Showing posts with label Pope Francis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope Francis. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Pope Calls for Universal Ban on Surrogate Motherhood

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In remarks ( full text ) yesterday at his Audience with the Diplomatic Corps Accredited to the Holy See for the Presentation of Greetings fo...
Monday, February 06, 2023

Pope Francis Again Speaks Out Against Criminalization of Homosexuality

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Yesterday Pope Francis returned from his visit to South Sudan.  On the flight back, he was joined by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Mo...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Pope Francis Apologizes To Canada's Indigenous Peoples For Residential School System

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Pope Francis yesterday in his first public event on his trip to Canada addressed representatives of Canada's Indigenous Peoples to apolo...
Saturday, October 30, 2021

Pope Says Biden Should Not Be Denied Communion

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According to a New York Times report yesterday: President Biden told reporters on Friday that Pope Francis had called him a “good Catholic”...
Friday, October 29, 2021

Biden Meets With Pope Francis

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As reported by CNN , President Joe Biden met for 90 minutes this morning with Pope Francis at the Vatican. The White House released a brief ...
Tuesday, June 01, 2021

Pope Francis Promulgates Revised Canon Law Criminal Code

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Pope Francis today announced the promulgation of a  revised version of Book 6 of the Code of Canon Law-- Penal Sanctions in the Church ( fu...
Tuesday, March 09, 2021

President Biden Praises Papal Visit To Iraq

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Yesterday, President Biden issued a Statement ( full text ) on Pope Francis' just-completed visit to Iraq, saying in part: I congratulat...
Thursday, December 31, 2020

Argentina Legislature Votes To Legalize Early Term Abortion

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As reported by NPR , Argentina's Senate yesterday voted 38-29 (with one abstention) to approve the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy B...
Thursday, October 22, 2020

Pope Francis Endorses LGBT Civil Union Laws

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Catholic News Agency reported yesterday that in a newly released documentary titled Francesco,  Pope Francis called for the passage of civ...
Friday, May 10, 2019

Advocacy Group Is Critical of Pope's New Directive On Reporting of Sexual Abuse

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As previously reported , yesterday Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Letter titled Vos Estis Lux Mundi setting out new procedures for mandat...
Thursday, May 09, 2019

Pope Francis Imposes New Reporting Procedures For Sex Abuse

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Pope Francis today signed an Apostolic Letter titled Vos Estis Lux Mundi setting out new procedures for mandatory reporting to ecclesiastica...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

Pope Issues New Law On Reporting of Sex Abuse of Minors and Vulnerable Adults In Vatican

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On March 26, Pope Francis promulgated Law N. CCXCVII on the Protection of Minors and of Vulnerable Persons of Vatican City State .  It requi...
Sunday, February 24, 2019

Pope Francis Addresses Bishops' Summit On Protection of Minors

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New York Times reports today: Pope Francis ended a landmark Vatican meeting on clerical sexual abuse with an appeal “for an all-out battl...
Tuesday, November 13, 2018

At Pope's Request, U.S. Bishops Postpone Vote On New Conduct Standards

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Crux reports that in a surprise move, on Sunday night the Holy See notified Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the US Conference of Cath...
Sunday, October 14, 2018

Pope Francis Accepts Archbishop Wuerl's Resignation

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Crux reports that on Friday Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl as Archbishop of Washington after controversy ov...
Monday, August 27, 2018

Archbishop Calls For Pope's Resignation Over Cover-Up of Abuse

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In a letter ( full text ) dated August 22, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who served as apostolic nuncio in Washington D.C. from 2011 to 201...
Friday, August 03, 2018

Catholic Church Catechism Changed To Reject Capital Punishment In All Cases

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Vatican News reported yesterday that the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has made a change to the Catechism of the ...
Saturday, July 28, 2018

Pope Accepts Resignation of Cardinal McCarrick Amid Growing Sex Misconduct Charges

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Crux reported today that at the Vatican, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from the College of Cardi...
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Pope Criticizes Trump's Action On DACA

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Pope Francis yesterday on his way back to the Vatican from his trip to Colombia was sharply critical of President Trump's recent move to...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Pope Francis Extends Priests' Authority To Forgive Abortion

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As reported by Vatican Radio , Pope Francis yesterday issued an apostolic letter, Misericordia et Misera    (“Mercy and Misery”), which exte...