January, 2020
Cardinal Tagle’s successor in Manila still anyone’s guess
January 3, 2020 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.org
Picking out who will succeed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as Manila’s archbishop has become a guessing game in the Philippines. The Filipino cardinal has been named by Pope Francis as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples at the Vatican, sparking speculation who will succeed him as the Philippine capital’s prelate. One church […]
Read More...Filipino activist receives Franco-German human rights award
January 3, 2020 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.org
A Filipino activist has been named as one of this year’s recipients of an international human rights award for her work in lobbying for action against enforced disappearances around the world.Mary Aileen Bacalso received the 2019 Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law from the ambassadors of France and Germany in Manila […]
Read More...Pope lifts ‘pontifical secret’ rule in sex abuse cases
January 3, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
The Pope has declared that the rule of “pontifical secrecy” no longer applies to the sexual abuse of minors, in a bid to improve transparency in such cases. The Church previously shrouded sexual abuse cases in secrecy, in what it said was an effort to protect the privacy of victims and reputations of the accused. […]
Read More...Pope weighs in on Asian migrant crisis
January 2, 2020 · By Ann Schneible for CNA/EWTN News for www.ucanews.org
Pope Francis has strongly called on the international community to help the scores of migrants who are currently trapped after attempting to cross the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. While around three thousand migrants have managed to make their way to Indonesia, Malaysia or Thailand, thousands more are believed to be stranded in […]
Read More...Pope Francis and UN Secretary General meet and share messages
January 2, 2020 · By aaog.blogspot.com
This morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father, Pope Francis received in audience the Secretary General of the United Nations, His Excellency António Guterres, who subsequently met with His Eminence, Pietro Parolin, the Cardinal Secretary of State, accompanied by His Excellency, Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States. The meeting, according […]
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