German Catholics plan huge blessing of gay unions on May 10
- Apr 15, 2021
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Protests grow in Italy over the wiretapping of journalists
- Apr 3, 2021
Italian journalists and lawmakers on Friday protested the wiretapping of reporters’ phone calls during investigations into Libya-based migrant trafficking and humanitarian rescue groups.
Notre Dame’s rector: ’15 or 20 years’ needed for restoration
- Apr 2, 2021
The rector of Notre Dame said Friday that the burned-out Paris cathedral and its esplanade could remain a building site for another “15 or 20 years.”
Holy Thursday service held at fire-ravaged Notre Dame
- Apr 1, 2021
A Holy Thursday service in Paris was held at Notre Dame cathedral, which is still under construction after it was ravaged by flames just days before Easter in 2019, its spire crumbling in a shocking blaze.
Madrid slows down vaccine jabs over Easter despite govt plea
- Apr 1, 2021
The Supreme Court has agreed to take on a case next term from Kentucky’s attorney general, who is seeking to defend the state’s abortion law that was struck down by a lower court.
Catholic women’s groups protest Vatican’s gay union stance
- Apr 1, 2021
Five Catholic women’s organizations in German-speaking areas have released an open letter calling for the Vatican to reverse its position that priests cannot bless same-sex unions.
Naples archbishop orders removal of paintings donated by mafia boss
- Mar 31, 2021
Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples ordered the removal from a church of two religious paintings that were donated by a mafia boss who led one of the prominent clans in the Camorra crime syndicate.
Italy sees worst gap between births, deaths since 1918 Spanish flu
- Mar 31, 2021
With Italy already facing a diminishing population, low birth rates and fewer religious and civil marriages, the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted those numbers for 2020, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics.
Sanctions against Polish bishops cautiously welcomed by abuse survivors
- Mar 31, 2021
After the Vatican sanctioned two retired bishops in Poland, abuse victims say it’s a good start, but may be too little, too late.
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