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Prosecutor seeks prison sentence for Cardinal Becciu
The Vatican public prosecutor has asked the judge in Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s financial malfeasance trial to sentence the embattled prelate to seven years and three months in prison. Source: CNA.
Seniors symbolise the ‘transmission of faith from age to age’
Ahead of the Third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly this Sunday, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life has renewed its invitation for Catholics to celebrate the event by attending Mass or visiting those who are alone. Source: Vatican News.
Repatriating Ukrainian children papal envoy’s top priority in meeting with Biden
The top priority for Pope Francis’ peace envoy in his meeting with President Joe Biden was the repatriation of children forcibly deported from Ukraine to Russia, the papal nuncio to the US said. Source: NCR Online.
Closing arguments begin in Vatican financial trial
The Vatican prosecutor insists his indictments of 10 people, including a cardinal, for alleged financial crimes held up under two years of testimony, criticism and defence motions, as he began closing arguments in a trial that exposed the unseemly financial underbelly of the Holy See. Source: AP.
Vatican diplomat says Pope ‘stubbornly believes in peace’
Vatican diplomat Archbishop Paul Gallagher last week defended what he described as Pope Francis’ “strong and courageous” push for peace in Ukraine in the face of criticism from some who have said the Holy Father should take a harder line against Russia as the aggressor in the conflict. Source: National Catholic Register.
Cardinal Zuppi to meet President Biden to discuss Ukraine
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the Italian prelate tasked by Pope Francis to head a peace mission between Ukraine and Russia, is in the United States this week to discuss the conflict. Source: CNA.
Pope accepts transfer of Chinese bishop despite violation of 2018 deal
Pope Francis will recognise the transfer of a bishop in China earlier this year without his knowledge or approval despite the fact that it violates the terms of a 2018 provisional agreement on episcopal appointments. Source: Crux.
Catholic universities must engage with AI’s development, cardinal says
Catholic universities must not recoil from the daunting risks of artificial intelligence but become proactively involved in its ethical development, the head of the Dicastery for Culture and Education said yesterday. Source: OSV News.
Vatican’s new doctrinal chief says blessings for gay couples must be analysed
Pope Francis’ choice to lead the Vatican’s influential doctrinal office says that questions surrounding blessings for gay couples must be further studied. Source: NCR Online.