2023-07-25 20:18
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2023-07-25 20:09
Ridiculous: the Church covered up for an abuser priest and now that he is in prison she forbids him to say Mass.Caveat: A left-wing source but fundamentally does not change the realiti… Read More
2023-07-25 19:45
In a podcast, Pope Francis listens to the life stories of various young people - including a trans person. The latter tells of her turmoil. The pontiff gives her some words to take with her… Read More
2023-07-25 10:07
Liturgically some way to go. The Latin Mass perfectly expresses the EucharistBishop Wolfgang Ipolt on the Adoratio CongressBishop Ipolt: "The most important catechesis".Before th… Read More
2023-07-25 09:22
History of the Holy See's demand for correction of the words of consecrationIn the new Mass, not the old!A chronological overview20 November 2006Sensation: A letter from RomeThe letter has t… Read More
2023-07-25 09:14
A different look at the role of JudasHückelhoven - Judas Iscariot is the traitor - but was it really like it was written down in the Bible? A Passion Play asks questions and stimulates… Read More
2023-07-25 08:00
We close... and then what?Sunday 2nd July. Chapel of the Ursuline convent, a community that has been in Fribourg since 1634. A nun reminds me of what I have to announce at the end of the lit… Read More
2023-07-24 19:07
During this Sunday's homily, the religious leader indicated that boys and girls should be educated in love, respect, dignity away from ideologies that "sow tares".Cardinal Óscar Andr… Read More
2023-07-23 18:11
The Pope's loyalist and ghostwriter lands at the Holy Office: it is the latest in a long series of appointments in which personal friendship with the pontiff or membership of the Jesuits app… Read More
2023-07-23 16:48
During the Deanery Mass last Friday, the new cable car confessional was presented in Bad Ischl at the foot of the Katrinberg.The idea is simple but innovative: "In this special cable car, pa… Read More
2023-07-23 10:03
Criticism unwanted: Chur Diocesan spokeswoman threatens journalistA journalist working for the regional church is threatened by the Chur diocesan spokeswoman at the Züri Fäscht. Th… Read More
2023-07-23 09:18
Sacraments for German church-leavers in Central EuropeCardinal Duka invites Germans who no longer want to pay church tax because of the Synodal Path to receive the sacraments in Central Euro… Read More
2023-07-22 22:12
School-leaving examination candidates in Vienna are in for a steep climb next week. That's why a climbing wall has been set up in St. Stephen's Cathedral. The written school-leaving and… Read More
2023-07-22 21:36
The new Barbie film is a deeply Catholic experience (Cathcon!!!!!!!!!)Does it need a Barbie as a bishop?It is the film event of the year. The new "Barbie" film has been in cinemas since Thur… Read More
2023-07-22 09:05
Churches for sale Thousands of churches, hardly any believers. What to do with the empty space? Shopping centre? Bowling alley? In other countries, people are less squeamish.The queue i… Read More
2023-07-22 07:36
Last Generation disrupted Jedermann (Everyman) premiere in Salzburg
Was bleibt von einem Menschenleben?Jedermann hat Verantwortung. Deswegen haben wir die Festpiel-Premiere gestört.Wir… Read More
2023-07-21 20:34
Climate change: Ecumenical mourning ceremonies for dying glaciersEcumenical Requiem for Brandner glacier in Vorarlberg - Archdiocese of Munich "celebrates" Requiem Mass for glacierWith Requi… Read More
2023-07-21 18:14
According to the Peruvian newspaper 'La Republica', an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse will begin on Tuesday 25 July at the Sodalitium.A Vatican commission, dedicated to cases… Read More
2023-07-21 17:11
Archbishop Bettazzi: "The Pope is thinking of resigning".The Vatican: "Plot hoax, but Church under attack"The Bishop meet's Benedict's SuccessorOn Un giorno da pecora (A day like a sheep), t… Read More
2023-07-21 16:27
Bettazzi, from the Catacombs Pact to abortionist exegesisToday in Ivrea, the funeral of the prelate, who died at the age of 99, after a long life spent on the most progressive demands, dream… Read More
2023-07-20 17:09
Martin Mosebach is considered a harsh critic of Pope Francis and the liturgical reform. His book "Häresie der Formlosigkeit" (Heresy of Formlessness) takes issue with the post-conciliar… Read More
2023-07-20 07:26
