Catholic churches

Thousands attended ecumenical prayer vigil in St Peter’s Square before the synod in Rome on coming Wednesday.

Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church.

Pope Francis is expected to be discharged in the next few days, following his abdominal surgery a week ago.

Pope Francis briefly went to Rome’s main hospital on Tuesday for tests and returned to the Vatican, two months after he was hospitalized with an acute case of bronchitis.

A catholic nun who had died in 2019 and her body was buried was exhumed in April, 2023 but her body showed little decay.

In 2021, a report found that 216,000 children, mainly boys, had been abused by the clergy since 1950.  

Relations between the church and Ortega’s government have been deteriorating since 2018, when Nicaraguan authorities violently repressed anti-government protests.

Pope Francis, the world Catholic church again issued a decree on the celebration of the old Latin Mass.

Almost 5,000 sex abuse cases have been recorded in Portugal churches.  

Joe Biden, the president of America, who is a Catholic issued statement mourning the passing of the retired pope.