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Pope Francis donates $170,000 to Catholic Church in Syria

October 28, 2021

Damascus, Syria, Oct 28, 2021 / 04:05 am Pope Francis has donated $170,000 to the Catholic Church in Syria for its charitable work with the poor. Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, announced on Oct. 26 that each of the country’s 17 ecclesiastical circumscriptions would receive $10,000. He was speaking to

Indian Catholic archbishop criticises Christian missionary survey plan

October 26, 2021

Bengaluru, India, Oct 25, 2021 / 04:30 am A proposed survey of Christian missionaries and their places of worship could lead to church workers being “unfairly targeted,” a Catholic archbishop in India has said. Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore made the statement on Oct. 15 in response to media reports that the state government of Karnataka, in

Pope Francis names Jeffrey Sachs to pontifical academy

October 25, 2021

On Monday, Pope Francis appointed the economist Jeffrey Sachs to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. The Holy See press office said on 25th October that the pope had named Sachs as an “ordinary member” of the academy founded in 1994 by Pope John Paul II to promote the study and progress of the social sciences. Sachs, the director

Benedict XVI is ‘full of zest for life,’ says Archbishop Gänswein

October 23, 2021

Vatican City, Oct 21, 2021 / 04:40 am Archbishop Georg Gänswein has said that Benedict XVI is “full of zest for life” after the pope emeritus expressed the hope that he would join his friends in heaven in a condolence message. Gänswein, Benedict XVI’s private secretary, spoke to Germany’s Bild newspaper on Oct. 20 after media reports

Labour MP proposes adding ‘Amess amendment’ on last rites to bill

October 22, 2021

London, England, Oct 21, 2021 / 14:00 pm A Labour MP has proposed adding an “Amess amendment” to a bill going through Parliament ensuring that Catholic priests can administer the last rites at crime scenes. Mike Kane, a Labour Member of Parliament, is seeking to add the amendment to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill,

Catholic leader says his archdiocese won’t take part in global synodal process, citing ‘ideological’ risk

October 21, 2021

Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Oct 20, 2021 / 09:00 am A Catholic leader has said that his archdiocese won’t take part in the two-year global synodal process, saying that it would run “the risk of becoming ideological.” Archbishop Wolfgang Haas of Vaduz, Liechtenstein, announced his decision on Oct. 15, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner. “I am of

Godfather ban: Sicilian Catholic diocese suspends naming of godparents at baptism for 3 years

October 21, 2021

Rome Newsroom, Oct 20, 2021 / 06:10 am There will be no godfathers named in the Sicilian archdiocese of Catania for the next three years due to a decree issued by the archbishop that came into full effect this month. Archbishop Salvatore Gristina of Catania has said that he decided to temporarily suspend the naming

‘I hope that I can join them soon’: Benedict XVI sends condolence message after friend’s death

October 20, 2021

Wilhering, Austria, Oct 19, 2021 / 09:00 am Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has said that he looks forward to joining his friends in heaven in a condolence message following the death of a Cistercian priest. In a letter dated Oct. 2 and released by Wilhering Abbey in Austria, the 94-year-old retired pope said that the death of Fr.