Pandemic led to unprecedented rise in food insecurity, according to study

The Covid-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented rise in food insecurity in the UK, a new study has found. Food insecurity rose during the pandemic driven by a reduction in income and reduced access to affordable food, according to a review by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and think tank Demos. An estimated 14 per... Read More

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March 20, 2021

Pope requests study of worship congregation before naming new prefect

Before Pope Francis names a new prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, he has asked that an outside expert consult with the office’s staff and review its procedures. The pope in late February accepted the resignation of Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, who had reached the normal retirement age of 75 last June. The cardinal had... Read More

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October 31, 2020

Major study examines how religious life has adapted since pandemic

With weddings, funerals and religious holidays all impacted by the effects of Covid-19, two academics have launched a major research project into how British religious communities of all faiths have had to adapt during the pandemic. Acts of worship and religious rituals are all being forced to change, initially at short notice, and often to... Read More

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May 24, 2020

Italy: Study shows increase in prayer, religious fervour amid pandemic

The uncertainty and restrictive measures in place due to the coronavirus pandemic caused an increase in prayers and religious fervour in Italy, a recent study said. The study, which was released May 22, was conducted by the State University of Milan, to “daily monitor public opinion during the Covid-19 emergency” and the impact it “has... Read More

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July 23, 2019

Forensic experts to study ‘thousands of bones’ found in Vatican ossuaries

During a search for the remains of a young Italian woman missing for more than 30 years, workers discovered an enormous number of bones inside two ossuaries in a building next to a Vatican cemetery. Further studies on the remains will be carried out starting on 27th July, but it was not yet possible to... Read More

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May 8, 2019

Pope says study on women deacons was inconclusive

The commission Pope Francis appointed to study the history and identity of women deacons did not reach a unanimous conclusion about whether deaconesses in the early Church were “ordained” or formally “blessed,” the pope said. “What is fundamental is that there was no certainty that there was an ordination with the same form and same... Read More

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September 27, 2018

German bishops apologise formally, release sex abuse data

The head of the German bishops conference formally apologised for sexual abuse in the Church, saying it “has been denied, turned away from and covered up for far too long.” “Sexual abuse is a crime,” Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising told a news conference in Fulda, Germany. “And whoever is guilty of it... Read More

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