The news of the change of rector of the Sanctuary of Torreciudad by order of the Bishop of Barbastro has come as a cold shower of water within the Prelature. (The Bishop has rejected the thr… Read More
2023-07-20 06:18
After a group criticised the selection of participants at the World Synod, the Central Committee of German Catholics and the initiative "Maria 1.0" are now also speaking out - with dif… Read More
2023-07-19 20:50
Diocese of Innsbruck desperately looking for new pastoral staffThis from Linz....they say everything begins in Linz, but actually this is the beginning of the endHead of the diocesan personn… Read More
2023-07-19 20:24
Church musician wants to take concerns seriously- and keep singing "Laudato si": will a new text save the song of the abuser?Made even less acceptable as the song is aimed at childrenGenerat… Read More
2023-07-19 18:47
Superior General criticises non-appointment of ZdK PresidentThe President of the Central Council of German Catholics, Irme Stetter-Karp, has not been appointed as a voting member of the Worl… Read More
2023-07-18 21:29
World Synod without Stetter-Karp: Women complain to the VaticanToo much time on her hands after retirement in 2020Participants of the Women in Church Ministries Forum see the non-appointment… Read More
2023-07-18 16:03
In the United States there is a database, Bishops Accoutability, which compiles data on clerics who have committed sexual abuse by the clergy, as well as data and investigations by dioceses… Read More
2023-07-17 18:59
Bishop Fürst consecrates a new church in StuttgartAbstracted Cross, abstracted FaithChurch consecrations have become rare in Germany. Therefore, it was something special that Bishop Geb… Read More
2023-07-17 07:15
Aguiar and the problem of 'proselytism'.Americo Aguiar Americo Aguiar, Auxiliary Bishop of LisbonFollowing the chorus of indignant responses in the specialised press and on social networks… Read More
2023-07-16 20:33
Protest and adhesive action: Castle Festival in Regensburg disruptedTwo protest actions accompanied the start of the Regensburg Castle Festival: Around 300 people demonstrated in front… Read More
After 400 Years, The Jesuits Leave Linz, Austria So That They Can Better Focus On Climate Protection
2023-07-16 20:02
Provincial of the Jesuits in "Kurier" interview on the current church crisis, lack of young people, women's diaconate and climate protectionAfter 400 years, the Jesuits are leaving Linz at t… Read More
2023-07-16 19:25
Father Georg's new life in Germany: 'I'm a nuisance, it's too early to say what it will be like'The former personal secretary of Benedict XVI, Georg Gänswein: here in Freiburg the wine… Read More
2023-07-16 19:12
To this day, the Second Vatican Council continues to shape the Catholic Church. But Bishops who took part in it are fewer and fewer 60 years after it opened - only five Council Fathers are s… Read More
2023-07-16 18:12
Diocese of Salford in the North of England
This is the moment video captures a priest shaking holy water from the back of a motorbike driven by a masked youth at the funeral for Sau… Read More
2023-07-16 10:41
Cathcon: For balance, God was mentioned 6 times but 4 of these references are by Cardinal Müller. One of the other references is to the People of God. Germany is menti… Read More
2023-07-14 20:59
Journalist Juan Pablo Barrientos has denounced Monsignor Luis José Rueda on his social networks for having covered up cases of child abuse involving members of the Catholic Church in… Read More
2023-07-12 18:25
Argentine archbishop close to Pope admits mistakes in handling case of priest accused of abuseArgentine Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez, chosen by Pope Francis to head a powerful Vatican… Read More
2023-07-11 20:33
Stephen Chow, Bishop of Hong Kong, will be created a cardinal on 30 September.Rendering unto Caesar the things that are God'sThe Jesuit prelate is another who can be said to have had a meteo… Read More
2023-07-11 20:01
Shocking remarks: the Canton regrets some of the lyrics used by a choirA concert at the Festival de la Cité in Lausanne shocked some of the audience in the cathedral on Saturday eveni… Read More
2023-07-11 19:48
Suppressed by the Pope 250 years ago: the Jesuits loyal to the PopeAfter a rapid rise, the Jesuits were subjected to particular hostility for centuries - in the middle of the 18th century, t… Read More
2023-07-10 21:10
But the Latin Mass, you shall not have.
