"Churches. The Catholic Church regards abortion as a 'moral evil'. Abortion was condemned by the Church as early as the first century, again in the fourteenth century and again in 1995 with Pope John Paul II's encyclical ""Evangelium Vitae (Gospel of Life)"". This encyclical condemned the ""culture of death"" which the pope often used to describe the societal embrace of contraception, abortion, euthanasia, suicide, capital punishment, and genocide. Women constitute the great majority of members of the consecrated life within the church. Catholic women have played diverse roles, with religious institutes providing a formal space for their participation and convents"
"to practise self-denial, to be alongside the suffering. In November 2010, in a book-length interview, the Pope, using the example of male prostitutes, stated that the use of condoms, with the intention of reducing the risk of HIV infection, may be an indication that the prostitute is intending to reduce the evil connected with his immoral activity. In the same interview, the Pope also reiterated the traditional teaching of the Church that condoms are not seen as a ""real or moral solution"" to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Further, in December 2010, the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith explained that"
"for a couple of weeks from his pastoral duties, effective today. Fr. Pfleger does not believe this to be the right step at this time. While respecting his disagreement, I have nevertheless asked him to use this opportunity to reflect on his recent statements and actions in the light of the Church's regulations for all Catholic priests. I hope that this period will also be a time away from the public spotlight and for rest and attention to family concerns."" Pfleger resumed his parish duties on June 16, 2008. On April 11, 2010, Pfleger delivered a 70-minute sermon in which"
"the church was substantial. In March 2017, Marx met the Pope at Rome, and the Pope expressed joy over the new guidelines of the German bishops' conference that allowed for Communion given to divorced and remarried couples. In 2011, Marx was reported as saying that the Catholic Church “has not always adopted the right tone” toward LGBT people. He went on to add that, while he cannot officially bless a union between two people of the same sex, he can (and implicitly will) pray for their relationship if asked. In 2014, Marx responded in an interview to the issues under"
"right to build their mosques in the cities of predominantly Catholic countries. In his speech on St. Ambrose day 2010 he defended immigrants to Italy against attempts to classify them as criminals. In 2008, in a letter addressed to Catholics who had divorced and remarried, he wrote: He said he wanted to ""establish dialogue ... to try to hear about your daily life, to allow myself to be questioned by some of your questions... The Church has not forgotten nor rejected you, nor does it consider you unworthy. For the Church, and for me, as a bishop, you are my"
"felt that the letter failed to address their concerns, and mistakenly presented the abuse as an issue within the Church in Ireland, rather than acknowledging that it was a systemic problem. In July 2010 the Vatican issued a document to clarify their position. They doubled the length of time after the 18th birthday of the victim that clergymen can be tried in a church court and to streamline the processes for removing pedophile priests. However, the new rules were less strict than those already in place in the United States and lacked the clarity that pedophilia is a civil offense"
"a crisis in the Catholic Church. The excommunications, including that of Williamson, were lifted on 21 January 2009, but the suspension of the bishops from the exercise of ministry within the Catholic Church, save for the ability to hear confessions- generally, of those who follow the SSPX (and any Catholic in danger of death), and to preside at Nuptial Masses and marriage ceremonies for those who are married by them, and to celebrate ordinary Masses for those in attendance at a public or private SSPX Mass, remained in force. The exceptions were granted by Popes Benedict XVI and Francis as"
"discuss God's ""approval rating"" and to promote his book ""The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life"". On November 9, 2011, he appeared once again to promote his book concerning humor and religion, ""Between Heaven and Mirth."" On February 11, 2013, he went on the show to discuss the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. On September 24, 2013, he was on the show, talking about an interview where Pope Francis said that love, compassion, and mercy are more important than the rules (within a subtext of Pope Francis washing the feet of criminals, wanting a more prominent"
"of the Irish Bishops to the Vatican in January 2010. Following their meeting, it was announced that a pastoral letter would be written to address the issues involving the sexual abuse of children. The letter was released by the Vatican on 20 March 2010. In the letter addressed to the Catholics of Ireland, the Pope said he was ""truly sorry"" for the harm done to Catholics who suffered ""sinful and criminal"" abuse at the hands of priests, brothers and nuns. He acknowledged the ""serious mistakes"" made by the clergy. The letter did not ask for the resignation of the Cardinal"
