Father Raymond J. de Souza It is not quite right to say that married priests are coming to the Catholic Church — they have been here for quite some time. But recent decisions by Pope Francis mean that something new is almost certainly coming in a few years — theContinue Reading
Vatican Cit: Pope Francis called Wednesday for categoric opposition to capital punishment to be written into an update of the most important guide to Catholic teaching. His comments, which will be controversial with many fundamentalist Christians and some Catholics, came in a speech to clerics attending a conference in RomeContinue Reading
Paris: More than 40 Catholic institutions are to announce the largest ever faith-based divestment from fossil fuels, on the anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi on October 3. The sum involved has not been disclosed but the volume of divesting groups is four times higher than a previousContinue Reading
Father Fernandes wants those making allegations against the Church to rebut points raised in the report of a fact-finding teamContinue Reading
Rome: Earlier this week the Australian government, led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, declared that the country will partake in an optional postal plebiscite on same-sex marriage. Australians will be called to express their opinion by November 2017 on whether same-sex marriage should be legalized in the country. Unlike aContinue Reading
Cape Town, S. Africa: To start the year-long Bicentennial Celebrations of the existence of the Catholic Church in Southern Africa, an inaugural Mass of Thanksgiving in Cape Town’s Cathedral of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt will be held next week on Sunday, 25 June. Announcing the Bi-centennial Celebration, VicarContinue Reading
Manila: Philippine authorities have banned hanging rosaries and religious icons off car dashboards because of safety concerns, prompting an outcry from the Catholic Church which insists they offer divine intervention on the nation’s chaotic roads. The ban, which will take effect on Friday, is part of a wide-ranging new lawContinue Reading
Tampa: Funded by a parish in Florida, a new Catholic church is being built in Cuba and is the first the island nation has seen in 60 years. Father Ramon Hernandez, pastor of St. Lawrence church in Tampa, said he and his parishioners are happy to see how their fundsContinue Reading
Last month, 44 women from south Asian countries met at St Pius College, a Catholic seminary in a Mumbai suburb, to discuss their perspective on climate change and its impact on vulnerable populations. Engagement with environmental issues is not a new thing for the church. More than two decades ago,Continue Reading
American Dominic Father Tom Doyle gave evidence on February 7Continue Reading
