Search Results
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Paolo Gabriele, the personal assistant of Pope Benedict XVI accused of illicitly copying private Vatican correspondence and giving it to a journalist, told Vatican investigators he acted out of concern for the pope and the church. Documents released by the Vatican Aug. 13 outline the case against Gabriele, including his own statements […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden and Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Paolo Gabriele, the papal assistant, has been accused of aggravated theft, a crime that under Vatican laws is punishable with a prison term of 1 to 6 years, a Vatican judge said. Paolo Papanti-Pelletier, the judge, said under the terms of the Vatican’s 1929 treaty with Italy, a person found guilty and […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden and Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Paolo Gabriele, the papal butler charged with stealing and leaking papal correspondence, said he was innocent of charges of aggravated theft, but “I feel guilty for having betrayed the trust the Holy Father placed in me.” “I loved him like a son,” Gabriele said of the pope during the second day of […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican is offering a new app that provides live streaming of papal events and video feeds from the Vatican’s six webcams. “The Pope App” also will send out alerts and links to top stories coming out of the Vatican’s news outlets, said Gustavo Entrala, founder and CEO of the Spanish firm […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, 69, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, is the “proto-deacon” of the College of Cardinals and will be the one, at the end of the conclave, who will announce to the world, “Habemus papam” (“We have a pope”). The cardinal said he hoped to be able […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – The current staff of the papal apartments, including Archbishop Georg Ganswein, will accompany Pope Benedict XVI to Castel Gandolfo when he leaves office Feb. 28, the Vatican spokesman said. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, also repeated his assertion that the conclave to elect a new pope would begin sometime between March […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
ROME – Scholars are unlikely to agree anytime soon on the authenticity of a newly published text containing a reference to Jesus’ “wife.” But the tiny papyrus fragment, purportedly dating to the fourth century A.D., has already stirred interest in the early church’s attitudes toward marriage, sex and the role of women. The fragment of […]
Local
By Marylynn G. Hewitt Catholic News Service
DETROIT – Although so much of today’s education takes place in segregated age groups, some parishes are bucking that trend by offering intergenerational faith formation – teaching everyone, of all ages, at the same time. Currently, more than 650 parishes across the country are using this model, called Generations of Faith. They offer separate religious […]
National
By Catholic News Service
PHILADELPHIA – The jury reached a partial verdict June 22 in the clergy sex abuse trial. Msgr. William Lynn, former archdiocesan secretary for clergy, was found guilty on one count of child endangerment and acquitted on two other charges, including conspiracy. The jury was deadlocked on charges against Father James J. Brennan, charged with attempted […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON – Soon after a monstrous earthquake devastated much of Haiti three years ago, the mantra among Haitian government leaders and a good share of relief and development agencies was “build back Haiti better.” It was somewhat catchy, of course, and certainly demonstrative of the resiliency of a country battered all too often by Mother […]
Popular
Popular
Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
Reading Time
1
min