A film reconstruction, glorious in detail
The Rock-Ordination main service
The warm-up Read More
2023-07-10 20:22
A priest in Perpignan left his entire estate to his hidden daughter. She accuses the diocese of trying to take part of the inheritance.All for Isabelle, the priest's daughter, or half for th… Read More
2023-07-10 18:49
Bathing hut service creates a good moodHow wide is the sea?Father Michael Hermann celebrated an ecumenical service in Rorschach's old bathing hut on Sunday. "We come to the bathing hut servi… Read More
2023-07-10 17:16
Theologian Tück sees German Catholic Church in massive crisisViennese dogmatist: German wave of departures indicates "total church meltdown", but without church, society as a whole lose… Read More
2023-07-10 16:27
The new pastoral theologian from Münster on church politics, the shift to the right and "kitchen-table theologyTheologian Christian Bauer: Spiritualisation of power must be endedChristi… Read More
2023-07-09 20:26
The inclusion that excludes the Crosses. Still on the CAI affairA dear friend of mine - at least on my part - who obviously doesn't take my state of mind into account, just sent me a curious… Read More
2023-07-09 19:08
Church reformers: Too few lay people represented at World SynodAround 375 members were invited, including 275 bishops, around 50 priests and religious and around 45 lay women and menThe merg… Read More
2023-07-09 18:35
Kohlgraf criticizes bishops for leaving the Synodal Path"There will be a patchwork quilt"Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz criticizes the resignation of four German bishops from the continuatio… Read More
2023-07-09 17:26
The head of the former Holy Office: “More power for women. And the Church on gay couples can not only prohibit "Interview with Argentine Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez, just appoin… Read More
2023-07-09 15:47
Premiere in the Catholic Church of Carinthia: Bishop Marketz commissioned 22 laypeople to conduct funerals, farewells and urn burials for the first timePremiere in the Catholic Church of Car… Read More
2023-07-09 11:18
Wonderfully are we created, God we thank you for itNot in fact a priest!That is what it said in the psalm collage that Lydia Burchhardt, retired Protestant pastor, shared with those present… Read More
2023-07-09 10:33
Cardinal Marx: Church is for everyone - not just for ChristiansCathcon: the Church is for salvationA church in itself is a heresy: Cardinal Reinhard Marx from Munich emphasizes that Christia… Read More
2023-07-09 07:53
Has the Church forgotten its message?Jesus could no longer do much with today's Christians and they could no longer do anything with Jesus. That says the American theologian Miroslav Volf. T… Read More
2023-07-08 22:26
Claire Jonard: "I expect young people to become active players in the Church".Claire Jonard, coordinator for the Centre romand des vocations (CRV), believes in the enormous potential that yo… Read More
2023-07-08 21:37
'Shadow bishop' has the upper hand- from 2014The diocese of Bruges comes under fire for the third time in a row, Bishop De Kesel says he is "badly affected" by the fuss. He is not alone, of… Read More
2023-07-08 19:24
The relationship with social movements and Peronism of "Tucho" Fernández, the Archbishop who will occupy a key post in the Vatican.Eva Peron. A Substitute Veneration.Eva Per&oac&hell…Read More
2023-07-08 08:38
Inter-religious dialogueAllah=GodWe are the SOCIAL CONSCIENCEMain topic: Against the right.Vegan Church ServiceFemale powerMarriage for All.AgainstThe BibleEqually applies to the Catholic Ch… Read More
2023-07-08 07:34
"The appointment of Monsignor Víctor Manuel Fernández, Archbishop of La Plata, to preside over the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has been one of the most dis… Read More
2023-07-07 21:00
Criticism of a nun who defended blessings to homosexual couples in GermanyAfter defending blessings for homosexual couples in Germany through the social network TikTok, the nun Xiskya Vallad… Read More
2023-07-07 20:09