"Magnum principium Pope Francis issued the document Magnum principium (""The Great Principle"") dated 3 September 2017 on his own authority. It modified the 1983 Code of Canon Law to shift responsibility and authority for translations of liturgical texts into modern languages to national and regional conferences of bishops and restrict the role of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (CDW). It was made public on 9 September and its effective date is 1 October. While directly concerned only with liturgical texts, it represented a significant initiative in the program long advocated by Francis of changing"
"said there was no need to investigate what happened in the past because those facts were well established by investigations such as the Murphy report: ""I do think there’s a value in engaging with the visitation. This investigation should be asked to account for Rome’s dishonesty and deceit on foot of these investigations and the responses to the publications of these reports."" On 12 November 2010, the Press Office of the Holy See announced that ""The Visitation will identify whether the mutual relationship of the various components of the local Church, seminaries and religious communities is now in place, in"
"mitigate liability and guilt (see 301 - 302), particularly when a person considers that he would fall on a further fault damaging the children of the new union, ""Amoris laetitia"" opens the possibility of access to the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist (see notes 336 and 351)."" Pope Francis approved the Buenos Aires guidelines in a letter dated 5 September 2016, stating, ""The writing is very good and explicitly the meaning of chapter VIII of ""Amoris laetitia"". There are no other interpretations."" In December 2017, both the Buenos Aires guidelines and Pope Francis' letter of approval were published in"
"spokesman, ""Christian/Muslim dialogue is an important part of the Catholic Church's agenda."" In November 2009, he ""offered flowers at the altar to the deities"" during a visit to the Hindu Temple in Neasden. When the action occasioned press comment, details of the episode were removed from the Diocese of Westminster's website. On 20 October 2009, Cardinal William Levada and Archbishop Joseph Di Noia held a press conference in which they announced that Pope Benedict XVI was preparing to release an apostolic constitution that would allow Anglicans, both laity and clergy, to join the Catholic Church in groups and maintain their"
"which were approved during an extraordinary general chapter. On 4 November 2014, after an extensive process of the reform of the Legionaries of Christ, the Vatican approved the congregation's amended constitutions. After its scandals, the Legion has had priests and seminarians leave. Centers of formation and apostolates have also closed. Members of the Legion take vows of obedience, chastity, and poverty. For several years they additionally took a private vow of charity, promising never to criticize their superiors. This private vow was abolished in 2006. Since then, Legionaries have been learning to ""freely debate"" how their congregation is governed. Love"
"courage"" and hand over their knives in church anonymously. In June 2010, Sepe was under investigation by Perugia's public prosecutor's office over alleged corruption cases. Media reports alleged that during his time as prefect, various ""Propaganda Fide"" apartments were made available, free or for a very low rent, to a variety of public figures including politicians, lawyers and journalists. However, Cardinal Sepe has reportedly said that he has ""nothing to hide"" and he is expected to waive his Vatican extraterritorial privilege in order to meet investigators. In 1995 he helped implement a priest-sharing program among dioceses worldwide to help redress"
"qualified and experienced priests called 'Missionaries of Mercy' will be available in every diocese to forgive even severe, special-case sins normally reserved to the Holy See's Apostolic Penitentiary. In the bull, Pope Francis states about the opening of the holy door, ""the Holy Door will become a Door of Mercy through which anyone who enters will experience the love of God who consoles, pardons, and instils hope"". It was announced that all priests (during the Jubilee yearending 20 November 2016), will be allowed in the Sacrament of Penance to remove censures for abortion, which outside North America is reserved to"
"7 October 2009 Archbishop Ranjith issued new liturgical guidelines in his diocese. These include a recommendation for ""all faithful, including the religious, to receive Holy Communion reverently kneeling and on the tongue"", as well as laymen being forbidden from preaching. In addition to this, priests are forbidden to bring elements or styles of worship from other religions into the liturgy. In April 2010 Archbishop Ranjith was elected and took office as President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Sri Lanka. On 20 October 2010 Pope Benedict XVI announced a Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals to be held on"
