Vatican imposes term limits for leaders of ecclesial movements (CNA) The Vatican issued a decree Friday setting limits on the terms of leaders of international associations of the faithful and new communities. In an introduction to the June 11 norms, the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life said that it wanted to define “the criteria for prudently guiding government” in lay ecclesial movements…
Catholics submit ‘dubium,’ asking if German church is in schism (CNA) Three Catholics have submitted a “dubium” to the Vatican asking if the Church in Germany is in schism. The trio from the Diocese of Essen formally requested a ruling from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner. A dubium, from the Latin word meaning “doubt,” is a question addressed to the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation that can be answered with a “yes” or “no”…
Francis names South Korean as new head of clergy office (NCR) Pope Francis on June 11 named a South Korean bishop who has spent four decades in ministry in that country as the new head of the Vatican office charged with overseeing Catholic priests and deacons around the world. Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik, in ministry for the Daejeon Diocese since 1979 and its leader since 2005, will replace Italian Cardinal Beniamino Stella, who had served in the Vatican role since 2013 and is turning 80 in August…
German architect of churches Gottfried Boehm dies (AP) German architect Gottfried Boehm, who was famous for his concrete brutalist-style church buildings, has died at 101. Boehm, who was born in Offenbach in central Germany in 1920, built more than 50 churches, many of them in his signature concrete style. He was one of the most famous postwar architects in the country and in 1986 became the first German to receive the renowned Pritzker Architecture Prize…
