Irish PM "awarded" Communion at funeral Mass
Irish politicians who voted in support of Enda Keeny's abortion legislation are coercing priests to give them Holy Communion by presenting themselves to receive during Requiem Masses. Enda Kenny...
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German diocese to lift ban on remarried divorcees
The German archdiocese of Freiburg has indicated its willingness to allow some remarried divorcees to receive Communion — but the Vatican has signalled the move should be halted until next year's Synod...
View ArticleNo Sacrament of Confirmation for son of Mafia boss
It's long been accused of adopting an at best ambiguous role in the fight against organised crime in Sicily, but the Catholic Church has now taken a symbolic stand against the Mafia in its Palermo...
View ArticlePriests do shift work to hear 5000 confessions
Responding to an invitation from Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera to seek reconciliation with Christ during the season of Advent, nearly 5000 Catholics stood in line for hours to receive the Sacrament...
View ArticleMexican priests get cards to distinguish from scammers
Priests in two ecclesiastical provinces in Mexico are being issued with cards to help distinguish them from false priests trying to scam people. The cards will be issued in Tlalnepantla and Mexico...
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Synod tackles issue of sacraments for divorced, remarried
Bishops at the synod on the family last week grappled with the issue of access to the sacraments for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics. In 93 interventions at the synod on Wednesday and...
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Vatican denies Pope said all divorced can have sacraments
The Vatican has dismissed as "in no way reliable" an interview which quotes Pope Francis saying "all divorced who ask will be admitted" to Communion. Veteran journalist Eugenio Scalfari wrote in La...
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Fraudster who posed as priest for decades caught
A fraudster who posed as a priest and celebrated sacraments for two decades in California has been arrested. Erwin Mena, 59, is alleged to have sold fake tickets for a bogus pilgrimage to see Pope...
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Pope to have commission study women deacon issue
Pope Francis has said he will establish a Vatican commission to study the possibility of allowing women to serve as deacons in the Catholic Church. Francis was asked during a meeting with leaders of...
View ArticlePriests may deny sacraments to Catholics who seek euthanasia
Seeking euthanasia may result Catholics being denied sacraments, say some Canadian bishops. While the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia in Canada does not alter the truth that these acts...
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Traditionalist SSPX sacraments approved
Pope Francis has set the scene for the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) to have the marriages it celebrates validated. This is one of a number of the Pope's initiatives that aim to bring SSPX into full...
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Catholic parish life has become insufferably middle-class
There are plenty of things for which I thank God: good friends, the health of my children, the glorious tenth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum. Another is the fact that my wife and I were never made...
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Catholics stop administering several sacraments to prevent Ebola spread
Catholics have stopped administering several sacraments in the Democratic Republic of Congo to help prevent an Ebola virus outbreak from spreading. Baptisms, confirmations, ordinations and anointing of...
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Fleshly sacraments in a viral, virtual world
About four weeks ago, facing imminent gathering bans, my partner and I eloped with 20 hours' notice, marrying in Central Park with our priest and two close friends, standing 6 feet away, serving as...
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Online Masses and spiritual communion aren't the Church
Pope Francis is calling online Masses and spiritual communion "dangerous". His concern is that detached from the church, God's people and the Sacraments, the COVID-19 lockdown may cause people to live...
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Never "go to war" over timing of Confirmation
The Catholic Church wants to change its way of doing catechesis and its way of looking at catechism. On June 25 The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelisation released a new Directory for...
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Priest criticises parishioners for putting ‘safety above sacraments
A controversial Catholic priest in San Francisco criticized his parishioners for putting 'safety' over 'sanctity', skipping Mass to 'avoid the remote possibility of dying from COVID-19 and claimed the...
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De-baptism is gaining popularity in Italy
Like most of his fellow Italians, Mattia Nanetti, 25, from the northern city of Bologna, grew up with the teachings and sacraments of the Catholic Church in parochial school. Even his scouting group...
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Eucharist, sacrament of unity and source of division
You will know that we are Christians by our love, but you will know that we are Catholics by our fights. Sadly, one of the things Catholics fight over is the Eucharist. In his June 29 apostolic letter...
View ArticleMasterChef friar - cooks delicious food
MasterChef Spain's 11th season saw a Dominican friar stirring both people and food in the famous culinary show. Throughout the competition, Fr Marcos García showed up in his Dominican habit, with his...
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