Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

The Church is facing pressures from within and without that “which push her in every possible direction, except — it seems to us — the right one.”

The Code of Canon law says extraordinary consistories are convened “when particular needs of the church or the treatment of more grave affairs suggest it.”

Dialogue between the Vatican and German bishops regarding the blessing of same-sex unions is ongoing, and it was too soon to talk about sanctions, said the Vatican secretary of state. 

A new Vatican document describes how the “Anglican heritage” of the Catholic Church’s ordinariates makes a “distinctive contribution” to its evangelization.