(OSV News) — The Vatican has pushed back against reports that former Jesuit Father Marko Rupnik has been acquitted in his Vatican criminal trial. In a July 22 statement, the Vatican …
Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
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The faithful traditionalists who remain in the Church must not “be forgotten in this. They are hurting as well’ and “need to be reached out to.”
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Vatican outlines steps for SSPX priests, laypeople to return to Catholic communion
by Vatican Newsby Vatican NewsVATICAN CITY (OSV News) — The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has established a procedure for both priests and lay faithful connected to the Society of St. Pius …
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The prior of Oxford University’s Blackfriars Hall said the SSPX should not be confused with traditionalist groups who remained faithful to the Catholic Church.
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The apostolic mandate is required to proceed with bishops’ consecrations, which the society did not have for the July 1 ceremony..
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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.”
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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.”
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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.
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A new Vatican document describes how the “Anglican heritage” of the Catholic Church’s ordinariates makes a “distinctive contribution” to its evangelization.
