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A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here’s what you need to know
1 day, 10 hours ago

A Holy Year is about to start in Rome. Here’s what you need to know

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome, amid new security fears following a Christmas market attack in Germany. At the start of Christmas Eve Mass, Francis will push open the Holy Door on St. Peter’s Basilica, which will stay open throughout …

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What is Opus Dei? A new book is full of sinister allegations.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What is Opus Dei? A new book is full of sinister allegations.

Slate  

Most Americans, if they have heard of the organization Opus Dei, know it because of the Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code, a 2003 thriller in which the primary villain is an Opus Dei assassin, an albino monk who kills to protect his cult. Dan Brown flagged a number of real allegations against Opus Dei, like its abuse, the …

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Trump's transformation into a religious totem turns Christian nationalism toxic
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump's transformation into a religious totem turns Christian nationalism toxic

Salon  

Public opinion polls show that 47 percent of registered voters support Donald Trump in the 2024 election. Your new polling and other work examine the role of the authoritarian personality in support for Donald Trump and his neofascist MAGA movement, specifically among white Christians. First, nearly half of white evangelical Protestants and nearly four in ten Republicans agree with the …

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Skip pilgrimage on May 6, vote for those with secular credentials: Goa Cardinal
8 months, 1 week ago

Skip pilgrimage on May 6, vote for those with secular credentials: Goa Cardinal

Hindustan Times  

PANAJI: Goa Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrão on Tuesday asked people to avoid travelling to Vailankanni, a prominent Catholic pilgrimage site in Tamil Nadu, on May 6 since it would mean missing out on the “moral obligation” of casting one’s vote. The Goa Archbishop, looked up to by Catholics who make up 25% of the state population, is known to articulate …

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Ken Paxton’s new investigation is latest attack on religious organizations
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Ken Paxton’s new investigation is latest attack on religious organizations

Raw Story  

EL PASO — Before Annunciation House Director Ruben Garcia received a demand from the Texas Attorney General’s office to hand over sensitive documents about the migrants who have stayed at his shelter, the state had been monitoring Garcia’s and other staffers’ activity. Last year, right-wing Catholics launched a campaign to defund bishops who aid migrants at the border; and in …

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Jesuits in US bolster outreach initiative aimed at encouraging LGBTQ+ Catholics
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Jesuits in US bolster outreach initiative aimed at encouraging LGBTQ+ Catholics

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Even as Catholic dogma continues to repudiate same-sex marriage and gender transition, one of the most prominent religious orders in the United States — the Jesuits — is strengthening a unique outreach program for LGBTQ+ Catholics. He is the author of a book recounting the varied ways that Catholics in the U.S. responded to the AIDS crisis …

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The Story Behind Pope Francis’ Shocking Reversal on Same-Sex Relationships
1 year ago

The Story Behind Pope Francis’ Shocking Reversal on Same-Sex Relationships

Slate  

The Catholic Church, a 2,000-year-old institution, generally moves at a glacial pace. At the start of Francis’ papacy, the DDF was led by a German ally of Pope Benedict XVI who would go on to accuse Francis of “material heresies.” Francis replaced him with a Spaniard with a similar theological background, signaling, as one Catholic publication put it at the …

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Pope Francis 'fires' his 'critic' Joseph Strickland as bishop of Tyler' I KNOW WHY
1 year, 1 month ago

Pope Francis 'fires' his 'critic' Joseph Strickland as bishop of Tyler' I KNOW WHY

India TV News  

Pope Francis on Saturday ordered the removal of the bishop of Tyler, Texas, a conservative prelate active on social media who has been a fierce critic of the pontiff and has come to symbolize the polarization within the US Catholic hierarchy. A one-line statement from the Vatican said Francis had “relieved” Bishop Joseph Strickland of the pastoral governance of Tyler …

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Things to know about the Vatican’s big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church
1 year, 2 months ago

Things to know about the Vatican’s big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church

Associated Press  

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday is opening a global gathering of bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the Catholic Church, including some hot-button issues that have previously been considered off-limits for discussion. For the first time, women and laypeople can vote on specific proposals alongside bishops, a radical change that is evidence of Francis’ belief that …

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Pope arrives on first visit to Mongolia as Vatican relations with Russia and China remain strained
1 year, 3 months ago

Pope arrives on first visit to Mongolia as Vatican relations with Russia and China remain strained

Associated Press  

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday morning to encourage one of the world’s smallest and newest Catholic communities. “I think it will do us good to try to understand this long, big silence, understand what it means but not intellectually, but with senses.” He added: “Mongolia, you understand with your senses.” On tap are official meetings …

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In response to Dodgers’ Pride Night removal, Sisters vow: We will continue ‘to serve and uplift’
1 year, 7 months ago

In response to Dodgers’ Pride Night removal, Sisters vow: We will continue ‘to serve and uplift’

LA Times  

Dodgers supporters hold a flag with the team’s logo in rainbow colors during a Pride event in West Hollywood in 2019. “I don’t know how we’d come back from that.” The Los Angeles LGBT Center demanded the Dodgers reverse course or cancel Pride Night altogether. Do better.” L.A. City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, whose district includes Dodger Stadium, posted on Twitter: …

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How 'Belfast' shows the evolution of the Troubles on screen
2 years, 9 months ago

How 'Belfast' shows the evolution of the Troubles on screen

LA Times  

“Belfast” was not my favorite movie of 2021 but it is the film that gave me the most hope, and at a time when hope is worth more than rubies, or even an Oscar campaign. Based on the wrongful imprisonment of the Guildford Four, “In the Name of the Father” follows British authorities’ torture and imprisonment of Gerry Conlon, a …

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Christmas 2021: All you need to know about differences between Catholics and Protestants
3 years ago

Christmas 2021: All you need to know about differences between Catholics and Protestants

Firstpost  

While Catholics believed the Holy Book Bible to be the highest authority, Protestants consider the Bible and the traditions of Church as supreme. In Protestant churches, married and female clergy are also allowed as compared to the celibate norm of Catholics Christmas celebrations are just round the corner and Christians around the world are gearing up to celebrate the birthday …

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