Vatican: Approval of Apparitions Will Now be ‘Exceptional’
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Vatican rulings on allegedly supernatural phenomena, such as Marian apparitions, will continue to be released...
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New Vatican norms applied in alleged Italian apparitions
By Carol Glatz, CNS – In accordance with new Vatican norms on alleged supernatural phenomena, an Italian bishop has given...
Words matter: Vatican publishes ‘lexicon’ on end-of-life issues
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Public debate on end-of-life issues seems more widespread every time states and nations consider new...
US cardinal urges Vatican to not seem ‘oblivious’ to victims’ suffering
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Every Vatican office must be sensitive toward those harmed by abuse and should exercise “pastoral...
Archbishop Gänswein, former papal secretary, named nuncio to Baltic states
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Despite tensions with Pope Francis which have sometimes boiled over into public view, Archbishop Georg...
Vatican accuses Archbishop Carlo Viganò of schism, begins trial
By Justin McLellan, CNS – The Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith has begun an extrajudicial penal trial to determine...
What’s in a Blessing?
In December 2023, the Vatican’s highest office for the Catholic Church’s teaching, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith...
Lawyer for former Vatican employee says manuscript is mystery
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The lawyer for the former Vatican employee accused of trying to sell St Peter’s Basilica...
St John Paul II Prize goes to Uganda justice and peace centre
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Convinced that the “major emphasis” of St John Paul II’s teaching was on social justice...
