Immaculate Conception Parish

No Rooftop Bistro at St. Peter’s: Vatican Clarifies Plans to Ease Crowds on the Basilica Terrace

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According to the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, the Pope joined the bishops during their “fraternal lunch,” offering encouragement and prayer

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Vatican Secretary of State Breaks Silence on U.S. Immigration Deaths, Gaza Reconstruction Plans, and the Moral Limits of Power

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The ripple effects extend far beyond protest lines. Bishop Patrick Neary of Saint Cloud, whose diocese lies about 60 kilometers northwest of Minneapolis, says ICE activity has become a constant presence in parish life.

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Address of the Pope to participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

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The initiative, reportedly supported by ten Armenian bishops, represents an unprecedented escalation in a conflict that has been simmering for months between Armenia’s government and the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church

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And when it comes to the highly publicized Synodaler Weg (Synodal Way), the ambitious reform process launched by the German bishops and lay leaders in 2019, enthusiasm appears limited. Only 21 percent of Catholics consider it “right,” while 17 percent view it as “wrong.” A striking 58 percent either declined to answer or said they did not know — suggesting that the Synodal Way

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Vatican Upholds Removal of German AfD Lawmaker from Parish Council, Marking a Rare Intervention in Church–Politics Relations

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The German Synodal Path has become a test case for how far local churches can go before they collide with the apostolic structure of Catholicism itself. For the Cardinal of Cologne, the line has already been crossed

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Address of the Pope to the consecrated men and women of Regnum Christi at a special audience on the occasion of their respective General Assemblies

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