Thousands march in Colombia to protest government reforms
Bogota, Colombia Reuters Thousands of people marched through Colombia’s biggest cities on Wednesday to protest political, economic and social reforms backed by President Gustavo Petro, as well as to demand action against deteriorating security. Leftist Petro was elected in 2022 on ambitious promises to fight poverty and inequality, and end Colombia’s six decades of internal […]
British, Irish PMs open to Good Friday Agreement reforms when time right
Belfast, Northern Ireland Reuters The Irish and British Prime Ministers said on Wednesday that they were open to considering reforming Northern Ireland’s Good Friday peace accord, but that any debate could only happen when the powersharing government underpinning it was restored. Irish nationalists and pro-British unionist politicians are obliged to share power under the deal, […]
German bishops assure Vatican but vow to proceed with reform
Vatican CityAP Germany’s Catholic bishops insisted Saturday that their reform process won’t lead to a schism and vowed to see it through, after tense meetings with Vatican officials who want a moratorium on proposals to ordain women, bless same-sex unions and rethink church teaching on sexuality. The head of the German bishops’ conference, Bishop Georg […]
Vatican urges German Catholic Church to put brakes on reform
Rome, ItalyAP Top Vatican cardinals tried to put the brakes on the German Catholic Church’s controversial reform process on Friday, fearing proposals concerning gays, women and sexual morals will split the church and insisting they would be better debated later. The Vatican and the German bishops conference issued a joint statement after a week of […]
Essay: Are lay cardinals next?
PHYLLIS ZAGANO, adjunct professor of religion at Hofstra University, author and former member of the 2016-2018 Pontifical Commission for the Study of Women in the Diaconate, says Pope Francis’ reforms raise the question of reviving the tradition of lay cardinals with women in the mix…
ESSAY: FIVE YEARS OF FRANCIS AND HIS GRITTY CATHOLICISM
In an article first published by Religion News Service, JOHN GEHRING, Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life and author of ‘The Francis Effect: A Radical Pope’s Challenge to the American Catholic Church’, reflects on Pope Francis’ five first years in the office…
CATHOLIC CHURCH: POPE RAILS AGAINST ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE OLD-STYLE WORSHIP
CHRISTOPHER LAMB, of Religion News Service, reports from the Vatican…