Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). / Credit: François-Régis Salefran, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 11, 2024 / 14:25 pm (CNA). In response to new Vatican guidelines permitting nonliturgical pastoral blessings of homosexual couples, the bishops of Africa issued a united…
One of the expressions we hear most in recent years is “pastoral.” “Pastoral reasons” are used to justify some initiatives in the ecclesial sphere, as we have seen in Fiducia supplicans. “Pastoral motifs” are also behind many changes in liturgy and sacred music. It almost seems that pastoral care has become a sort of passepartout…
Bernini’s baldacchino at the papal Mass on Jan. 1, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 11, 2024 / 13:15 pm (CNA). The Vatican announced on Thursday that the soaring baldacchino over the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini 400 years ago will undergo a major restoration. The ambitious…
Bishop Robert Barron. / Credit: Archdiocese of Los Angeles Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 11, 2024 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Speaking on behalf of the U.S. bishops, Bishop Robert Barron condemned the practice of surrogacy, joining Pope Francis in calling it a “grave injustice” that results in the “commercialization of women and children.” Barron, who is…
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null / nito/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 11, 2024 / 12:45 pm (CNA). The Irish Medical Council has stripped a prohibition against the “deliberate killing” of patients from the most recent update to its national medical guidelines. The Medical Council on its website says it “regulates medical doctors in Ireland” by way of “promoting and better ensuring high…
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