"Stop the barbarity in Gaza": Pope calls on International Community
"It is necessary to observe humanitarian law, as well as the prohibition of collective punishment, the indiscriminate use of force, and the forced displacement of the population." Pope Leo’s statement yesterday at the Angelus regarding the situation in Gaza.
Pizzaballa visits Gaza taking aid. "Stop this senseless war."
While on a solidarity visit to a parish hit by the Israeli army, the Patriarch of Jerusalem receives a phone call from the Pope. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu apologizes to Leo XIV for the “mistake” and invites him to Israel.
Israeli attack on Gaza’s only Catholic church, Pizzaballa's Appeal
Three dead and nine wounded, including the parish priest, Father Romanelli, is the toll of the Israeli army's attack on the only Catholic parish in Gaza. "We appeal to all those who have the power to make decisions to put an end to all this," said the Latin Patriarch. The Pope's solidarity.
Turkson-Ambongo: two cardinals, two visions for Africa
The Ghanaian cardinal urges his compatriots to adopt a "virtuous mindset" that transcends selfishness and greed. But his Congolese counterpart calls for "climate justice" and perpetuates the rhetoric of Western guilt, a notion that young Africans no longer subscribe to.
Holy Land: Israeli settlers attack Christian villages
Christians in Taybeh, an ancient village in Ephraim in the West Bank, appeal for help against the continuous attacks by Jewish settlers aiming to take their homes and land. And Netanyahu’s government is complicit. The solidarity visit of the leaders of the Christian Churches.
Political discrimination returns to Germany. And it's not making headlines
It's not yet law, but almost: The interior minister of Rhineland-Palatinate announced a regulation excluding anyone who is or has been a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from local public employment. But no one is scandalized.
A scandal over the Traditional Latin Mass, Vatican communications unable to respond
The Daily Compass writes to the director of the Press Office, Bruni. But the answers do not clarify whether, in addition to the official and favourable consultation, other consultations were held to justify the war on the Latin Mass produced by the motu proprio Traditionis custodes. In reality, it seems that it was the Congregation for Divine Worship and not the bishops consulted that buried the Traditional Latin Mass.
Assisted suicide: Pegoraro continues Paglia's line at the PAV
In an interview with the Italian newspaper Repubblica, the new president of the Pontifical Academy for Life condemns assisted suicide but accepts certain criteria imposed by the Italian Constitutional Court, which are not in accordance with natural morality. And, following in the footsteps of his predecessor, he speaks of “dialogue” to achieve mediation: but there can be no compromise on the unavailability of life.
War on Traditional Latin Mass: it wasn't the bishops who started it
The desire of the episcopate, invoked by Francis to ‘put an end’ to the Latin Mass, appears quite different according to the documents examined in La liturgia non è uno spettacolo (The Liturgy is Not a Show). No one wanted a war, explains co-author Monsignor Bux; on the contrary, the Church needs liturgical peace.
The uncomfortable question about the Latin Mass sends Bruni into a tailspin
With documents in hand, Diane Montagna reveals that the majority of bishops did not ask for restrictions on the ancient rite, as Pope Francis wrote. The director of the Press Office neither confirms nor denies this, but falters. And he does not allow the secretary of Divine Worship to respond.
Lebanon, Christians terrorised by jihadists and Israeli attacks
Fear of attacks in Lebanon's Christian community after Syria exports jihadists across a porous border. Meanwhile, Israeli attacks continue in the south and pressure mounts for Hezbollah to disarm.
If artificial insemination even becomes Plan A
An official U.K. report shows that artificial insemination techniques are increasingly understood not as a plan B, but as a first option, to be chosen when one wants a child. Which is increasingly understood as a “right,” even for singles and lesbians.