Luca Casarini at the court of Francis, the activist of Mediterranea Savings Humans: "I am being investigated for illegal immigration, that's why the Pope wants me at the Synod"Interview with… Read More
2023-07-07 17:00
Catholic scouting group St. Georg participates in the Cologne CSD"A Slow Process"On Sunday is Christopher Street Day in Cologne, the largest demonstration in Europe for queer people. Some of… Read More
2023-07-07 16:30
Pope appoints reformers and conservatives to Synod AssemblyCardinal HollerichCathcon: Cardinal Müller is already being called "the Pope's Synod Fig Leaf". There is no balance in the ap… Read More
2023-07-07 12:39
Vatican publishes list of members and participants of the first assembly of the synod of bishops for a synodal church scheduled for October 2023 and 2024 - Around 375 members invited, includ… Read More
2023-07-07 12:18
Pope appoints Müller, Oster, Genn, Söding and Schwartz to World SynodThe German Bishops' Conference had already named Georg Bätzing, Bertram Meier and Franz-Josef Overbe… Read More
2023-07-07 07:41
Francis fills the post of prefect of the Department of Faith: Victor Manuel Fernández will follow his compatriot to the Vatican. He reveals which theological ideas connect him with th… Read More
2023-07-06 21:28
The Catholic Church only ordains men as priests - there has been criticism of this for decades. And despite Pope John Paul II putting his foot down, the discussion continues. For Cardinal Sa… Read More
2023-07-06 19:03
Substitute religion of wokenessQuestionable position of the church on the law of self-determination"As male and female he created them" (Genesis 1:27). Church lay lobbies don't care, they we… Read More
2023-07-06 18:40
The Protestant sociologist of religion Detlef Pollack (67) considers the Catholic Church to be reformable to a limited extent. The Synodal Path would lead to "a radically different church" a… Read More
2023-07-06 17:51
By Carlos EstebanMonsignor Víctor Manuel Fernández, recently appointed Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith, has granted Infovaticana an interview in which he outlines his con… Read More
2023-07-06 06:50
The traditional Mass "outside the walls", in front of the chapel of the hospital in Saint Germain en Laye, will take place every Sunday this summer.A parishioner was asked about this:If I've… Read More
2023-07-05 21:12
2023-07-05 19:19
Flirting in the pewToday, many couples get to know each other through dating apps. However, the Reformed Church in Zurich offers an alternative with its speed dating service. Not only Christ… Read More
2023-07-05 18:24
Switzerland: a synodality commission at the national levelChristina Aus der AuA Protestant telling Catholics to be quiet for their own good in the public arenaThe Roman Catholic Centra… Read More
2023-07-05 18:04
High resignation numbers are not alone to the Woelki case of a lack of reformJesuit Mertes: I will not participate in "bishop bashing"."It's a milkmaid's calculation: if the Cologne Cardinal… Read More
2023-07-05 17:25
Víctor Manuel Fernández to InfoVaticana: "What is wrong is wrong and I defend objective morality". (Cathcon: Despite attacking your predecessors for doing precisely that… Read More
2023-07-05 11:33
Belay will not be ordained BishopThe priest, Fabián Belay, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, decided not to accept the role, for which he asked the Pope for a dispensation from h… Read More
2023-07-05 10:08
The 10 years of Francis: a Pontiff turned prophet of human dignityWe judge everything through the sieve of our own political option, to the point that we demand that the Pope only say what m… Read More
2023-07-05 09:04
Detlef Pollack, the sociologist of religion told the "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger" (Tuesday) that if the difference between the priesthood and the laity was to be abolished, the nature of the… Read More
2023-07-04 20:53
Protestant theologian and biblical scholar Marcelo Figueroa has no doubts. The unexpected appointment of Archbishop Víctor Manuel "Tucho" Fernández as head of the Dicastery for… Read More
2023-07-04 20:27
