Tag: Vatican
Kevin Donnelly: Truth is the first casualty of the gender wars
The release of the Congregation for Catholic Education’s publication Male and Female He Created Them: Towards a path of dialogue on the question of...
Confession must never be violated, says Vatican
https://youtu.be/fPyOuQifQpQ
Absolute secrecy of the Confessional
In the light of "a worrying negative prejudice" against the Catholic Church, Pope Francis ordered the publication of a document...
Pope encourages Australian bishops
Bishops experience a moment of grace
Australia’s Catholic bishops have described their long-overdue meeting with Pope Francis in Rome as ‘frank’, ‘emotional’ and ‘deeply encouraging’.
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Fr John Corrigan: Lessons learned from an exorcism course
If you read reports in secular media, you might conclude that the Vatican runs an annual “crash course” on exorcism which certifies 250 or...
Bishops back gender clarity call
Catholic bishops have welcomed the Vatican’s recent statement that gender is fixed from birth.
Vatican calls for species protection
Conference calls for change in attitudes toward nature, their economic systems and consumption.
Let’s serve each other: Pope washes prisoners feet
https://youtu.be/cY0CTU0PaJA
We are all servants, Francis tells prisoners
Jesus' gesture of washing his disciples' feet, an act once reserved to servants and slaves, is one that...
Inspirational priest is 95 not out
Why is Monsignor William Mullins, who recently turned 95, still working for the Church he loves?
Aussie bishops off to Rome
In late June the bishops of Australia will travel to Rome to visit the tombs of Saints Peter and Paul, and to meet with Pope Francis.
Vatican cookbook offers rare collection of recipes
By Regina Lordan
During an era in which coffee-table books collect dust while handheld social media consumes idle time, there seems little need for another...
Be quick to climb Holy Stairs
The stones Jesus climbed before his sentence of crucifixion will briefly be open to the public.
Letters from the Vatican #6
Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the Meeting for the Protection of Minors. A special international journalistic collaboration between The Catholic Herald, First...
