Two arrested at Vatican for leaking confidential documents
The Vatican on Nov. 2 announced the arrest of two people in connection with the alleged theft of confidential documents, the first such case since the “Vatileaks” scandal.
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Pope denounces clergy who criticized slain Salvadoran bishop Oscar Romero
Pope Francis Oct. 30 criticized conservative clergy and bishops who he said had defamed slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero even after he was killed by a right-wing death squad in 1980.
The pope departed from his prepared address to a group of visiting Salvadorans to deliver unusually pointed remarks about the past detractors of Romero, who was beatified last May in El Salvador, putting him a step away from sainthood.
Editorial: Synod indicates the kind of change possible
Editorial: The 2015 Synod of Bishops was extraordinary in ways probably not anticipated or wished for by many of those who planned and attended the gatherings held over two years.
Cardinal Parolin: Apostolic exhortation on the family could come soon
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said an apostolic exhortation on the family following the recently concluded Synod of Bishops could be released soon. Synod fathers requested it.
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Cardinal Wuerl: Catholic Church moving from legalism to mercy
“The frame of reference is now going to be: ‘What does the gospel really say here?’ That’s our first task,” said Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl.
Pope Francis’ two new Italian archbishops ‘attentive to poor’
Pope Francis named two new archbishops, Matteo Maria Zuppi and Corrado Lorefice, in Italy on Oct. 27, as strategic appointments for the pontiff’s push to create a “poor church.”
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The pope has smoked out his opposition
A Roman Observer: If you really want to know what happened inside the synod, don't obsess too much over its final report on the church and the family.
Global women religious leader asks sisters to do synod’s unfinished work
Maltese Sr. Carmen Sammut said that, after the synod, women religious are called to carry forth the pastoral work that the official church is sometimes unable to do.
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In This Issue
September 9-22, 2016
- Editorial: Make action on poverty a national priority
- Music provides a deeper sense of promise
- SNAP concerned with survivor confidentiality after judge's sanctions
- Special Section (subscribers only): Health & Well-Being