"homophobia and gay bashing. Further comments by Packer during his October 2010 address, ""Cleansing the Inner Vessel"", which echoed his views on homosexuality given in a 1978 speech, concerning whether homosexuality is an individual choice, generated a petition by the Human Rights Campaign. The church responded to this petition by reaffirming its doctrinal position on gay marriage while reiterating the universal need to follow ""Jesus Christ's second great commandment—to love one another."" Following the conference, Packer altered the published text of the sermon to ""clarif[y] his intent."" In 2013, amid a nationwide shift toward acceptance and legalization of same-sex marriage,"
"imparted a special Apostolic Blessing on 27 November 2016, the opening day of the Jubilee Year. He also declared that a special Plenary Indulgence would be granted in all churches, chapels, shrines, and parishes where the Piarist Fathers are present to all of the faithful on the occasion of a jubilee celebration, provided they have fulfilled the other necessary requirements to gain the indulgence. Before the course of study was regulated by the state, a Piarist establishment contained nine classes: reading, writing, elementary mathematics, ""schola parva"" or ""rudimentorum"", ""schola principiorum"", grammatica, syntaxis, humanitas or poesis and rhetorica. One of the"
"university for adulthood', he 'contributed to the promotion of cultural and social citizenship' in the groove of 'Christian humanism and Christian tradition'. In September 2010 he became the first bishop in Italy to organize and launch a 'youth mission' diocesan, a peaceful invasion of 'minstrels of God' in order to communicate His friendship and His benison not only in churches but in nightclubs, theatres, through sport, etc. At the end of his pastoral visit, in 2011, he organized an ecclesial assembly 'in order to prepare our Church to face the times ahead,' open to all different parts of the diocese:"
"changed dramatically to an extent where the church leadership apologized through an official statement to the LGBT community. The church recognized that it has ""shown indifference, and have made the LGBT people feel less human, discriminated against and stigmatized"". The statement – dubbed ""Our Common Humanity, Our Shared Dignity"" – stresses the church's position that it ""must openly embrace God's people of all sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions"". The apology statement's groundwork first came up in 2014, when a gay man articulated during the church plenary his query about the church's plans for sexual minorities. This led to"
"in an Advent sermon to declare a day of fasting and penitence in response to child sex crimes by clergy in the Roman Catholic Church. There was no reported reaction from the Pope. In 2010, Cantalamessa caused controversy with his sermon during Good Friday prayers in St Peter's Basilica. According to media outlets, he implied that the sensational coverage of alleged child abuse and cover-ups within the Roman Catholic Church was evidence of anti-Catholicism, and bore similarities to the ""more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism"". Cantalamessa responded that he was reading directly from a letter received earlier in the week from"
"is ultimately something that damages our relationship with God. It is not just breaking the rules."" In November 2009, he clarified statements in his May pastoral letter, following a complaint to the Holy See. He stated that, by suggesting Catholics speak to their priests about ""the biggest obstacle"" in their relationship with God, he was not suggesting an alternative to the traditional practice of confessing sins. He is reported to have stated that ""Summorum Pontificum"" does not suggest significant change because the Tridentine Mass caters for a small group of people. He added that he had never refused permission when"
"the problems that had given rise to the split. Pope Benedict XVI confirmed this stance in his motu proprio ""Ecclesiae unitatem"" of 2 July 2009, in which he declared that by lifting the excommunication of the four bishops he ""intended to remove an impediment that might have jeopardized the opening of a door to dialogue and thereby to invite the Bishops and the 'Society of St Pius X' to rediscover the path to full communion with the Church. ... the remission of the excommunication was a measure taken in the context of ecclesiastical discipline to free the individuals from the"
"ordination at which point the governing body may accept or refuse the challenge. The process for correcting the Heidelberg Catechism, which is part of the constitution of the denomination, was also begun. The correction will remove the improper 1962 ""translation"" of the original document which illicitly added homosexuality to its list of sins. The 2010 General Assembly will have to receive and approve a report for the change and send to the presbyteries to receive a two-thirds approval for change in 2012. On July 8, 2010, by a vote of 373 to 323, the General Assembly voted to approve the"
