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The “Appeal for the Church and for the World” declares: “Public health must not become an alibi for infringing on the rights of millions.” A cry of alarm has been launched By Robert Moynihan The text of this cry, entitled “Appeal for the Church and for the World,” follows. It is dated May 8, 2020, Feast [...]

Conviction Overturned: Australian Cardinal George Pell has been released from prison after his conviction on charges that he abused two boys was overturned by Australia’s highest court. Pell here relaxes on the grounds of the Seminary of the Good Shepherd in Sydney April 9, 2020. (CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Sydney) After 409 Days [...]

Photos Left to Right: Cardinal Re, Cardinal Zen, Archbishop Vigano Conflict Abounds at the Highest Levels of the Church. Chinese Cardinal Zen Calls It a “Brutal Accord” That Pope Benedict Refused to Sign; Cardinal Re Denies This. Exiled Archbishop Viganò, Meanwhile, Defends Zen Against His Attackers [...]

The fraternal embrace between two Popes, Pope Francis on the left and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on the right. Former Prefect of the Congregation for the doctrine of the Faith, German Cardinal Gerhard Müller, has written an essay in which he defends the participation of Pope emeritus Benedict in the current debate over priestly [...]

Pope Francis gives the homily as he celebrates a Mass marking the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican December 12, 2019. In attendance were U.S. bishops from Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican. In the circle, Viganò. (CNS photos/Paul Haring) Archbishop [...]