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Pope Francis gives a Regina Coeli address at the Vatican on May 2, 2021 / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Feb 21, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA).According to a canon law expert, the two motu proprios recently promulgated by Pope Francis could signal a slowdown in the process of defining and publishing the long-awaited blueprint for the reform of the Roman Curia.Geraldina Boni, a canon law professor at the University of Bologna and a consultant of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts since 2011,...

Pope Francis gives a Regina Coeli address at the Vatican on May 2, 2021 / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Vatican City, Feb 21, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA). According to a canon law expert, the two motu proprios recently promulgated by Pope Francis could signal a...

Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1920-1998). / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Feb 18, 2022 / 06:30 am (CNA).Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of an Argentine cardinal who helped to organize the first World Youth Day celebrations.The pope confirmed a decree on Feb. 18 declaring that Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio (1920-1998) lived a life of heroic virtue.Pironio was a member of the Roman Curia for two decades. He was brought to Rome in 1975 by Pope Paul VI and participated i...

Pope Francis addresses the International Theological Symposium on the Priesthood at the Vaticans Paul VI Hall, Feb. 17, 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Feb 17, 2022 / 03:01 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Thursday offered a long reflection on his more than 52 years of priesthood, giving advice to other clerics in what he said might be the "swan song" of his priestly life.As he gave the opening remarks at a three-day Vatican conference on the theology of the priesthood on Feb. 17, th...

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, pictured at Vatican Radio, July 8, 2019. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Rome Newsroom, Feb 15, 2022 / 12:00 pm (CNA).The leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has urged people in Ukraine to remain united in "the face of this great threat … on our borders."Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said that internal unity within Ukraine was essential "for the security and survival of our people" as the Eastern European country faces a potentia...

Archbishop Georg Gänswein in Rome in February 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Denver Newsroom, Feb 14, 2022 / 05:45 am (CNA).As Pope Emeritus Benedict XVIs personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein has become an increasingly well-known presence in the Catholic world in recent years, especially since Benedicts resignation in 2013.The 65-year-old German not only speaks on Benedicts behalf frequently, but has also staunchly defended the pope emeritus from criticism on numerous occasions, as he di...

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, personal secretary of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Feb 14, 2022 / 05:40 am (CNA).Archbishop Georg Gänswein has shared the inside story of how Pope emeritus Benedict XVI responded to a report criticizing his handling of four abuse cases when he led Germanys Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.In an exclusive interview with EWTNs Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser, Benedict XVIs personal secretary defended the retired popes action...

Pope Francis during his general audience in the Paul VI Hall on Jan. 26, 2022. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.By Courtney Mares[Vatican City, Jan 26, 2022 / 04:28 am (CNA)] - At the beginning of the Catholic Church’s day of prayer for peace in Ukraine, Pope Francis made an earnest appeal to those in power: “Please, no more war.”“I invite you to pray for peace in Ukraine and to do so

The dome of St. Peters Basilica. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.Vatican City, Jan 26, 2022 / 08:15 am (CNA).An official at the Vaticans Dicastery for Communication responded on Wednesday to a report on the handling of abuse cases in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising that faulted Pope emeritus Benedict XVI.In an editorial published by Vatican News on Jan. 26, Andrea Tornielli, the dicasterys editorial director, wrote: "The words that were used during the press conference to present the report on...

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay and President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNAMumbai, India, Jan 24, 2022 / 08:35 am (CNA).A Catholic group has urged Indias bishops to highlight recent attacks on the countrys Christians. In a letter dated Jan. 10, members of the Forum for Justice and Peace claimed that the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) had responded to rising anti-Christian violence with "complete silence.""During th...