Category: Vatican

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German bishops plan Guidelines for divorced, remarried

Christa Pongratz-Lippitt, in NCR, Dec. 21, 2016 (In the pic: Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann)  (Note: All are fully aware of the biblical dictum: “Those who stand and  wait also serve!” But then how long is one to wait? Even Framcis lost...

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Francis’ multicoloured Consistory

The newly-elected cardinals received their "courtesy visits" this afternoon. These men of the Church hail from countries such as Albania, Syria and Venezuela, that have been the scene of past and present tragedies (Published in Vatican Insider). In the pic: The newly-elected...

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Pope Calls All Religions to Follow Path of Mercy

Ours is a time of fraternity –   KATHLEEN NAAB  in Zenit,NOVEMBER 3, 2016”  (PHOTO.VA – Osservatore Romano) (Note: Mercy is the bench mark of  Francis, which is also at the heart of all religions, especially Hinduism and Islam. Recall the...

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Pope Francis and Lutheran Archbishop Antje Jackelen embrace

  Pope embraces lady Archbishop!   After embracing female bishop, Pope spins again on women’s ordination BY KAYA OAKES  NOVEMBER 1, 2016, in religin dispaches (Note: What could have been the thoughts running through the minds of Pope Francis and Antje Jackelen, Archbishop and...

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  Ailments in the Holy Church

What ails your Parish & Diocesan structures? Gitanjali Sudhir,  New York (Note: Our friend Gitanjali Bernard in New York has sent this with the brief letter to readers: “Dear Reader: Parishes and institutions of the Church are, as perceived as...

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Pope one step forward & big step back?

Pope  Francis  walks with lgbtq  people, one step forward, big steps backward BY KAYA OAKES in religion dispaches, OCTOBER 11, 2016 (Note: One has to hate sin and love the sinner? One has to judge but not contemm,especially in this year of mercy....

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​‘Black pope’ elect  is Venezuelan Fr  Sosa

Latin American moment for Catholicism after Jesuits elect Venezuelan 'Black Pope' By Christopher Lamb,  in The Tablet, UK, 14 October 2016  Venezuelan Fr Arturo Sosa Abascal is the new leader of Jesuits, known also as ‘Black pope’ (Note: Impotant to note here...

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C9 collegiality rules the church now!

  Vatican Power Shift  – VATICAN DISPATCH By Gerard O'Connell,  in America the national  Catholic  Review,  Oct 12 2016 Pope Francis greets Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, during a meeting with nuncios. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout) (Note: Once upon a...

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​Give, Forgive, Never Judge or Condemn

Pope Francis Gives 2 Verbs of Mercy at General Audience – Published in Zenit, the world seen from Rome, Sept. 21/16 Reflecting on Merciful Love, Francis Says Christians Are Called to Give and Forgive, and Never to Judge and Condemn (Note: “Give...

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Mercy  Fridays of Francis!

Pope visits hospice to highlight respect for life – Published  in mattersindia, September 17, 2016 Pope visits neonatal unit, hospice to highlight respect for life. (Note: “Mercy Fridays” every month is another matchless surprise example this 79 year old Pontiff does in following...

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Communion to the Divorced-remarried OKed

POPE PRAISES ARGENTINIAN BISHOPS' CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF AMORIS LAETITIA Francis has praised the text saying it correctly spells out the way his apostolic exhortation should be understood. Pope Francis has endorsed an interpretation of his family synod document that allows divorced...