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Southern Europe
Abuse victims cycle across the Alps to meet the Pope
Several Catholic abuse victims presented Pope Francis with a letter to demand action against abuse within the Church. They went on a bike, travelling hundreds of kilometres across Europe. It was over 700 kilometres, and it took them ten days. Several German abuse victims and their loved ones left Munich…
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Southern Europe
Pope wants to bring kidnapped Ukrainian children home
According to the Pope, the Vatican wants to help reunite Ukrainian families. It is also working on a secret mission to end the war. The Vatican is ready to help return Ukrainian children taken to Russia. The Pope said this on Sunday during a press conference aboard the plane that…
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Southern Europe
Pope allows women to vote at Bishops' meeting
The Vatican announced on Wednesday that women are allowed to speak up at the next meeting of Bishops. Every year, the Pope invites Catholic bishops to Rome from all over the world, Dagen writes. During these meetings, they discuss, for example, the need for modernisation of the Church. Pope wants…
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Southern Europe
Pope Francis hospitalised for respiratory infection
Pope Francis has to spend some time in the hospital because of a respiratory infection. The Vatican explained that the 86-year-old head of the Roman Catholic Church experienced breathing problems in the last few days. He does not have a Covid infection, the Vatican stresses. That is reported by BBC.…
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Southern Europe
Pope Francis sharpens measures against sexual abuse
Pope Francis has extended the measures of the Roman Catholic Church to counter sexual abuse. Until now, bishops and heads of religious orders had to report suspected abuse cases to the ecclesiastical authorities. According to the new rules of the so-called “Vos estis lux mundi”, decreed by the Pope, also…
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Southern Europe
“Pope Francis makes Church more Catholic than Roman”
Pope Francis celebrates his 10-year anniversary of being the head of the Roman Catholic Church this Monday. Evangelical theologian, Leonardo De Chirico from Rome, reflects on developments in the Roman Catholic Church under Francis's rule. “The Catholic magisterium becomes more “catholic” and less “Roman.” Under Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic…
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Southern Europe
Pope: Homosexuality is not a crime but a sin
Pope Francis argues that all countries should remove homosexuality from their criminal code. He calls the clause that makes same-sex attraction illegal “unrighteous” and urges the Roman Catholic Church to put an end to the criminalisation of it. “Being homosexual is not a crime”, the Head of the Roman Catholic…
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Southern Europe
Gänswein rebukes current pope in his book
High expectations are not always fulfilled. You get that impression when reading “Nient'altro che la verità. La mia vita a fianco di Benedetto XVI” (Nothing but the truth. My life alongside Benedict XVI), the book published on Thursday by Archbishop Georg Gänswein. The former secretary of the recently deceased Pope…
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Southern Europe
Late Pope Benedict leaves personal testament
The late Pope Benedict does not write about the Roman Catholic Church in his testament. Instead, he leaves a personal legacy in which he emphasises the importance of faith. In his testament, published by Swiss Cath, the late Pope thanks his parents and siblings. He speaks about his sister, who…
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Southern Europe
Debate on investigation John Paul II
There has been criticism of Dutch journalist Ekke Overbeek’s investigation into the actions of the later Pope John Paul II concerning the abuse of children by Roman Catholic clergy in his homeland of Poland. Overbeek rebounds. “The Polish secret service did not have pure motives but often reported accurately.” Earlier…