Month: August 2019

'Maria 2.0' protest in Germany for gender equality in the Church

German Catholic women organise new push for gender equality in the Church

Former nuncio in Chile and now in Portugal, Ivo Scapolo

New papal rep in Portugal a sex abuse “demon” and “evildoer”, say Chilean victims

Detail of a communist era mosaic above the entrance to the National Historical Museum in Tirana, Albania

Why Albania’s communist regime couldn’t root out religion

LGBTQ+ equality in the Church

Two German bishops call Church to more “credibility” in approach to gays and lesbians

Chairs packed up at a school (stock)

Schools in Ireland shed ‘Catholic’ label in bid to survive, become more inclusive

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

German mag blasts Benedict for “intellectual pessimism” on sex abuse crisis

Soldiers of Slovenia's World War II era Dombranci home-guard

Slovenians criticise Church for Nazi historical revisionism

Bishop of Požega (Croatia), Antun Škvorčević

Croatian bishop condemns outbreak of “unacceptable” anti-Serb violence

Homophobic Finnish politician Päivi Räsänen

Homophobic Finnish politician cries wolf on “anti-Christian persecution”

Eritrean priest in Rome, Mussie Zerai

Eritrean priest in Rome laments EU “walls” to forced migrants and refugees

Bishop of Elphin (Ireland), Kevin Doran

Irish bishop rips Government treatment of asylum seekers

Częstochowa Pride Parade, Poland

Polish Catholics blast their bishops for “half-truths and lies” on LGBTQ+

Abortion

Anti-abortionists reveal their true goal: control of women

Former nuncio to Great Britain, Pablo Puente, with Cantabrian president Miguel Ángel Revilla

Former papal rep to Great Britain pleads with Pope for women priests

A priest celebrates the Mass

Swiss woman presents Pope with 5,000 signatures backing end to compulsory priestly celibacy

Delegates at the 'Religions for Peace' Assembly in Lindau, Germany

‘Religions for Peace’ warn of “cataclysmic” global warming, “dire” sustainability crisis

ICLN Mass in Fátima, Portugal

Orbán, Trump chief of staff in secret far-right meet in Fátima

Equality for women in the Catholic Church

Catholics in Germany, Spain want women as papal ambassadors

A priest celebrating the Mass (illustrative)

German priest comes out of the closet, thanks bishop for opening the door

Theology under threat

Irish priest academic warns theology “under threat” from “commodification of education”

Migrant and refugee drama in the Mediterranean

Catholic orgs celebrate Ocean Viking solution but denounce political “deadlock” on migrants

Migrant worker and student march in Italy

Church group condemns “exploitation” of migrant day labourers in Italy

Two women observe a Pride March

Swiss lay official: “Love between two people is valuable, whether homosexual or heterosexual”

Archbishop of Riga (Latvia), Zbignevs Stankevics

Latvian archbishop blasts politicians for country’s “injustice and inequality”

Sculpture of the devil

What the devil did the head of the Jesuits just say about Satan?

Vatican Foreign Minister Paul Richard Gallagher

Vatican Foreign Minister says Brexit “must be respected” but insists on “value” of united Europe

Polish priests Tadeusz Rydzyk (l) and Pawel Guzynski

Tale of two priests in Poland reveals distance between Church, Gospel

An Italian flag flies over Rome's Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II

Vatican paper calls for “urgent reset” on Italian political, social crisis

Religious freedom

Church charity head, to UN: Victims of Religious Violence Day “important step but more needed”

Pope Francis at today's General Audience

Pope: true Christians dig deep with money, time