"17, 2011, that beginning in September 2011, diocesan bishops may permit the gradual introduction of the musical settings of the people's parts of the Mass that are sung from the new translation of the Roman Missal. Primarily, this affects the Gloria, the Holy, Holy, Holy, and the different Memorial Acclamations. This variation to the implementation of the Roman Missal third edition, set to take place definitively on the First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2011, was authorized by the Conference's President, Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan of New York. Bruce Nolan of the ""Times-Picayune"" describes Aymond as a ""quiet pragmatist who"
"In March 2010, the Legion of Christ in a communique acknowledged that Maciel had committed ""reprehensible actions,"" including sexual abuse. The communique stated that ""given the gravity of his faults, we cannot take his person as a model of Christian or priestly life."" The Legion had long denied the allegations against the priest and, since Maciel's forced retirement in 2006 had not made any official statement one way or the other. On May 1, 2010, the Vatican denounced Maciel's actions and said that the Legion needed reform; a Papal Delegate was designated to oversee the organization and its governance. Father"
"exclusive remit... In the years (2001–2010) the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) had ""considered accusations concerning around three thousand cases of diocesan and religious priests, which refer to crimes committed over the last fifty years."" Pope Benedict issued an apology to those who had suffered from child abuse in Ireland in March 2010. The letter stated that the Pope was ""truly sorry"" for what they had suffered, and that ""nothing can undo the wrong you have endured. Your trust has been betrayed and your dignity violated."" Nevertheless, the letter was not enough to satisfy many critics, who"
"Matrimonial nullity trial reforms of Pope Francis The matrimonial nullity trial reforms of Pope Francis are the reforms of Catholic canon law governing such trials, made public 8 September 2015. The reforms were effected by two separate apostolic letters from Pope Francis, the motu proprio ""Mitis iudex dominus Iesus"" amending the 1983 Code of Canon Law, and the motu proprio ""Mitis et misericors Iesus"" amending the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. This was in response to the Bishops who, during the Synod on the Family of 5-9 October 2014, called for simplification of the procedure whereby a legally"
"the Church or the school. Maybe this makes it easier to deal with our own shortcomings, the neglect and indifference of others and the tyranny of blind chance. Christ did not encourage us to imprison people by their human failings. Instead he taught us the way of forgiveness.""” In October 2010, Archbishop Neary along with Cardinal Brady and Archbishops Diarmuid Martin of Dublin and Dermot Clifford of Cashel and Emly engaged in high-level talks with heads of Vatican congregations over the apostolic visitation of Irish dioceses in the wake of the Murphy report and Ryan report. While in Rome, the"
"of infant communion. He also emphasized frequent recourse to the Sacrament of Penance so that Holy Communion would be received worthily. Pius X's devotion to the Eucharist would eventually earn him the honorific of ""Pope of the Blessed Sacrament"", by which he is still known among his devotees. In 1910, he issued the decree ""Quam singulari"", which changed the age at which communion could be received from 12 to 7 years old, the age of discretion. The pope lowered the age because he wished to impress the event on the minds of children and stimulate their parents to new religious"
"often raised the question of refusing communion to pro-choice Catholic legislators: there ""rigorous principles coexist with more flexible pastoral customs"". In January 2001, Pope John Paul II gave Communion to Mayor of Rome Francesco Rutelli, whose position is that of being ""personally opposed to abortion, but not willing to impose his stance through law"". Similar cases are found among parliamentarians in Austria, Belgium and Germany. When the Spanish Parliament voted to liberalize that country's abortion laws in 2010, the Bishops Conference declared that the parliamentarians who chose to vote for the new law were not excommunicated, but that they ""seriously"
"the children’s hospice, was opened by Joseph Richey House in June 2011. Following reception into the Roman Catholic Church, the title of rector was dispensed with and replaced by that of priest administrator. These have been: In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI promulgated the apostolic constitution ""Anglicanorum Coetibus"", which enabled Anglican and Episcopal parishes to come into full communion with the Roman Catholic church. Mount Calvary voted in 2010 to separate from the Episcopal Church and to seek to become a community within the ordinariate. Mount Calvary became the first congregation to be received into the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair"