Pope on World Food Day laments paradox of hunger, obesity
Pope Francis is calling for lifestyle and dietary changes to address the paradox of a world in which people suffer from malnutrition in some areas and obesity in others.
Pope seeks ‘courageous’ debate over Amazon priest shortage
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis urged South American bishops on Monday to speak “courageously” at a high-profile meeting on the Amazon, where the shortage of priests is so acute that the Vatican is considering ordaining married men and…
Putin meets Pope Francis on one-day visit to Rome
Francis received Putin on Thursday in an hour-long audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace.
LGBTQ Catholics denounce Vatican’s document on gender identity
The document rejected the idea that people can choose or change their genders and insisted on the sexual "complementarity" of men and women to make babies.
Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities, in a new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for…
Gregory, replaces Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who resigned last year after being implicated in covering up sex abuse within the church.
The mandatory reporting provision marks the first time the Vatican has put into law requirements for Catholic officials to report allegations of sex crimes.
The decision greatly disappointed abuse survivors, given that French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin had traveled to the Vatican on Monday to present his resignation following the March 7 verdict and six-month suspended sentence he received.
The most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse was sentenced for molesting two choirboys in an Australian cathedral.
Additional Support Provided By:
