Pope Francis still told German Cardinal Reinhard Marx that he would not accept his resignation as head of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
Pope denies cardinal’s request to resign; agrees ‘we have sinned’
Poll: Majority of likely voters support limits on abortion after 15 weeks
A nationwide poll of 1,200 likely voters in a general election found that a majority oppose unrestricted abortion on demand throughout pregnancy and support limits on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
‘Communicate hope in the face of trying times,’ declares cardinal at CMC
“Hope is, of course, God’s gift. It is a grace. It is something we cannot produce,” said Cardinal Tagle at the 2021 Catholic Media Conference.
Cardinal Czerny calls on bishops to expand pastoral ministry to migrants
A Vatican official asked a group of bishops gathered at Mundelein Seminary June 2 to think of migrants, whether they arrive for the short or long term, as “parishioners” and organize pastoral plans to tend to them.
Watchdog says Vatican has more room to improve handling financial crime
In a report published June 9, 2021, Moneyval said that while the Vatican has made progress in improving its financial oversight, internal cases involving “mid-level and senior” officials have raised “a red flag for potential abuse.”
Crime of abuse is personal failure, not institutional, cardinal says
A cleric who sexually abuses a child and a bishop or religious superior who covers up that abuse are personally morally at fault, but the Catholic Church as an institution is not, said Cardinal Julián Herranz, retired president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.
What the new revisions to the Code of Canon Law mean for safeguarding
The new series of laws and provisions set out in the revised section on crimes and penalties in the Code of Canon Law will help the Catholic Church in its efforts at safeguarding, said two canon lawyers.
European, U.S. bishops ask governments work together for sustainable world
In a joint statement, the heads of the bishops of the European Union and the U.S. released a joint message that mentioned their support of the COVAX initiative.