Articles tagged Congregation For The Clergy

St. Louis Catholics take legal action against archbishop’s plan for large-scale restructuring of parishes

The lay faithful have launched 'Save Our St. Louis Parishes' in an effort to halt the merger of up to 90 of the archdiocese's 178 parishes.

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Louis Knuffke

• Apr 4, 2023Apr 6, 2023

Pope Francis accepts resignation of bishop ally in Argentina over communion, seminary controversies

Bishop Eduardo Maria Taussig was receiving heat from the faithful in his diocese over decisions to ban communion on the tongue after the return to church from COVID lockdowns and to shut down an orthodox seminary.

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Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Feb 9, 2022

Argentinian bishop threatens to punish priests for giving Communion on tongue

Bishop Eduardo Maria Taussig had previously closed down his diocesan seminary for the same reason.

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Martin Bürger

• Sep 1, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Vatican backs bishop in closing down seminary over priests’ resistance to giving Communion on hand

The Argentinian seminary was accused of an ‘undisciplined reaction’ to the bishop's directive that Communion only be given in the hand

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Dorothy Cummings McLean

• Jul 29, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Renowned US pro-life priest obeys Vatican request to step away from official role in Trump campaign

Fr. Frank Pavone said, however, that he is still an ‘advocate for the President’ in an unofficial capacity.

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Lianne Laurence

• Jul 28, 2020Jun 18, 2021

Openly homosexual Dutch priest claims Vatican retracted ‘unjust’ sanctions against him

Pierre Valkering has remained at his parish since being asked to step down.

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Jeanne Smits, Paris correspondent

• Dec 24, 2019Jun 18, 2021

Vatican relaxes restrictions on married ex-priests, hints they may be allowed to return to ministry

Source tells LifeSite that changes are related to Amazon Synod.

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Matthew Cullinan Hoffman

• Oct 2, 2019Jun 18, 2021

LifeSite delivers petition to Vatican signed by 13,000 asking for stop to gay networks in Church

The petition with a list of signers was hand-delivered this week to the office of the Congregation for the Clergy.

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Martin M. Barillas

• Feb 21, 2019Apr 23, 2024

Vatican cardinal: Church should consider married priests in some cases

And the Church shouldn't be 'rigid' about it, Cardinal Beniamino Stella wrote.

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Claire Chretien

• Jan 23, 2018Jun 18, 2021

Vatican guidelines for new priests silent on abortion crisis, but stress urgency of ‘planetary crisis’

Updated guidelines on formation for seminarians emphasize environmental concerns but not abortion or contraception.

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Jan Bentz

• Dec 12, 2016Jun 18, 2021

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Articles tagged Congregation For The Clergy

St. Louis Catholics take legal action against archbishop’s plan for large-scale restructuring of parishes

Pope Francis accepts resignation of bishop ally in Argentina over communion, seminary controversies

Argentinian bishop threatens to punish priests for giving Communion on tongue

Vatican backs bishop in closing down seminary over priests’ resistance to giving Communion on hand

Renowned US pro-life priest obeys Vatican request to step away from official role in Trump campaign

Openly homosexual Dutch priest claims Vatican retracted ‘unjust’ sanctions against him

Vatican relaxes restrictions on married ex-priests, hints they may be allowed to return to ministry

LifeSite delivers petition to Vatican signed by 13,000 asking for stop to gay networks in Church

Vatican cardinal: Church should consider married priests in some cases

Vatican guidelines for new priests silent on abortion crisis, but stress urgency of ‘planetary crisis’