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Cardinal Pell dies in Rome after hip operationWorked to reform Vatican, spent almost 2 years in prison on false charges

Cardinal Pell dies in Rome after hip operation
Worked to reform Vatican, spent almost 2 years in prison on false charges

Cardinal George Pell of Australia died Tuesday evening at the age of 81. The cardinal underwent a hip replacement surgery on Tuesday, several sources told The Pillar, and reportedly died of complications from the surgery at approximately

Pope Benedict escapes from Regensberg Eccles is saved –– a comedy blog

Pope Benedict escapes from Regensberg
Eccles is saved –– a comedy blog

We’re not going brokeIn response to a book published Oct. 21 that claims the Holy See is facing a serious cash shortage, Vatican says it's not on the verge of financial collapse

We’re not going broke
In response to a book published Oct. 21 that claims the Holy See is facing a serious cash shortage, Vatican says it's not on the verge of financial collapse

The head of the Vatican’s sovereign asset management body has insisted that the Holy See is not headed for financial “collapse.”

Bishop Nunzio Galantino made the comments in response to

Bishops reject resolution encouraging Vatican to release McCarrick documents

Bishops reject resolution encouraging Vatican to release McCarrick documents

On the last day of their fall meeting, the U.S. bishops’ conference voted down a resolution that would have “encouraged” the Holy See to release all documents on the allegations of sexual misconduct against Archbishop Theodore

Cardinal Angelo Scola: Communion for the remarried contradicts Church teaching

Cardinal Angelo Scola, a prominent cardinal who in 2013 was the bookies’ favourite to become Pope, has re-entered the controversy over Communion for the remarried.

In a new book-length interview, the former Archbishop

The Vatican is wooing Silicon Valley

The Vatican is wooing Silicon Valley

Barely 100 yards away from a statue of Giordano Bruno, the freethinking friar who was burned at the stake in 1600 after the Catholic Church found him guilty of heresy, some of the world’s brightest young

Pray for the Chair of St. Peter

On Feb. 22, we celebrated the feast of the Chair of St. Peter. When I was living in Rome, this was one of my favorite occasions to visit the Vatican. I always made it a point

Blessed Pope Paul VI may be canonized later this year

Blessed Pope Paul VI may be canonized later this year

On Tuesday the Congregation for the Causes of Saints approved the second miracle needed for the canonization of Blessed Pope Paul VI, allowing his canonization to take place, possibly later this year.

According

Pope Francis awards architect of safe-abortion fund with Pontifical Honor

Pope Francis awards architect of safe-abortion fund with Pontifical Honor

Pro-abortion extremist Lilianne Ploumen, the former minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation in the Netherlands, was honored by Pope Francis with entry into the Order of St. Gregory the Great, according to the Lepanto Institute,

Creative fidelity

Creative fidelity

Affirming the critically important role of a “free and responsible” form of Catholic theology in the life of the church, Pope Francis called on theologians to “remain faithful and anchored” to the vision of Vatican II,

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