
Since July 2021, Becciu has been on trial in the Vatican on several finance-related charges. The trial centers on the Secretariat of State’s purchase of a London building, a controversial…
Pope Francis in video message: Human trafficking ‘disfigures’ human dignity
The pope acknowledged the rise in human trafficking and the targeting of women, children, migrants, and those “impoverished by economic crisis, wars, climate change, and so much instability.” He added:…
Priest kidnapped in Haiti; captors demand ransom
Violence in Haiti A Camiliian priest, Father Antonio Menegón, told the Vatican news agency Fides in December 2022 that currently armed gangs are running the country and also attacking Catholic…
European bishops call for release of Nicaraguan bishop due to stand trial for conspiracy
The letter also explicitly mentioned priests Ramón Tijerino, José Luis Díaz and Sadiel Eugarrios; Deacon Raúl Vega; seminarians Darvin Leiva and Melkin Centeno; and lay cameraman Sergio Cárdenas, “victims, all…
Christian leaders in Syria call for an end to ‘unjust’ sanctions that they say hamper aid to the needy
The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) also recently called for an end to sanctions against Syria. “We urge the immediate lifting of sanctions on Syria and allowing access to…
Ukrainian Catholics will now celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 in a shift toward the West
The head of the UGCC, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Galicia, said that the decision was made “taking into account the numerous requests of the faithful and having conducted prior…
New auxiliary bishop appointed in Diocese of El Paso immigrated to U.S. from Philippines
He was ordained a priest that same year. Celino then continued his studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he earned a licentiate in canon law…
Benedict XVI describes ‘Protestantization’ of the Eucharist in posthumous publication
According to Vatican journalist Sandro Magister, Benedict XVI had arranged for the writings to be published after his death. The Italian magazine L’Espresso published an excerpt of one the essays,…
Biden tells Congress to codify Roe, pass LGBTQ protections
“The vice president and I are doing everything to protect access to reproductive health care and safeguard patient ,” the president said. “But already, more than a dozen states are…