Cardinal Pietro Parolin Archives - Page 26 of 28

Vatican launches Belgium euthanasia investigation
- May 6, 2017
The Vatican is formally investigating a group of psychiatric care centers in Belgium run by a Catholic religious order which has enforced that doctors in the facilities perform euthanasia. Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will be overseeing the situation himself.

By Simon Caldwell
Parolin: Pope never considered not going to Egypt
- Apr 27, 2017
In a new interview, Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said that despite the rise of violence and terrorist attacks in the country, Pope Francis never considered not visiting to bring his message of peace to Muslims and Christians in the country.

By Crux Staff
It’s time for Francis and the Vatican to get tough on Venezuela
- Apr 24, 2017
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has unleashed government goons against the Church, entering parish churches to disrupt Masses. On Wednesday of Holy Week, Maduro’s men burst into the Chrism Mass of Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, shouting threats and physically assaulting the cardinal. It would therefore seem time for a denunciation from Pope Francis against the Maduro regime.

By Father Raymond J. de Souza

Top Vatican official says Europe in a “deep malaise”

Mar 22, 2017

The Pope’s top adviser, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, says Europe must regain its religious and cultural heritage if it wants to “get its soul back.” The Vatican Secretary of State was speaking ahead of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome, which established what is now the European Union.

Cardinal says abuse survivor quit papal panel to ‘shake the tree’

Mar 3, 2017

Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said that the commission’s work will continue under the command of Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley. The American prelate defined Marie Collin’s departure as a “blow to the commission,” but one which “increases our resolve to work harder for reform.”