Papal Almoner says slain Italian priest gave 'ultimate act of love'
- Sep 19, 2020
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Vatican-China deal conceived under JPII, expert says
- Mar 4, 2020
After two top prelates recently butted heads over the legitimacy of the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with China on the appointment of bishops, one expert on Chinese affairs stepped in insisting that the deal was not only good, but a product of more than 30 years of Vatican diplomacy.
Cardinals Re, Sandri elected to top posts in College of Cardinals
- Jan 27, 2020
Pope Francis has approved the election of Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re as dean of the College of Cardinals and of Argentine Cardinal Leonardo Sandri as the subdean.
Vatican official reportedly pushed back on McCarrick career advances
- Sep 28, 2018
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, a longtime veteran in Vatican diplomacy and service within the Roman Curia, has emerged as yet another key figure in the ongoing saga of scandals surrounding ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, voting to block advances in the prelate’s career.
As Chile bishops arrive in Rome, recalling 48 hours that shook the Church
- May 13, 2018
As Chile’s bishops arrive in Rome for meetings with Pope Francis on their country’s clerical sexual abuse crisis, it’s worth remembering when America’s bishops did the same in 2002.
On popes and the problem with preemptive resignation
- Aug 27, 2017
Following confirmation this week that Pope Paul VI wrote resignation letters in advance in case he was struck by a disabling condition, debate is likely to revive about whether such a preemptive resignation would be valid under Church law. Until that’s resolved, we’re sort of like people driving around without car insurance – gambling the worst won’t happen, but always knowing it could.
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