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In Ukraine, Vatican cardinal says there’s hope for the future

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri visits Ukraine in the midst of ongoing upheaval in the country, largely the result of political instability and tensions surrounding the Russian invasion of their eastern region in 2014, which prompted a conflict that has endured three years, claimed thousands of lives and displaced millions of others.

Former doctrine chief denies false account of papal meeting

Cardinal Gerhard Müller has denied claims that, before informing him that his term as head of the Vatican’s doctrine office would not be renewed, Pope Francis asked him his stance on women’s ordination to the diaconate and priesthood, the repeal of celibacy, the exhortation on the family Amoris Laetitia and the dismissal of three employees.

Jesuit journal close to pope says “Manichean vision” behind Trump

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July 13, 2017

An article in the influential Rome-based Jesuit publication ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ argues “a strange form of surprising ecumenism is developing between Evangelical fundamentalists and Catholic Integralists brought together by the same desire for religious influence in the political sphere” in the United States.

Vatican indicts two ex-officials of children’s hospital for financial crimes
- Vatican
- July 13, 2017
Two former officials of the papally-sponsored pediatric hospital Bambino Gesù have been charged by Vatican prosecutors with misappropriation of funds over an outlay of almost $500,000 to remodel a Vatican apartment of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, former Secretary of State under Pope Benedict XVI, with the contract going to a company owned by a Bertone friend. Bertone himself does not face any charges.
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Pope delivers shot in the arm to catechists, Church’s backbone in global south
- Global Church, Vatican
- July 13, 2017
Pope Francis sent a message on Wednesday to the International Catechetical Symposium, being held in Argentina, asking catechists to “change, adapt,” and to make the message more approachable, even when it “remains the same, because God doesn’t change but renews all things in Him.” That choice reflects the importance of lay catechists in the global south, where there are proportionately far fewer Catholic priests.
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Gluten and Communion: What’s a celiac to do?
- Catholic News Agency, Vatican
- July 12, 2017
A layperson affected by celiac disease who is unable to receive even a low-gluten host may receive Communion under the species of wine only. A priest in a similar situation, when taking part in a concelebration, may with permission of the Ordinary receive Communion under the species of wine only.
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