Grandparents admit, like Pope said, sometimes they feel 'discarded'
- Jul 26, 2021
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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.
Swiss religious leaders: Ban on burqas would violate religious freedom
- Jan 29, 2021
Switzerland’s Catholic Church has joined other religious groups in opposing a proposed ban on Muslim head coverings, arguing it would “disproportionately” restrict religious freedom.
Swiss Cardinal Schwery dies at age 88
- Jan 8, 2021
Swiss Cardinal Henri Schwery, whose diocese was home to Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s priestly society, died Jan. 7 at the age of 88.
Swiss bishops say ‘marriage equality’ proposal ignores rights of children
- Dec 9, 2020
Switzerland’s proposed “marriage equality” law is an attempt to resolve “problems of discrimination by ignoring the differences” between a civil union and a marriage, said the country’s bishops.
German, Swiss churches prepare for religious Christmas at home
- Nov 17, 2020
Lutheran and Catholic churches in Switzerland and Germany are planning for people to celebrate religious Christmas services at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Swiss churches back bill on corporate responsibility
- Oct 17, 2020
The Catholic Church in Switzerland has backed legislation that would penalize companies that damage the environment or abuse human rights.
Eyebrows raised as Swiss bishop taps woman for senior job
- Jun 5, 2020
A Swiss bishop’s appointment of a lay mother of three to a senior administrative post previously held by a priest has raised eyebrows in conservative Catholic circles, at a time when a strengthened role for women in the church is under debate in other European countries.
Churches in Europe reopening with restrictions to avoid contagion
- May 8, 2020
With a number of countries in Europe slowly easing restrictions as part of a long-term strategy for containing the spread of the coronavirus, churches, too, are seeing changes in what is or will be allowed.
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