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On his website, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the leading Shiite clerics in Iraq, answers numerous moral questions, including whether it is permissible to destroy a fertilized ovum—a human embryo—that is created in a test tube and then examined to see if it has “problematic” genes before the child is implanted in the mother’s womb.
By Bill Donohue | June 1, 2021 | 1:45pm EDT Pope Francis leads the mass for the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul in St, Peter's Basilica. (Photo credit: Vatican Pool - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) Pope Francis has done the Catholic Church a great service in issuing some much-needed changes in the Vatican's Code of Canon Law. The revisions, which reflect many years of work, touch on serious subjects. There has been great progress made to counter clergy sexual abuse of minors, yet still missing, until now, have been steps to get out in front of this is...
May 24, 2021 Catholic News Agency The following is the complete text of Pope Francis’ Pentecost Sunday homily, delivered May 23, 2021, at the Basilica of St. Peter: “When the Paraclete comes, whom I will send to you from the Father…” (Jn 15:26). With these words, Jesus promises to send his disciples the Holy Spirit, the ultimate gift, the gift of gifts. He uses an unusual and mysterious word to describe the Spirit: Paraclete. Today let us reflect on this word, which is not easy to translate, for it has a number of meanings. Essentially, it means two things: Comforter and Advocate...
By Bill Donohue | March 16, 2021 | 3:54pm EDT Pope Francis leads the mass for the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul in St, Peter's Basilica. (Photo credit: Vatican Pool - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) The Catholic Church's chief doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a statement on March 15 making it clear that the Church does not approve of gay unions or gay marriage. This was done with the approval of Pope Francis. This has not set well with those Catholics who have been at war with the Church's teachings on sexuality....
Pope Francis calls on Christians to forgive in land ISIS once ruled By Nicole Winfield and Sumya Kullab Published Pope Francis holds first-ever papal mass in Iraq Pope Francis became the first Bishop of Rome to hold mass in Iraq on March 6, 2021. (Credit: Vatican News via Storyful) QARAQOSH, Iraq (AP) - Pope Francis urged Iraq’s Christians on Sunday to forgive the injustices against them by Muslim extremists and to rebuild as he visited the wrecked shells of churches and met ecstatic crowds in the community’s historic heartland, which was nearly erased by the Islamic State group’s hor...