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By CNA Pope Francis in October Named 13 New Cardinals. They Will Be Made Cardinals on November 28 in Rome. Some Traditional Cardinalatial Sees, Like Turin and Venice, Were Again Overlooked Pope Francis said Sunday that he will create 13 new cardinals, including Washington Archbishop Wil - ton Gregory, at a consistory on November 28, the [...]

Fr. Charles Theodore Murr, in this Interview Concerning His Book on Mother Pascalina Lehnert, Unveils the Mysteries of the People and Events in the Church in the Mid-1900s By Kevin Symonds In this interview, Inside the Vatican talks with Fr. Charles Theodore Murr, author of The Godmother: Mother Pascalina: A Feminine Tour de Force (2017). [...]

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 Amazonian Peoples "Have a Right To Hear the Gospel," he says — and Lays Out His Vision for How By Christina Deardurff with Reporting by Vatican News Pilgrims travel on boats as they accompany the statue of Our Lady of Nazareth during an annual river procession and pilgrimage along the Apeu River to a [...]

  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 [...]