Tag: Catholic Church
Popular but facing opposition, Francis marks 10 years as pope
Now more than ever, the first Latin American pope faces strong opposition from the conservative wing of the Catholic Church
Pope Francis names new members of Church’s council of cardinals
The members of Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals are tasked with assisting the pope “in the governance of the universal Church”
Pope Francis: Laypeople are not guests in the Church
“It is time for pastors and laypeople to walk together, in every area of the Church’s life, in every part of the world"
Child sex abuse in the Catholic Church
From Australia to Ireland via the United States, thousands of priests, bishops and cardinals have been caught up in abuse scandals
400-year-old chapel in India faces demolition to give way to football...
The chapel was built in 1607 by Portuguese missionaries and has “great architectural, historical and cultural value”
Pope Francis faces ‘civil war’ at heart of Church
The tensions come as the Catholic Church conducts a vast global consultation on its future, the "Synod on Synodality"
Video: Pope’s February prayer intention: For parishes to be open communities
Pope Francis asks parishes to truly be communities: places of listening and welcome whose doors are always open to all, no one excluded
SPOTLIGHT: Asia’s oldest cardinal turns 94, speaks of rice, TikTok, (and...
“I have to thank my teacher. He did not convince me to be a priest, but he told me to study well.”
‘Synodal way’ of the Church of the poor
The Church must not fail, to embrace human suffering as its own, as Jesus did, assuming humanity as integral in his incarnation
Without Vatican II, ‘the Church today would be a small sect,’...
“If we did not have that point of reform that was the Second Vatican Council, the Church today would be a small sect, unknown to most people”