U.S. Bishops Ask Vatican to Release McCarrick Report
December 2, 2019By Tim Harfmann A contingent of U.S. bishops spent their Thanksgiving Day with Pope Francis. A group picture showed the bishops from […]
Topic: Vatican
On World Day of the Poor, Pope Shares Meal With Those in Need
November 18, 2019By Melissa Butz After Mass for the third World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis sat at the table with all those […]
Pope to Make Final Decision on Married Clergy, Women Deacons Following Amazon Synod
October 28, 2019By Melissa Butz The Amazon summit is over, but there’s still controversy. The bishops at the Synod voted overwhelmingly to recommend that […]
Synod Members Present Pope Francis With Final Document on the Amazon
October 25, 2019By Melissa Butz October 25 marked an exciting day at the Vatican: the final document and fruit from all the work at […]
Indigenous Leaders Call for New ‘Amazonian Rite’ in Final Days of Synod
October 24, 2019By Melissa Butz For nearly a month, a daily topic in the synod hall has been a new “Amazonian Rite” for the […]
Cardinal Says Synod Seeks to Give Women Greater Role in Church Governance
October 23, 2019By Melissa Butz and Christopher White, The Tablet’s National Correspondent ROME — Catholic bishops are not fully utilizing Church law to maximize […]
Brooklyn Priest Named New President of Vatican Agency for Humanitarian Relief
October 22, 2019By Tim Harfmann New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan announced Monsignor Peter Vaccari, a Brooklyn priest, as the new head of a Catholic […]
Controversial Amazon Statue Stolen From Church, Thrown in Rome’s Tiber River
October 21, 2019By Melissa Butz and Christopher White, The Tablet’s National Correspondent ROME — A wood carving statue of a naked pregnant woman that […]
Fr. James Martin: Pope Was ‘Attentive, Welcoming and Warm’ During Meeting
October 17, 2019By Inés San Martín ROME (Crux) — On September 30, Pope Francis met with Jesuit Father James Martin, an American priest who […]
Pope Francis Appeals for Peace in Syria, Ecuador
October 14, 2019By Melissa Butz As Turkey continues its military operation against Kurdish fighters in Syria, Pope Francis used the canonization of five saints […]
