In his prayer video this month, Pope Francis, who has made the role of women a key priority in recent months, lamented instances of gender inequality throughout the world and called for women to be respected and their rights universally guaranteed.
In a new interview book to be published tomorrow, Pope Francis opened up about tensions between himself and the private secretary of his predecessor, German Archbishop Georg Gänswein, who he said made things “difficult” for him.
Amid an ongoing investigation into a scandal-plagued Peruvian lay group, the Vatican Tuesday announced that a top archbishop belonging to the group had been removed from leadership of the Piura archdiocese.
In a new interview book about his relationship with his predecessor, Benedict XVI, Pope Francis said he was used in an “maneuver” to block Benedict’s election in the 2005 conclave, but that he resisted the move and voted for Benedict himself.
A kidnapping and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Mexico has been condemned by the Church in Mexico.
Facing more than 250 lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of minors by clergy and other employees since the 1950’s, the Diocese of Sacramento, California, has filed for bankruptcy as a means to provide compensation to victim-survivors of the abuse.
Police in India arrested two people – including a clergyman – on Sunday under charges of “religious conversion attempt” on over 100 people.