Accused of mental manipulation, the Family of Mary in La Brardière, Orne, has been placed under Vatican supervision. The Diocese of Séez is accompanying the group before the de… Read More
2023-07-04 20:15
The Family of Mary, a "sulphurous" community under guardianshipLike several other new communities, 'The Family of Mary' was placed under guardianship by the Vatican in June 2022, on suspicio… Read More
2023-07-04 18:43
Being there for people as a bridge builderBishop Benno Elbs in the big KirchenBlatt interview on the occasion of his 10th anniversary of consecration.On 30 June 2013 - ten years ago - Benno… Read More
2023-07-04 18:07
'Tucho' Fernandez says his enemies lack ethics. He wants to be a theologian who gets down into the mud. We are clearly due for many, many more Hours of Hate for traditional… Read More
2023-07-04 17:42
Joint Conference discusses the progress of the Synodal PathWorking Groups planned - financing discussedThe Joint Conference of the German Bishops' Conference and the Central Committee of Ger… Read More
2023-07-03 21:16
'The Family of Mary', a "sulphurous" community under guardianshipLike several other new communities, 'The Family of Mary' was placed under guardianship by the Vatican in June 2022, on suspic… Read More
2023-07-03 20:53
"Mafia-like networking"Tyrol's own Mrs Clinton "Vast right-wing conspiracy"Why Georg Oberrauch, chairman of the Catholic Men's Movement, is convinced that a local underground movement… Read More
2023-07-03 20:17
The Bishop of Saint-Etienne is called Monsignor Bataille- (Battle in English, Riposte Catholique calls him Waterloo) but when it comes to defending the priests beaten up by rioters, he hardl… Read More
2023-07-03 19:53
In their words, the Argentine bishops say they are "honoured that a member of this Episcopate has been chosen by dear Pope Francis for such an important service in the universal Church"."We… Read More
2023-07-03 18:13
Theologian Lintner thanks for solidarity and hopes for changes in CuriaFirst public statement after Vatican refusal of nihil obstat on Lintner's election as dean of the university in Bressan… Read More
2023-07-03 16:06
He personally believes that the Cardinal did not knowingly tell the untruth. The real problem, however, lies "in the lonely top decision that the Holy Father reserved for himself," criticize… Read More
2023-07-03 06:38
Swiss Curia Cardinal Kurt Koch has warned against neglecting belief in the resurrection. There is a danger "that we will only console ourselves with this world," said the President of the Po… Read More
2023-07-02 21:25
"Still almost too big a number"The number of Cardinals is decreasing due to age. Observers already see a "purple twilight" in it. Vatican expert Ulrich Nersinger considers the historically s… Read More
2023-07-02 19:04
Their Fireglobe Mass
At the time of the dissolution of the Word of Life, thinking about the aftermathDuring the weekend of Pentecost, former and current members of the Wor… Read More
2023-07-02 18:30
Reactions to record church resignations"I ask myself: What can I do? What is our task?"More people than ever have turned their backs on the Catholic Church, some see it as a danger to societ… Read More
2023-07-02 17:56
Paul says women should be silent in church. Is there still room for interpretation? The New Testament scholar Barbara Lumesberger-Loisl is convinced: There is enough space in the Bible to re… Read More
2023-07-02 17:03
A hostess welcomes the public for a show at La Fourmi Rouge cabaret in the Romanesque chapel of Saint-Barthélemy in Laàs, south-west France.
In order to safeguard and fin… Read More
2023-07-02 11:29
2023-07-02 09:20
Report. Champions of abuse: eleven priests denounced but
protected by the Archdiocese of La Plata.Monsignor Fernández with his auxiliary Alberto Bochatey (right) and former Auxi… Read More
2023-07-02 07:43
NB: This is from a left-wing source; but still the catalogue of cases is damning.From La Plata to Rome. Francis
rewarded Tucho Fernandez, someone who covered up paedophilia, with a central
p… Read More
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