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Ban on altar girls upsets nuns, stirs talk on women’s church roles
Catholic nuns in Sri Lanka are upset over a recent order from Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith banning girls from being altar servers ...
The troublesome priest: Fr Brian D’Arcy on his battles with the Vatican, speaking truth to power and 55 years of ‘taking the Church into the world’
You can’t be a priest without people, it doesn’t make theological sense. The priesthood is not about power or control' ...
christiantoday.com.au16h
Historic Moves Afoot for Traditional Anglicans
Before he became Pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger discussed the issue of married bishops in the 1990s during meetings of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission exploring unity, before the ...
Pope Francis advisers say he’ll recover from pneumonia and a ‘new stage’ is opening for him
Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his ...
National Catholic Register19h
China Cardinal Chow’s Role: Building Bridges in an Increasingly Complex Situation
ANALYSIS: The cardinal’s visit to Shanghai last month carries a special significance in Vatican-China relations.