eaffirming the principles that led the Vatican to severely limit private celebrations of Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in the early morning, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, the new archpriest of the basilica, said exceptions would be made for “groups with particular and legitimate needs.”
Cardinal keeps limits on private Masses in St. Peter’s, allows exceptions
Rhoades: ‘There’s a great need to better understand Eucharist’s centrality’
In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, explained why the bishops voted to write a teaching document on the mystery of the Eucharist and what it means for all U.S. Catholics.
Catholic Democrats in House say they work to advance respect for life
In a “Statement of Principles” released June 18, legislators said they were concerned about the Eucharist being denied to Democratic members of Congress over a single issue: abortion.
Archdiocese fulfills final $3 million obligation in bankruptcy settlement
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced June 17 it has fulfilled its remaining $3 million obligation to clergy abuse survivors ahead of schedule in its $210 million bankruptcy settlement.
U.N. investigators call on church to do more to stop abuse
While acknowledging Vatican-mandated reforms in the handling of clerical sexual abuse, four U.N. special rapporteurs urged the Vatican to make it mandatory that church officials everywhere report abuse allegations to civil authorities.
Pope names two U.S. cardinals, Altoona bishop to Vatican supreme court
ope Francis has named U.S. Cardinals Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, and James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, to be members of the Vatican’s supreme court.
Pope renews call for peace in Myanmar
On June 20 Pope Francis renewed his appeal for peace in Myanmar and for the world to come to the aid of the country’s people “who are displaced and have been dying of hunger.”
Vatican, Italian media cover U.S. bishops’ debate on Eucharist document
While the U.S. bishops authorized the drafting of a teaching document on the Eucharist and insisted its planned section on “eucharistic consistency” was not aimed at denying Communion to any specific group of people.