Bishop Paul Tighe has been appointed secretary to the Vatican’s Council for Culture. This is considered one of the more senior posts at the Vatican. Tighe moved to the Vatican from Dublin in 20017 when he appointed secretary to the Council for Communications. The Irish Times says he joins “a growing coterie of influential Irishmen Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Vatican’
Water is for everyone, especially poor people says Cardinal
Thursday, October 26th, 2017Although water scarcity may create conflict and even war, it may generate opportunities for partnerships and collaborations to benefit especially the poor, says Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. Read more
Callista Gingrich US ambassador to Rome
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
Callista Gingrich is the United States’ new ambassador-designate to Rome, according to a statement from the US Embassy to the Holy See. The Senate confirmed her election with a vote of 70-23. News sources say Gingrich is a practising Catholic. She is the third wife of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich who is Read more
Australian bishops return from Rome crisis talks
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
The Archbishop of Brisbane, Mark Coleridge, who is Vice President of the Australian Bishops’ Conference, says Australia is facing the biggest crisis in its history. Coleridge has just returned from Rome where he and other bishops have been discussing how to address the fallout resulting from Australia’s clerical sexual abuse crisis. Of particular importance in Read more
Vatican auditor-general: did he jump or was he pushed?
Thursday, September 28th, 2017
The first independent Vatican auditor-general and the Vatican are telling different stories about why he resigned in June. Libero Milone says he was accused of spying after opponents of Pope Francis’ financial reforms mounted a campaign against him. The Vatican press office says Milone was “going outside his competencies and illegally hired an external company Read more
Vatican official – end sexist attitudes
Thursday, September 28th, 2017A Vatican official says sexist attitudes must change and women should be recognised as having equal worth as men and be allowed to fully exercise their human rights. This is an increasingly urgent issue because of the “resurgence of divisions in today’s world,” Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
We can end human trafficking, UN told
Monday, September 25th, 2017
We can end human trafficking with a multi-pronged approach that fights trafficking and aids victims, Archbishop Paul Gallagher told global leaders at a United Nations (UN) event last week. Ending this “modern slavery” has been a major priority for Pope Francis, Gallagher said. The Catholic Church is collaborating “with both the public and private sectors, Read more
Vatican: Nukes won’t save us – sign the treaty
Monday, September 25th, 2017
Nukes won’t save the world. They are “a force for instability and any claims they promote peace are chasing illusions,” Archbishop Paul Gallagher told a United Nations conference on Friday. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister, urged nations to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) which the Vatican signed in 1996. “Nuclear arms offer Read more
Vatican makes statement on Emanuela Orlandi kidnapping
Thursday, September 21st, 2017
Claims of a stolen Vatican document about the 1983 Emanuela Orlandi kidnapping are “false and ridiculous,” Vatican spokesman Greg Burke says. Orlandi was the daughter of a Vatican employee. She was 15 when she vanished from the street in 1983. Her fate has been the subject of much speculation. In the latest round of speculation Read more
Let’s talk sex youth tell Vatican
Thursday, September 21st, 2017
Young people helping the Vatican hierarchy prepare for next year’s Synod say the bishops should be open to hearing young people talk about sex, love and sexuality. The theme for the October 2018 conference is “Young people, faith, and vocational discernment”. To involve young people in planning and preparation for the conference, the Secretariat General of Read more