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Synod study group proposes commission to assess ‘ad limina’ visits
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (1112+ words) The Catholic Church needs an “independent ecclesiastical commission” to evaluate bishops’ ad limina visits. That is one of the conclusions of a nine-page document released Sept. 8 by the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod on the visits that regional groupings…...
The Vatican and Beijing’s long term bets against each other
1+ week, 3+ day ago (852+ words) The Vatican announced on Monday the most recent in a growing list of bishops selected and installed under the norms of the 2018 agreement with the Chinese government on episcopal appointments. Bishop Paul Liu Honggang was consecrated Aug. 31 and installed as…...
Agreement eases 4-year liturgical standoff at Syro-Malabar cathedral
1+ week, 5+ day ago (846+ words) An Indian cathedral at the heart of the Syro-Malabar liturgy dispute celebrated a Holy Qurbana entirely facing the people Sunday, after parishioners agreed to allow it alongside the Eastern Church’s new uniform Eucharistic liturgy. The agreement marks another step in…...
Vatican delegate makes changes for troubled IVE
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1713+ words) The pontifical delegate to the beleaguered Institute of the Incarnate Word has announced a new general council, as part of Vatican efforts to reform the congregation, and a new website for the group, largely because Vatican-appointed officials had been unable…...
What’s at stake in Nigeria’s Church-state clash?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1438+ words) August is normally a quiet month for Catholic news. But not in Nigeria, which has just witnessed a significant clash between Church and state. The dispute began, ironically, with a relatively cordial July 28 meeting between a delegation of bishops and…...
Fr. Maurice, the news, and going mufti
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1653+ words) Two things can be true at once. But Tibet is not the one-dimensional Shangri-la it’s sometimes painted as by its Hollywood advocates, a magical land where gurus exist on a higher plane, waiting around to dispense wisdom one koan at…...
Germany sees increase in adult baptisms amid overall baptism decline
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (596+ words) Adult baptisms in Germany rose significantly last year, while overall baptism numbers dropped, the German bishops’ conference said this month. There were 2,650 adults and young adults baptized in Germany in 2025, according to statistics released last week by the German bishops…...
Request for white bishop sparks outrage and debate in Angola
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1709+ words) Catholics in the African nation of Angola are locked in a controversy centered on a historically significant diocese for the country, which claims to have been the see of the first black Catholic bishops appointed in sub-Saharan Africa. The controversy…...
Apostolic administrator appointed for Rabat during cardinal’s investigation
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (955+ words) The Archdiocese of Rabat, Morocco, announced Aug. 2 the temporary appointment of Msgr. Mario León Dorado, OMI, as apostolic administrator while the Holy See investigates allegations of sexual misconduct against Cardinal Cristóbal López Romero, SDB. The move follows allegations from five…...
Leo XIV issues new Fundamental Law of Vatican City State
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (569+ words) Pope Leo XIV issued a new Fundamental Law of Vatican City State Friday, replacing a previous version adopted in 2023. In a preamble to the new document, which was issued only in Italian July 31, Leo XIV explained that the constitutional framework…...