Rome, Aug 24, 2022: Pope Francis has ordered that the Holy See and connected entities move all financial assets to the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican bank. The Pope’s rescript, issued August 23, clarifies the interpretation of a paragraph in the new constitution ofContinue Reading
Andrea Gagliarducci The new round of promotions and demotions in the Vatican is the consequence of two decisions recently taken by Pope Francis: Firstly, the publication of the apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium, which regulates the functions and tasks of the Roman Curia. And secondly, the publication of Traditionis Custodes. ThisContinue Reading
Rome, Aug 4, 2022: Pope Francis has promoted a Vatican nurse whom he credited with saving his life to be his “personal health care assistant.” The Vatican announced the appointment of Massimiliano Strappetti in a one-line statement issued August 4. Strappetti, the nursing coordinator of the Vatican’s health department, accompaniedContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, July 24, 2022: Today, (Sunday, July 24), Papa Francesco will begin a weeklong trip across Canada, which he calls a “pilgrimage of penance.” He plans to meet with Indigenous communities and formally apologize for the rampant abuse and “cultural genocide,” at residential schools—ran by theContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, July 23, 2022: On Sunday, July 24, the Catholic Church will once again celebrate the ‘World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly.’ This is the second such year (now become an annual observance) of this extraordinary day. The day will be always be on the lastContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 11, 2022: Pope Francis has offered his “heartfelt condolences” to the loved ones of Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, in the wake of his assassination. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin sent the telegram expressing the Pope’s condolences to Japan’s Apostolic Nuncio, ArchbishopContinue Reading
By Linda Bordoni Vatican City, July 6, 2022: Bishop Martinelli, who was the auxiliary bishop in Milan for eight years, was appointed as Apostolic Vicar for Southern Arabia by Pope Francis after the resignation of 80-year-old Bishop Paul Hinder who was in service for 18 years and championed interfaith dialogueContinue Reading
By Cindy Wooden Vatican City, June 29, 2022: Before celebrating the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis is asking Catholics around the world to dedicate time in 2023 to studying the documents of the Second Vatican Council. Presenting the official logo for the Holy Year June 28, Archbishop Rino Fisichella alsoContinue Reading
By Lisa Zengarini Vatican City, June 21, 2022: Pope Francis has invited the youth of the Syro-Malabar Church to follow Jesus by saying “yes” to a life of service and responsibility, and “no” to one of superficiality and dissipation. The Pope said on June 18 during a meeting with theContinue Reading
Vatican City, June 16, 2022: Pope Francis on June 15 took another step to reign in new religious groups in the Catholic Church after their unregulated proliferation in recent decades led to abuses in governance that allowed spiritual and sexual misconduct to go unchecked. The diocesan bishop must obtain aContinue Reading
