The church cannot appoint new bishops, and the Vatican cannot start new diplomatic efforts. Sometimes. Francis was a cardinal from Argentina before his election as pope and had not served in the ...

A Bishop from the Diocese of Greensburg was among the crowd that gathered outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome Sunday following Pope Francis' release from the hospital after battling a month-long illness.

The church cannot appoint new bishops, and the Vatican cannot start new diplomatic efforts. Sometimes. Francis was a cardinal from Argentina before his election as pope and had not served in the ...

For well over a century, Vatican diplomacy worked hard, and in this case effectively, to disentangle the Church from state interference in the appointment of Catholic bishops. That achievement was ...

We urgently need to invest in the formation of consciences. Any confusion between good and evil creates a sense of emptiness ...

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The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2023, while the number of seminarians, priests, men and women in religious orders, and baptisms all declined, a ...

Worldcategory· February 10, 2025 Nicaragua blasts Vatican after exiled bishop's TV appearance Nicaragua's government described the Vatican as "depraved" and "pedophile" on Sunday, two days after ...

Francis followed the opening of the retreat by videoconference on Sunday: He could see and hear the Rev. Roberto Pasolini, preacher of the papal household, but the priests, bishops and cardinals in ...

Dicastery for Evangelization says it appreciates the triptych 'head, heart, hands' approach to teaching students ...