The Vatican's doctrinal head told OSV News his office is working to "raise awareness and prevent" the use of Catholic spirituality as a means of abuse.
"Today we are more attentive than before to the possibility of mystical or spiritual elements being used
Catholic priests in the West, overworked and understaffed, need a "change of mentality" to rediscover their calling to be agents of God's love, a cardinal said.
"For a long time, priests have focused a lot on management and not enough on vision," leading
Catholic priests are increasingly confronted with solitude and secularism, so they need support and encouragement from their parishes, the church as a whole and one another, said the prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for the Clergy.
Today, many priests are "tired and discouraged,
Three hundred parish priests from all over the world will come to Rome and make their contribution to the ongoing Synod of Bishops on synodality by sharing their experiences of parish life, the Vatican said.
The priests, selected by bishops' conferences and Eastern
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In a letter addressed to "my Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel," Pope Francis expressed his heartbreak at the violence unleashed by the Hamas attack on Israel in October and he repeated the Catholic Church's condemnation of all
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said it continues to receive reports of Catholics, including priests, finding out all the sacraments they have received are invalid because they were baptized years earlier with a formula that was not approved.
When a
In cases of a cleric sexually abusing a "vulnerable adult," the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith investigates and judges only cases involving "persons who habitually have an imperfect use of reason," the dicastery said in a note published Jan. 30.
Other
"What does it mean to be standing or kneeling? To have my hands joined or extended?" are questions Catholics should be able to answer, Father Ricardo Reyes Castillo, an official in the Vatican Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the
For the second time in less than a week, a Chinese bishop was ordained with the approval of both Pope Francis and the Chinese government.
The Vatican said Father Anthony Sun Wenjun, 53, was ordained to the episcopacy Jan. 29 in Weifang, about
ISTANBUL (OSV News) -- Pope Francis has expressed his closeness to the small Catholic community in Turkey after gunmen attacked a church during Sunday morning Mass Jan. 28, leaving at least one worshipper dead. The shooting occurred just before noon at the