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Pope Francis tried to tone down recent comments that reinforced the doctrinal position on homosexuality being considered a sin. The pontiff said he was referring to official Catholic moral teaching that any sexual act outside of marriage is considered sacrilege. In a note released this Friday (27), Francis recalled that …

Huvakka Bhimappa was not even 10 years old when she was offered by her parents to the Hindu goddess of fertility. As an “initiation”, she was raped by her uncle, and so the years of sexual slavery began. The girl became what is known in southern India as a “devadasi”, …

The Vatican announced on Monday (9) the reopening of an investigation into the disappearance of a young woman in 1983, a case that has never been clarified and the target of conspiracy theories around the Holy See. Emanuela Orlandi, whose family lived in Vatican City — her father was a …

In front of a crowded São Pedro Square, Pope Francis celebrated, this Thursday morning (5), the funeral of pope emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on the 31st, aged 95. The ceremony began at 9:30 am (5:30 am in Brasilia), under the mist of a cold morning in Rome. At around …

In front of a crowded São Pedro Square, Pope Francis celebrated this Thursday morning (5), the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on the 31st, aged 95. The ceremony, which started at 9:30 am (5:30 am, Brasilia time), took place under the mist of a cold morning in …

Joseph Ratzinger, one of the great intellectuals of our time, has died. He was also pope, but I leave those matters to vaticanists and theologians. I already enjoyed reading Ratzinger before Benedict 16 existed. I discovered him in the early years of the 21st century, when reading a dialogue he …

An Italian cardinal investigated for financial crimes recorded, without consent, a telephone conversation with Pope Francis, in which he tried to induce the pontiff to confirm that he had approved confidential movements of money, reported this Friday (25) the local press. The audio has not been made public, but a …

In saying goodbye to the three-day trip to Bahrain, in the Middle East, Pope Francis said on Sunday (6) that women in leadership positions contributed to the Vatican to improve and proved that they can outperform men in the same positions. . “I realized that every time a woman is …

A few years ago, at a party, I had a conversation with a nice older gentleman, an Irish-American baby boomer from the northeastern part of the United States. At some point, the conversation turned to family life and the challenges of dragging complaining children into church, and I said something …

The Second Vatican Council, the great revolution in the life of the modern Catholic Church, opened in Rome 60 years ago. Many things from that world of the 1960s have already disappeared, but the Council is still present: the Church, divided, cannot escape its consequences, which are still present. For …