Tag: Vatican
the Vatican files an investigation into Cardinal Lacroix, suspected of touching
Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix was suspected of touching a 17-year-old girl at the end of the 1980s. After an investigation requested by the Pope from a retired Quebec magistrate, no…
Vatican tightens miracle rules
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Wednesday. Photo: Alessandra Tarantino/AP/TT The Vatican is tightening the rules for when to investigate whether…
In Venice, the Pope meets prisoners and warns about “preserving the natural setting”
Pope Francis made his first visit to Venice this Sunday for a series of meetings with prisoners, artists, but also Venetian Catholics. The opportunity to return to several strong themes…
A French pope after Francis? A list of names of replacements is circulating in the Vatican
While the health of Pope Francis is a subject of concern in Rome, rumors about his possible successor are multiplying. In the list of potential people concerned is a French…
the former bishop of Bruges reduced to secular status by Pope Francis
Roger Vangheluwe, accused of pedophilia, had lived in seclusion since 2010 in a French abbey. New facts were transmitted to Rome leading the pope to grant the request of the…
Ukraine summons Vatican envoy after Pope’s remarks calling on kyiv to ‘raise the white flag’
The Pope’s words continue to make waves in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summoned the Vatican envoy to the country to protest against statements by the pontiff who had called…
the pope fiercely against, the Vatican is indignant
Monday, a few hours before parliamentarians’ vote on the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Constitution, the Vatican broke its silence and commented for the very first time…
Five years after the Vatican summit on pedophilia, the fight against abuse remains difficult
Five years ago, Pope Francis summoned to the Vatican the presidents of episcopal conferences from around the world, as well as the superiors of religious orders, for an unprecedented summit…
Vatican scolds Israel over ‘carnage’ in Gaza
The remarks of the Secretary of State of the Holy See provoked a strong reaction from the embassy of the Jewish State in Rome. 1 min With our correspondent in…
Pope Francis calls for the release of six nuns kidnapped in Haiti
After the Angelus prayer this Sunday, January 21 at the Vatican, the sovereign pontiff shared his concern after the kidnapping on January 19 of six Catholic nuns by an armed…