Roughly 40,000 people have signed a petition to stop the Green Giant from being cut down, slamming putting up Christmas trees as an “anachronistic outrage,” and one which has roots in Pagan winter...
The verdict regarding Austrian Father Gebhard Paul Maria Sigl, cofounder of the Family of Mary, was reached by a three-judge ecclesiastical tribunal Sept. 18 and approved by Pope Francis Oct. 11.
“The dialogue [with China] continues, in small steps but it continues,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin said. “I confirm this approach, regardless of reactions that may come from America.”
“The Holy See has never divided the world into good guys and bad guys, closing the doors to the latter and opening them to the former for building political alliances,” said Father Antonio Spadaro.
An association representing the opposite end of the spectrum in the Vatican from cardinals – the rank-and-file laity in the workforce, not the clerical pinnacle – is warning that recent cuts to...