Tag Archives: vatican

A high-ranking Catholic official faces a trial and excommunication for questioning the legitimacy of Pope Francis and parts of the Second Vatican Council. “I have been summoned to the Palace of the ...

Transgender people who undergo surgery to change their bodies are violating God’s plan for human life, the Vatican announced this week. The announcement comes as many European countries, once leaders in promoting ...

The Rev. Franklin Graham has harsh words for Pope Francis, who recently approved a measure that will allow Roman Catholic priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples. “So-called ‘blessings’ from religious leaders ...

The Catholic Church will allow transgender individuals to be baptized as long as it doesn’t cause “scandal or confusion.” The new policy contradicts church teaching that says engaging in homosexual behavior is ...

Pope Francis on Saturday removed the conservative bishop of Tyler, Texas, who has criticized the pope as too liberal on social issues. Bishop Joseph Strickland has emerged as a leading critic of ...

The Biden administration is giving millions of dollars to international “organizations committed to the practice and spread of atheism and humanism.” The grants, which amount to $500,000 each for foreign groups, is ...

The Catholic Church is affirming that it doesn’t have the power to bless same-sex unions. “Does the church have the power to give the blessing to unions of persons of the same ...

Financial decisions in the Vatican will now be overseen by a group including six women appointed to the council by Pope Francis. The council was previously comprised of all men. The head ...

A former monk, who describes himself as a “fixer” for the Catholic Church, said his job was to clean up messes left by reports of sexual abuse in Missouri. “Every one of ...

Tim Tebow found himself bringing joy and hope to others in the Vatican last week with Night to Shine. “I don’t think God gives us strength so we can lift things; I ...

Joe Biden continues to hold onto his lead in polling for the Democrat Party presidential nomination. However, his position on abortion may dampen the Catholic vote in the general election this fall ...

An investigation in Kansas City into abuse charges against former Wyoming bishop Joseph Hart is on hold until the Vatican completes its administrative penal process, the Casper (Wyoming) Star-Tribune reported. Hart has ...

Pope Francis has again gone on record rejecting the idea that people can choose or change their genders.  The Vatican is following accepted biological and medical science that human sex is determined ...

Migrants making their way towards the US are getting help from the Vatican. Pope Francis has donated $500,000  to help migrant caravans as they make their way towards the US border. The ...

The bare, white marble of Rome’s ‘Scala Sancta,’ which are believed to be the stairs trod by Christ on the day of his trial and death, are exposed and visible to pilgrims ...

Catholics from around the world will gather in Dublin, Ireland this August for the Catholic Families conference to promote the church’s constant and unchanging teaching on marriage and family life. It coincides ...