Tag: Vatican
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Vatican reforms
In a major change, it brings the pope’s advisory commission on preventing sexual abuse into the Vatican’s powerful doctrine office which oversees the canonical investigations of abuse cases.
March 22, 2022 -
Vatican Ambassador speaks to SL govt on Easter Sunday bombing
Last month Catholic Church accused certain military intelligent officials of having a connection with the Easter Sunday bombers and charged that local security agencies ignored detailed information including the date about the attacks passed by the Indian intelligent agencies.
September 1, 2021 -
Ex-Pope Benedict seriously ill
Benedict's "mind and memory are active but his voice is barely audible at the moment", Daily Mail quoted the retired Pope's German biographer, Peter Seewald as saying to the newspaper.
August 3, 2020 -
Scant progress on reforms after Vatican’s abuse summit
Those responsible for Bishop Accountability applauded the steps taken by the pontiff but pointed out that it has not had the same impact in all countries.
February 21, 2020 -
7 people found dead after suspected exorcism in Panama
Ten people have been arrested on suspicion of murder so far.
January 17, 2020 -
Russian President asks Italy to help restoring ties with EU, meets Pope
Putin said, "I hope Italy will explain to the EU the damage that has been caused by economic sanctions imposed by the EU and the U.S after he met Conte during his visit to Rome.
July 5, 2019 -
Welcome, if limited
In an Indian context, in which economic factors drive so many women to the convent at a young age, it would be proper for the CBCI to include them in the “vulnerable” section the new Vatican jurisprudence “recognises”.
April 1, 2019 -
Satanic alibi
A communication on the outcome of the conference from the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, more comprehensive and authentic than media reportage, is awaited.
February 26, 2019 -
China vs Christians
This time, the outrageous has happened in Chengdu province where leaders and members of the Early Rain Covenant Church have been detained.
December 14, 2018 -
Mount Abu: The Vatican of the east
Like the Doomsday Sects, the Brahmakumaris await the final catastrophe that would end the world of evil, emphatically pointing to the movement towards a general and total involvement of the countries of the world in a final conflagration, a third and last World War.
November 15, 2018 -
Kim Jong-un wants Pope Francis to visit North Korea
Kim Jong-un has invited Pope Francis to visit North Korea. The news of the invite was shared by South Korea on Tuesday, 9 October, at a press conference ahead of the visit of President Moon Jae-in to Vatican.
October 9, 2018 -
Abdication’s price
The leadership of the Catholic Church in India could pay a heavy price for declining to take a lead and resolve the controversy over the now-arrested Bishop of Jalandhar before it erupted into street protests that have shaken to the core its cherished concepts of “discipline” and “obedience”. The argument that the law will take...
October 2, 2018 -
Bishop behind bars
Even if that “action” is only temporary, the damage to the Catholic Church in India is permanent. At the very outset it must be acknowledged that Franco Mulakkal may be enlarged on bail, that there is a distance between arrest and conviction, yet the case of the former Bishop of Jalandhar has so many troublesome...
September 24, 2018 -
Kerala nun rape: Vatican likely to intervene; Bishop Franco Mulakkal steps down
The nun who alleged rape by the Bishop had recently sought urgent intervention of the Vatican for justice and demanded the bishop's removal as head of the Jalandhar diocese.
September 15, 2018 -
Vatican vacillates..
..And the CBCI dithers. The sum total of that reluctance to face a challenge square-on erodes the credibility of the administration of the Catholic Church in India which could actually impact the reputation of the religion itself. Particularly since cracking down on sexual abuse is not a strong point of Pope Francis’ leadership. The Kerala...
September 13, 2018 -
Pope Francis says divorce has become fashionable
Francis also stressed the importance of communicating through the generations and the role of grandparents in consolidating family ties and the transmission of faith.
August 30, 2018 -
Pope Francis silent on claim he ignored sexual abuse
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a former Vatican envoy to the US, says he had told Francis of allegations against prominent US cardinal Theodore McCarrick in 2013, but rather than punish McCarrick, who was forced to resign last month, Francis lifted sanctions imposed on him by his predecessor pope Benedict XVI
August 28, 2018