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Traditional Latin Mass celebrated in St Peter’s Basilica
In the presence of hundreds of priests and with lay faithful packed into the pews and standing along the walls, Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrated the traditional Latin Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St Peter’s Basilica. Source: OSV News.
Vatican plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 28 per cent by 2035
The Vatican aims to eliminate more than a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions it produces over the next decade, according to plans it has submitted to the United Nations. Source: NCR Online.
Cardinal presides over act of reparation after desecration of altar
Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, St Peter’s Basilica archpriest and Vatican City State vicar general, presided over a penitential rite of reparation at the main altar of the church on Monday following a serious act of desecration that occurred on Friday. Source: CNA.
Vatican diplomat calls for action on poverty, conflict and climate change
The Holy See’s diplomat to the United Nations has called for three key priorities in addressing the global crises of poverty, conflict and climate change. Source: OSV News.
Vatican formally nominates judges in Fr Rupnik trial
The Vatican has formally nominated the panel of judges that will form the tribunal in the canonical trial against Slovenian Fr Marko Rupnik on charges of spiritual and sexual abuse. Source: OSV News.
Man desecrates altar of St Peter’s Basilica
A man urinated on the Altar of Confession of St Peter’s Basilica on Friday before being taken away by security officers in the famous basilica. Source: CNA.
Commission to focus report on abuse survivors and reparations
After concluding its five-day plenary in Poland, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors is set to release its second annual report focusing on survivors of abuse and the concept of reparations. Source: NCR Online.
Pope allows banks outside Vatican to manage Holy See investments
Pope Leo XIV has permitted the Holy See’s main financial body to use financial institutions outside the Vatican for its investment activities, reversing Pope Francis’s 2022 instruction to move all funds to the so-called Vatican bank. Source: CNA.
Pope chooses theme for World Day of the Sick
Loving someone who is sick requires “concrete gestures of closeness”, just like that shown in the Gospel story of the Samaritan who helps the person beaten by thieves, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development says. Source: CNS.