Francis met with a group of self-professed 'LGBT,' 'transgender,' and intersex people at the Vatican today, who urged him to approve 'sex-change' surgeries.
The ‘greatest enemy’ of the Soviet Communists ‘was not so much the so-called Western World,’ Bishop Athanasius Schneider said, but the Catholic Church, and ‘especially the Vatican’ because the popes ‘boldly resisted communism’ and condemned it.
Marking the anniversary of Vatican II's opening, Pope Francis led Synod participants and ecumenical delegates in a prayer vigil at the Vatican, during which the link between Synodality and ecumenism were emphasized.
Zelensky’s meeting with Pope Francis Friday morning was a confidential discussion, whilst his meeting with the Holy See Secretary of State focussed on the war, humanitarian issues and ways to bring 'just and stable peace in the country.'
Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais of the Traditionalist Society of St. Pius X died today from complications arising from a fractured skull which he suffered after falling down a flight of stairs on September 28.
Archbishop Jaime Spengler's comments confirm plans to move forward with an Amazonian-style liturgy and also lend support to the much debated issue of having married clergy in the Amazon region.
Father Timothy Radcliffe OP has a notable history of dissenting from Catholic teaching on homosexuality, but his record is harder to find due to editing of his public Wikipedia page.
Pope Francis defended the Synod on Synodality against critics at the event’s first meeting this month, while Cardinal Mario Grech hinted at unspecified ‘reform’ resulting from the Synod.
The final session of the multi-year Synod on Synodality began this morning, with Pope Francis presiding over a Mass at the Vatican. Participants will now have meetings until the end of October, discussing how to be 'synodal' in the Catholic Church.