Vatican workers who meet public tested for Covid-19 antibodies

Vatican employees and workers who have contact with the public are being tested for the antibodies for Covid-19, said the new director of the Vatican department of health and hygiene. “For now, the study has had good results in that no-one has been shown to be a carrier of the antibodies,” Andrea Arcangeli told the... Read More

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August 4, 2020

Pope tells young people at Medjugorje to let Mary inspire and guide them

Let Mary inspire and guide young people today, Pope Francis told participants at the annual International Youth Festival at the Marian shrine in Medjugorje. Mary will always be “the great model of the Church” because she is ready to follow Christ with vitality and docility, he said in a message to those attending the festival... Read More

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August 3, 2020

German author says retired Pope Benedict is ‘extremely frail’

An author with a long and close relationship to retired Pope Benedict XVI told a German newspaper that the 93-year-old retired pope is “extremely frail”. Peter Seewald, the author who has published four wide-ranging book-length interviews with the retired pope, was quoted in today’s edition of the Bavarian newspaper Passauer Neue Presse. Seewald said he visited... Read More

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August 3, 2020

Jesuit superior warns of pandemic’s threat to democracy

Human lives and jobs are not the only things threatened by the coronavirus pandemic: In many countries, democracy and efforts to build a more just world also are under attack, said Fr Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits. “Democracy can be one of the victims of the pandemic if we do not take care... Read More

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August 2, 2020

What the new year is set to look like at Rome’s pontifical universities

With online registrations open and classes scheduled to start in early October, many pontifical universities in Rome have been publishing their new safety protocols and procedures on their websites. In an effort to follow recommendations from the Congregation for Catholic Education that instruction be in-person and on campus, universities also needed to take into account... Read More

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August 1, 2020

Pontifical universities prepare for classes in Covid-era

When the Vatican issued norms that pontifical universities offer in-person classes on their campuses for the coming academic year, institutes in Rome spent the summer hammering out what changes and protocols would be needed to keep staff and students safe. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Congregation for Catholic Education published recommendations in early... Read More

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July 31, 2020

Covid-19 pandemic should raise questions about faith, pope says

Besides the immediate considerations of trying to stay healthy, to mourn the dead and protect others, the coronavirus pandemic should be prompting Christians to reflect on their faith, Pope Francis wrote. ‘The pandemic poses fundamental questions about happiness in our lives and about the treasure of our Christian faith,’ he wrote in the preface to... Read More

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July 30, 2020

China accused of hacking computers of Vatican and other Church entities

China has been accused of hacking Vatican computers as well as those in the Diocese of Hong Kong and other Catholic organisations in May. The hacking appears to be an attempt to gain an advantage in talks between the Vatican and China, due to resume as early as this week, about a fresh deal on... Read More

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July 30, 2020

Parishes are not ‘businesses’ that can be led by anyone, cardinal says

The recent Vatican instruction on pastoral care clarifies the responsibility of every member of the Church community to work together in the shared mission of evangelisation and warns against turning the parish into a mere provider of services, said Cardinal Beniamino Stella. The document included ‘a warning signal’ against notions of the parish ‘as a... Read More

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July 29, 2020

German bishops continue debate over Vatican document on parishes

The Vatican instruction on the reform of Catholic parishes continues to stir debate in Germany, where some bishops say the current parish model with a priest in charge is no longer sustainable because of a lack of vocations. Former Cardinal Walter Kasper defended the paper following widespread criticism, such as by Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck of... Read More

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