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Pope delineates, clarifies secretariat’s role as watchdog over spending
The pope clarified that the administration, not the secretariat, would carry out procurements, payments and the administration of funds and property.
South Sudan church leaders condemn recent violence, pray for dead
South Sudan's church leaders said they are extremely disturbed about heavy fighting in the capital, Juba, which has raised widespread fears that the country is returning to civil war.
Tijuana shelters that house deportees find themselves housing refugees
Since late May, more than a thousand migrants from around the world have have shown up in Tijuana.
‘VatiLeaks’: Citing freedom of press, Vatican court acquits journalists
A Vatican court, citing freedom of the press, acquitted two journalists who published confidential documents while their source, a Spanish monsignor, was sentenced to 18 months behind bars.
Irish parliament rejects amendment that would have liberalized abortion
Members of the Dail -- the lower house -- voted 95-45 July 7 to reject an amendment that would permit abortion in cases described as "fatal fetal abnormality."
‘Amoris Laetitia’ at three months: Communion question still debated
Bishops and bishops' conferences around the world are studying practical ways to apply Pope Francis' exhortation on marriage and family. Some still disagree on what exactly the pope meant.
Venezuelan College in Rome closes due to country’s economic crisis
"We are now in the process of selling material goods and furnishings. The majority of the students will stay at the Spanish College while a few will be sent to parishes here in Rome," Father Carlos Boulanger Limonchy said.
Attack on minor seminarians sparks outrage in Venezuela
The attack showed the challenges of church-state relations in a country plagued by polarized politics and violence and suffering through shortages of everything from food to medicines to Communion wine for celebrating Mass.
Italians finish restoring mosaics in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity
An Italian team has completed restoration of Crusader-era mosaics, removing centuries-worth of soot and dirt from about 1.55 million tiny tiles at the site traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.
U.S. Orthodox leaders have mixed but hopeful reactions to council
The most pressing issue for American Orthodox Christians was the question of the diaspora: how the church's hierarchy should work in lands that are not traditionally Orthodox, but where different groups of Orthodox Christians now live.