Pope Francis rejects Cardinal Marx’s resignation (Vatican News) Pope Francis turned down the resignation of Cardinal Reinhard Marx as Archbishop of Munich. “Thank you for your Christian courage, which does not fear to be humbled before the reality of sin,” the Pope wrote to the Cardinal. “Taking up the crisis, personally and communally, is the only fruitful path..”
Vatican children’s hospital performs world’s first transplant from COVID donor (Vatican News) Marking a world first, the Bambino Gesù Hospital has performed an organ transplant from a SARS-CoV-2 positive donor to a negative patient. According to a press release issued by the Vatican’s Children’s Hospital, the 15-year-old boy, who received a new heart, was treated with monoclonal antibodies to eliminate the risk that he might develop Covid-19. The communiqué explained that the procedure required the approval of both the National Transplant Centre (NTC) and the Italian Pharmaceutical Agency (AIFA)…
Some Catholic dioceses betting on online schools (RNS) Catholic schools across the country worked hard to keep their doors open this past academic year, even as many public schools remained closed. But now, with the coronavirus pandemic in retreat and nearly all schools returning to in-person classes this fall, a dozen Catholic dioceses across the U.S. are launching permanent online schools…
Cardinal Gregory: Catholic media must wed facts to truth of the Gospel (CNS) As the nation struggles to fight a pandemic and address social strife and racial injustice, the Catholic media have the important task of presenting news truthfully and in light of the Gospel values taught by the church, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington told Catholic media professionals June 9. “Our Catholic communications community has to realize that not only are they people who have to get the truth, the stories (and) the facts out there, but they have to wed it to the truth of the Gospel,” Cardinal Gregory said…
