FULL TEXT: Pope Francis’ letter to new doctrine chief Archbishop Fernández

FULL TEXT: Pope Francis’ letter to new doctrine chief Archbishop Fernández

The announcement on July 1 that Pope Francis has named Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández to lead the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith was accompanied by a letter the Holy Father addressed to the Argentine theologian. While Fernández’s appointment came as a surprise to many, the pope’s letter also has attracted attention because of…

Pope Francis appoints Argentine Archbishop Fernández as head of doctrine dicastery

Pope Francis appoints Argentine Archbishop Fernández as head of doctrine dicastery

Pope Francis has named Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, his longtime personal theologian and ghostwriter, to lead the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Argentine prelate succeeds Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, SJ, 79, who has been prefect of the dicastery since 2017. Fernández, almost 61, will take up his new post in the middle…

Vatican-ordered investigation targets Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas…

Vatican-ordered investigation targets Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas…

CNA, CBJ—The Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops has completed a formal investigation of Bishop Joseph E. Strickland and the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, according to multiple media reports and confirmed by EWTN News. Apolstolic Visitation The inquiry, known as an apostolic visitation, marks a rare though not unprecedented intervention by Rome into a U.S. diocese and…

After surgery,Pope Francis is recovering in same hospital room where John Paul II was treated

After surgery,Pope Francis is recovering in same hospital room where John Paul II was treated

Pope Francis is recovering from abdominal surgery this week in the same hospital room where St. John Paul II was treated throughout his pontificate. The Vatican said on June 8 that Francis is “in good general condition, alert and breathing naturally” one day after his three-hour surgery to treat an incisional hernia. Pope Francis is…

Vatican bank reports significant profit adopting Catholic ethics

Vatican bank reports significant profit adopting Catholic ethics

According to a June 6, 2023, article by Religion News Service, the Vatican bank—once a symbol of financial malfeasance—has successfully rebranded itself as a pillar of transparency at the Vatican. The late Cardinal Pell of Australia, at the behest of Pope Francis, played a major role in radically transforming the Vatican bank policies and practices.…

Pope Francis names Curtis Martin of FOCUS and several other Americans to Dicastery for Evangelization

Pope Francis names Curtis Martin of FOCUS and several other Americans to Dicastery for Evangelization

American layman Curtis Martin, founder of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), was named by Pope Francis to serve along with 13 other consultors as advisors to the members of the Dicastry of Evangelization. Since FOCUS was founded in 1998, it has grown to have hundreds of full-time student missionaries who serve tens of…

Coptic Patriarch to offer Orthodox Divine Liturgy in St. John Lateran Basilica

Coptic Patriarch to offer Orthodox Divine Liturgy in St. John Lateran Basilica

CNA—The head of the Coptic Church is scheduled to offer the Orthodox Divine Liturgy in the Catholic Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome on May 14. According to Father Martin Browne, an official at the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, this liturgy will take place in the context of an official visit of…

Crushed in an earthquake, shattered 15th-century cross restored in time for Easter

Crushed in an earthquake, shattered 15th-century cross restored in time for Easter

CNA—In the late summer and fall of 2016, central Italy was devastated by several powerful earthquakes. Numerous historic churches and buildings were destroyed in the quakes — including one of the oldest monastic complexes in Italy, the Abbey of Sant’Eutizio, whose bell tower and church roof collapsed. One of the Benedictine abbey’s artworks, a crucifix…

Pope Francis Criticizes Western Sexual Agenda at the UN

Pope Francis Criticizes Western Sexual Agenda at the UN

NEW YORK, January 13 (C-Fam)— In his annual address to foreign diplomats at the Holy See Pope Francis criticized Western countries and the UN for promoting gender ideology and abortion. He told the ambassadors that education “requires showing integral respect for the person, and for his or her natural physiognomy, and avoiding the imposition of…

Cardinal Zen meets Pope Francis, prays at Benedict XVI’s tomb

Cardinal Zen meets Pope Francis, prays at Benedict XVI’s tomb

CNA—Cardinal Joseph Zen met privately with Pope Francis on Friday after attending Benedict XVI’s funeral. The Hong Kong authorities temporarily released the passport of the 90-year-old cardinal, who was arrested last year under the city’s national security law, to allow him to travel to Rome. According to America Magazine, Zen met Pope Francis in the…

FULL TEXT: Pope Francis’ homily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

FULL TEXT: Pope Francis’ homily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord

The following is the full text of Pope Francis’ homily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2023. Like a rising star (cf. Num 24:17), Jesus comes to enlighten all peoples and to brighten the nights of humanity. Today, with the Magi, let us lift…

A closer look at the ceremonial details of Benedict XVI’s funeral

A closer look at the ceremonial details of Benedict XVI’s funeral

ACI, CNA, Vatican News—There is no doubt that the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Jan. 5 was a pope’s funeral. Not only was the funeral rite the one foreseen for the death of a pope, but so were all the rites that accompanied it. The rogito For example, the medals and coins of…

Benedict XVI: ‘A role model for holiness’

Benedict XVI: ‘A role model for holiness’

In an interview with Vatican News, Dr. Michael Hesemann, a close friend of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and his brother Georg Ratzinger, says: “instead of mourning, it is time to thank God that he was among us”, and reflects on how “we all had the opportunity to rediscover Christianity by his constant inspiration,…

Bishops reflect on personal memories of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI

Bishops reflect on personal memories of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and archbishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services:  “I remember many meetings with him while I served in the Secretariat of State, and I will never forget his greeting to me at the first General Audience I attended some weeks after his…

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI:  200,000 attend Benedict’s lying in state

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI: 200,000 attend Benedict’s lying in state

BBC—Nearly 200,000 people paid homage to former Pope Benedict XVI during his lying in state over the last three days, the Vatican says. His body has been sealed in a coffin ahead of his funeral on Thursday. Pope Francis will preside over the funeral – the first time a sitting Pope has led his predecessor’s…

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