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Cardinal George Pell, who died in Rome in January of a cardiac arrest following hip surgery, has been remembered as ‘a man of God and a man of the Church’ during his funeral Mass at St Peter’s Basilica.  The death of Cardinal Pell was a shock because just five days earlier he had concelebrated the […]

Europe’s Catholic bishops warn against training workers solely through the lens of employability, without fostering the integral development of the person. The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has proposed a programme for educating, training and reskilling of the workforce to foster the integral development of the person, rather than just […]

Four international aid groups have halted their operations in Afghanistan following the governing Taliban’s December decree to ban women from working in national and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The United Nations said the move violated fundamental rights and is negotiating to reverse the decree. After the ban, the International Rescue Committee, Save the Children, the […]

Pope Francis has condemned the criminalisation of homosexuality and backed the repeal of such legislation in countries where it exists, saying the Catholic Church must work towards an end to what he described as ‘unjust’ laws.  ‘Being homosexual is not a crime,’ he said in an interview with Vatican Media. ‘Yes, but it’s a sin…First […]

It has been reported that Cardinal George Pell was the author of an anonymous memo that branded Pope Francis’ pontificate a catastrophe. Last year, respected Italian journalist Sandro Magister published an anonymous memo circulating in the Vatican condemning Pope Francis’ papacy as a ‘disaster’ and a ‘catastrophe’. Magister disclosed on his widely read blog Settimo […]