by Rene Reid | Aug 2, 2016 | CCRI News
(Vatican Radio) In the course of a dialogue during a meeting with the participants in the Plenary Assembly of Superiors General, which took place in May, Pope Francis expressed his intention to “establish an official commission that could study the question” of the...
by Rene Reid | Jun 16, 2016 | CCRI News
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Local bishops have an obligation to welcome new movements and communities and guide them, while the groups have an obligation to obey the local bishop and avoid the appearance of setting up a parallel church, said a new Vatican document. The...
by Rene Reid | Jun 11, 2016 | CCRI News
(Vatican Radio) It was announced on Friday Pope Francis has decided to raise the celebration of the memorial of St. Mary Magdalene to the dignity of a liturgical Feast. In the modern Church calendar, saints may be commemorated with a memorial (optional or...
by Rene Reid | Jun 8, 2016 | CCRI News
Vatican City, 4 June 2016 – Today, following a proposal made by the College of Cardinals, the Holy Father has approved ad experimentum the statute of the new dicastery for the laity, family and life, which will merge from 1 September 2016 the existing Pontifical...
by Rene Reid | May 16, 2016 | CCRI News
Catholic News Service reports that when Pope Francis met members of the International Union of Superiors General, the leadership group for superiors of women’s orders, on May 12, he accepted a proposal that he establish a commission to study the role of New...
by Rene Reid | May 12, 2016 | CCRI News
Joshua McElwee is reporting this in the NCR today Pope Francis has announced he will create a commission to study the possibility of allowing women to serve as deacons in the Catholic church, signaling an historic openness to the possibility of ending the global...
