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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Just in time for Mother’s Day, U.S. Catholics parishes will be able to celebrate the new Rite for the Blessing of a Child in the Womb. The Vatican has given its approval to publication in English and Spanish of the new rite, which was approved by the U.S. bishops in November 2008, the […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – A new liturgical memorial – Oct. 22 – has been approved for Blessed John Paul II by the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. The U.S. Conference for Catholic Bishops announced Oct. 19 that the congregation had approved the “optional memorial” for the late pope in the calendar for U.S. dioceses. […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – After years of discussion and at least one failed attempt, the Vatican will open a pavilion at the 2013 Venice Bienniale, a major international contemporary art exhibition. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, told reporters May 14 the pavilion – paid for by sponsors – represents part of […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – Vatican officials released a pair of unusual statements Feb. 23 condemning some press coverage of the papal transition. A communique from the Secretariat of State called “deplorable” the “widespread distribution of often unverified, unverifiable or completely false news stories” intended to exert “pressures on the election of the pope.” Earlier in the […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican dismissed claims that Pope Francis played a direct role in the kidnappings of two Jesuit priests during Argentina’s murderous military dictatorship and described them as part of a campaign by “left-wing anti-clerical elements to attack the church.” Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, read a statement to journalists March […]
Schools
Joseph F. X. Zahra, appointed by Pope Francis as vice coordinator of the Council for the Economy of the Holy See, the body charged with financial oversight of all Vatican-related entities, including the Roman curia, will speak at Catholic University in Washington Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. “Inside the Financial and Administrative Changes at the […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican firmly condemned the recent attack against a U.S. consulate in Libya, which led to the death of a U.S. ambassador, three U.S. personnel and at least 10 Libyans. “The very serious attack organized against the United States diplomatic mission in Libya,” it said, “calls for the firmest possible condemnation on […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Here are the 16 documents approved by the Second Vatican Council, which ran from Oct. 11, 1962, to Dec. 8, 1965, and their dates of promulgation: – Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (“Sacrosanctum Concilium”), Dec. 4, 1963. It ordered an extensive revision of worship so that people would have a clearer sense of […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – When the head of the Pontifical Council for Culture said he wanted to listen to what today’s young people had to say, he wasn’t afraid to hear it belted out at 100 decibels. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi invited members of the Italian rock group, The Sun, to speak their minds through music to […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a special briefcase he uses exclusively to carry documentation for a project that would completely revise an entire section of the Catholic Church’s basic law. The black case contains a 40-page draft text for a new “Book VI: Sanctions in the Church” section of the Code of […]
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