Pell says Church needs guidelines about status of former popes (Reuters) Cardinal George Pell, a leading Roman Catholic conservative, said the Vatican needs clear rules to govern the status of future popes who resign rather than rule for life and that such a move would help Church unity…
Suspect in French church attack charged with terrorism (CNA) The perpetrator of an October knife attack inside Notre-Dame de Nice has been charged with terrorism, French officials said Monday. Brahim Aouissaoui, 21, has charged with “assassinations in connection with a terrorist enterprise” and “participation in a criminal terrorist association”, authorities said Dec. 7…
Unlike JFK, Biden faces a divided Catholic tribe (The Washington Post) Biden is poised to make his mark on American Catholicism. For the next four years, the country will see its president go to Mass every Sunday, take out a rosary at times of contemplation, and quote his favorite childhood nuns and Catholic poets. And it will watch him try to navigate polarizing issues of special interest to his church that John F. Kennedy never had to take a position on — abortion, LGBTQ rights and climate change among them…
Pope prays to Juan Diego for his intercession during pandemic (CNS) Pope Francis sought the intercession of the first Indigenous saint of the Americas as COVID-19 continued to devastate many Latin American countries. While greeting Spanish-speaking faithful during his weekly general audience Dec. 9, the pope marked the feast day of St. Juan Diego, “whom Our Lady of Guadalupe chose as her envoy…”
Vatican secretary of state hospitalized (CNS) Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, was hospitalized Dec. 8 in preparation for a scheduled surgery to treat an enlarged prostate, the Vatican press office confirmed. Parolin, 65, was being treated at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, according to the press office…
