First cardinal for Rwanda seen as approval of Church’s reconciliation role

Pope Francis’ appointment of a cardinal for Rwanda – a first – is seen as appreciation for the efforts of the Catholic Church to reconcile people after the country’s 1994 genocide. Cardinal-designate Antoine Kambanda of Kigali, Rwanda, will turn 62 on 10th November. He is known to be passionate about peace and reconciliation, and he recently stressed that the... Read More

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August 7, 2019

Vatican confirms Medjugorje approval by joining youth festival

Senior Vatican representatives joined the first officially approved Church festival at Medjugorje, three months after Catholic pilgrimages to the site in Bosnia-Herzegovina were authorised by the pope. “We are called to share the difficulties of our contemporaries and we have a responsibility to care for them,” Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for... Read More

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September 24, 2018

Vatican signs provisional agreement with China on naming bishops

For the first time in decades, all of the Catholic bishops in China are in full communion with the pope, the Vatican announced. Pope Francis lifted the excommunications or irregular status of seven bishops who had been ordained with government approval, but not the Vatican’s consent, the Vatican announced on 22nd September. A few hours... Read More

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