The reintroduction of the title "Patriarch of the West" for the pope in the Pontifical Yearbook, combined with the already consummated downgrading of the title "Vicar of Christ" appears to be a move to please the Orthodox; but it is a historical and theological error.
Who will be the rainbow cardinals at next papal conclave
Even in the so-called peripheries, not everyone thinks like Congolese Cardinal Ambongo, symbol of the African rebellion against Fiducia supplicans. Among the electors of the future Pope, there will be a quota that is particularly sensitive to LGBT groups.
Crepaldi: Europeanism is an ideology to combat
Green Deal, private property under attack, abortion considered one of the fundamental principles, interference in the internal affairs of member states. And now this process of centralisation is in acceleration. This project, today personified by Mario Draghi, is incompatible with the vision of the Catholic Church. Msgr. Giampaolo Crepaldi, who led the CCEE's Caritas in veritate commission for many years, speaks out.
FBI actions against Catholics “not malicious” on principle
The inspector general of the Justice Department’s report leaves grey areas: Actions taken against Catholics violated FBI standards but lacked "malicious intent". But, FBI looks the other way for pro-Hamas protesters.
Newborn baby’s transferral from Bristol to Rome for life-saving operation, opens breach in British system
D.M. the one-month-old baby suffering from a serious heart condition who was transferred on 24 April from a British hospital - which did not consider him operable - to the Bambin Gesù in Rome, has already survived his first surgery, thanks also to the intervention of the Italian government.
Climate, Pope's insults inadmissible
In an interview with the American TV station CBS, Pope Francis calls scientists and experts who deny the climate emergency "stupid". A heavy and unacceptable criticism, which also reveals a major problem in the relationship between the Church and science.
For Cardinal Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, the secret agreement with China must be renewed. And this time it should be definitive. Nothing counts, neither Beijing's violations of the agreement nor the growing persecution of Catholics who resist kowtowing to the Party, including those in Hong Kong.
London's Rwanda plan will save lives
Storms in the Gulf, but don’t blame mankind for natural disasters
Wars and destabilisation, West pays Biden's mistakes
While Trump had laid the foundations for a balance in the Middle East with the Abrahamic Accords, the current US administration has encouraged Iran in its work of destabilisation. A diplomatic disaster.
'I, a child of rape, extol my mother's heroism'
A mentally disabled teenager, who became pregnant after being raped, escapes from the institution where she is kept to save her son's life, gives birth and leaves the newborn baby with social services. After 27 years her son finds her again and.... The incredible story of Glenda Sue Holt and Steventhen Holland, now one of America's best known pro-life activists.
Cardinal Sarah pleas like Solženicyn: "Don't give in to lies!"
Half a century after the Russian writer's famous denunciation, the African prelate echoes the same words. His warning is against the temptation to pander to the "fluid" atheism that has penetrated the Church, also in view of the next Synod.
Death penalty, contradiction passed off as development
After Fiducia supplicans another U-turn on the perennial teaching of the Church that considers the right to life inviolable, but for the innocent. So one change leads to another.