The Vatican has issued a statement protesting a Chinese decision to create a new diocese and to transfer a bishop appointed by Pope Francis.
Vatican notes ‘surprise and regret’ over China’s transfer of a bishop
Cardinal Becciu secretly recorded call with pope, Vatican prosecutor says
The Vatican’s chief prosecutor said his office is considering a new charge — one of criminal conspiracy — against the cardinal, who has been on trial since July 2021 for financial malfeasance.
With America magazine pope talks about church division, women, abortion
Jesuit Fathers Matt Malone and Sam Sawyer, respectively the outgoing and incoming editors of America, executive editor Kerry Weber, Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and podcast host Gloria Purvis interviewed Pope Francis Nov. 22. The interview was released Nov. 28.
Photos of the Week: Nov. 28, 2022
In the spotlight: World Cup soccer, mass shootings in Virginia and Colorado, Buffalo Soldiers
Nation/World news briefs: Nov. 28, 2022
In focus: Colorado nightclub shooting, Georgia abortion ban, changes in German church’s work policies
Nine months after Russia began war, pope writes to Ukrainians
Pope Francis assured Ukrainians that he prays for them constantly, calls attention to their plight publicly and continues to support humanitarian aid for them so they would know they are not alone and so that people around the world would continue to provide aid.
State Supreme Court reinstates Georgia’s six-week ban on abortions
The high court issued a one-page order putting a lower court ruling overturning the ban on hold while it considers an appeal.
Bishop decries second spate of gun fatalities in over a week in Virginia
“This is the second time within two weeks we grieve for multiple lives tragically taken far too early by violence,” said Bishop Barry C. Knestout of Richmond, Virginia.