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Chile Bishops Visit Rome in Bid to Rebuild Ties with Pope Francis
Almost a year to the day since Pope Francis’s troubled January 2018 visit to Chile, a group of Chilean bishops is returning the favor, visiting Rome on Monday to try to “strengthen communion” with the pontiff after a series of clashes that included Francis accusing Chilean prelates of covering up clerical sexual abuse and of destroying evidence.
Catholic Groups And Others Rail Against Trump Border ‘Crisis’ Speech
No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his Jan. 8 nine-minute speech, his first such event televised in prime time from the Oval Office, about what he called a “crisis” at the border, than Catholic groups and others began tearing apart his arguments.
Hong Kong Bishop’s Death Could Cause Crisis for Church in China
It’s commonly asserted in the West that the Chinese word for ‘crisis’ is a combination of the characters for ‘danger’ and ‘opportunity.’ This comes to mind after the sudden death of the Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung of Hong Kong on Jan. 3 of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 73, leaving the diocese vacant for the first time since it transferred to China in 1997.
Brooklyn Diocese Helps Victims of Volcano of Fire
Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros visited Guatemala last month. He traveled to Central America as an “envoy of Bishop DiMarzio to bring the monies collected by the generosity of the faithful of Diocese of Brooklyn for the relief efforts of those affected by the eruption of Volcán del Fuego en Guatemala,” Bishop Cisneros said in an interview with The Tablet.
Robots and AI Are the Latest Pro-Life Challenges
Even though today’s modern tools and technologies are hardly human, the Pontifical Academy for Life is zeroing in on the world of robots and machines powered by artificial intelligence.
Synagogue to Host World Youth Day Pilgrims in Panama
While World Youth Day is known for bringing together young Catholics from around the globe, later this month it will also prove to be an interreligious affair when a local Jewish synagogue in Panama plays host to Catholic pilgrims during what is widely considered to be the Church’s most important event for young people.
Abuse Allegations at Famed Monastery Rock Pope’s Native Argentina
Speaking on background, a Vatican official told Crux in early December that when the crisis of clerical sexual abuse explodes in Pope Francis’s native Argentina, the situation would be dramatic.
Reforms, Trips and Personnel Moves Loom for Pope in 2019
With 2019 already off to a running start, Vatican-watchers can expect a packed year of surprises, updates and new twists and turns. The to-do list includes the papal reform agenda, the clerical abuse crisis, international travel and possible new appointments to key dioceses and curial offices.
Pope Francis Tells US Bishops to Stop ‘Pointing Fingers’ on Abuse, Calls for ‘Pastoral Conversion’
In a landmark 8-page letter to U.S. bishops who are on retreat in response to the clergy sexual abuse crisis that has engulfed the American Church, Pope Francis called for a “new ecclesial season” led by bishops who are more than administrators interested in “pointing fingers,” and instead, leadership marked by “collegial spiritual fatherhood,” rooted in humility and unity.