Critics of Pope Francis won’t rain on synod’s parade, says papal envoy to US

Vatican City RNS In the weeks leading up to the long-awaited Vatican Synod on Synodality from 4th to 29th October, perhaps no local church has been more polarized or vocally critical of the event than the conservative community in the US. But according to the Vatican representative to the US, Catholics shouldn’t be too concerned […]
Catholic Church cardinals: Pope Francis’ appointments emphasise unity ahead of synod

CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports from Vatican City…
Anti-abortion priest Pavone defrocked for blasphemous posts

Vatican City AP The Vatican has defrocked an anti-abortion US priest, Frank Pavone, for what it said were “blasphemous communications on social media” as well as “persistent disobedience” of his bishop who repeatedly told him to stop his partisan activism for Donald Trump. A letter to US bishops from the Vatican ambassador to the US, […]
Vatican archbishop to bring Pope Francis’ take on being pro-life to the United States

Vatican City RNS Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, who heads the Vatican’s thinktank on life issues, arrived in New York on Monday hoping to disarm Americans’ well-defended positions on the topic by talking about what it means to be pro-life in the Catholic Church today. “Sometimes, in the United States, but not only there, the pro-life perspective […]