Vatican City court charges Italian priest with sexual abuse during seminary Brian Schoonover September 17, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Sep 17, 2019 / 11:55 am (CNA).- The Vatican announced Tuesday that the Vatican City State’s Promoter of Justice is indicting two Italian priests -- Fr. Gabriele Martinelli on charges of...
Archbishop Gomez to present conclusions of V Encuentro to Pope Francis Brian Schoonover September 17, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Sep 17, 2019 / 11:19 am (CNA).- A delegation from the U.S., including Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, will present the conclusions and proceedings of the National V Encuentro of Hispanic...
Analysis: The Amazon and Germany – A tale of two synods Brian Schoonover September 16, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Sep 16, 2019 / 04:48 pm (CNA).- For the next two months, most of the ink spilled by Catholic journalists will be dedicated to the Amazon, and especially the three-week Rome meeting of bishops in...
Pope Francis: Life imprisonment forgoes the ‘right to start over’ Brian Schoonover September 16, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Sep 16, 2019 / 08:48 am (CNA).- In an audience with penitentiary staff and prison chaplains, Pope Francis said Saturday that sentencing prisoners to life imprisonment diminishes their...
Prince Charles to attend Newman’s canonization in Rome Brian Schoonover September 16, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Sep 16, 2019 / 05:00 am (CNA).- Prince Charles will attend the canonization of Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman next month. The heir to the British throne will travel to Rome to witness the...
Pope Francis: God forgets our sins after confession Brian Schoonover September 15, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Sep 15, 2019 / 07:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis said Sunday that God forgets sins absolved within the confessional. “How do you defeat evil? Accepting God's forgiveness … It happens...
Pope Francis: Tradition is ‘the guarantee of the future’ Brian Schoonover September 13, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Sep 13, 2019 / 01:11 pm (CNA).- Fidelity to tradition ensures a fruitful future, Pope Francis said in a meeting Thursday with a contemplative-missionary community rooted in the spirituality of...
Search for God should be ‘first apostolate’, Pope Francis tells Augustinians Brian Schoonover September 13, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Sep 13, 2019 / 11:47 am (CNA).- Pope Francis told members of a men’s religious order Friday that the first goal personally and in their apostolates should be an orientation of their hearts...
German bishops respond to Vatican intervention, but documents indicate ongoing disagreement Brian Schoonover September 13, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Sep 13, 2019 / 10:38 am (CNA).- The German bishops’ conference has responded to the Vatican’s intervention in preparations for a binding synodal process to be held in that country...
Pope Francis explains decision to give relics of St. Peter to Orthodox Brian Schoonover September 13, 2019 Vatican News Vatican City, Sep 13, 2019 / 05:11 am (CNA).- In a letter to Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Pope Francis has explained the unexpected gifting of a relic of St. Peter to the leader of the Eastern Orthodox...
