Pope Francis is mad as hell, and he isn’t going to take it anymore. After another Vatican Bank scandal emerged over the weekend with the arrest of an Italian bishop with close ties to the bank, Francis fired the bank’s top two managing officials, Paolo Cipriani, and his deputy, Massimo Tulli. Here’s more on this from Vatican Radio.
Via CNS: Pope Francis’ first encyclical, which he has said is largely the work of retired Pope Benedict XVI, will be published July 5. The Vatican announced July 1 that “Lumen fidei” (The Light of Faith) will be presented at a news conference featuring Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation of Bishops; Archbishop Gerhard… Read More ‘The Light of Faith’ Encyclical Arrives Friday
President Obama has picked his personal representative to Pope Francis. Today he nominated Ken Hackett, former president of Catholic Relief Services, as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See. Here is a biography of Hackett from Catholic Relief Services.
Nearly three months in and it’s clear, the Holy Spirit won this year’s papal election. No one but the Spirit could have led the cardinals to select Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis and the worldwide leader of the Catholic Church. And today the Spirit’s well played hand showed itself again. During Wednesday’s papal audience… Read More Pope Francis lambasts idolatry of money, encourages faithful to create ‘culture of encounter’
Several news outlets are reporting that Ohio State President Gordon Gee has been forced to retire after comments surfaced from a December 2012 meeting where he ripped Catholics. An Associated Press report last week revealed Gee said Notre Dame wasn’t allowed to join the Big Ten because its leaders weren’t good partners. He said its… Read More Breaking News: Ohio State President Gordon Gee Out After Bashing Catholics
For the first time in the two millennia history of the Catholic Church, an entire papal encyclical will be dedicated to the theme of poverty. Pope Francis revealed this news recently in a private conservation with an Italian bishop. He will finish the work after publishing the final encyclical from his predecessor Benedict XVI on the… Read More Breaking News: Francis’s first encyclical will be on poverty
The Catholic spring has already begun and now it appears to kicking into high gear. Germany’s top prelate Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg has appealed to Pope Francis for the consideration of ordaining women to the diaconate. In comments at the conclusion of a four day meeting of the German bishops, he said that the… Read More (UPDATED) Germany’s Top Catholic Bishop to Pope: Consider Ordaining Women to the Diaconate
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