Carol Glatz
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Jesuit sex abuse expert appointed to Vatican office for child protection
Jesuit Father Hans Zollner will be a consultant for the Diocese of Rome’s office dedicated to safeguarding minors and vulnerable people. → Read More
New asteroids named for 3 Jesuits and pope of ‘Gregorian calendar’ fame
Three Jesuit astronomers and the 16th-century pope who commissioned the Gregorian calendar have recently been honored with having asteroids named after them. → Read More
Pope Francis: Vatican will do everything possible to end the war in Ukraine
“The Holy See is willing to do everything possible to mediate and end the conflict in Ukraine.” → Read More
Vatican may need to find a new Christmas tree after activists stop cutting of centuries-old fir
The centuries-old silver fir tree that had been destined to become the centerpiece Christmas decoration in St. Peter’s Square will now live, perhaps to see another century. → Read More
Pope: ‘Every time a woman comes in to do a job in the Vatican, things get better’
"A society that erases women from public life is a society that becomes impoverished," he said. → Read More
In Bahrain, Pope Francis calls for full religious freedom and an end to the death penalty
Commitments to protect tolerance and religious freedom need to be put into practice constantly so that these rights may be fully experienced, Pope Francis said. → Read More
Vatican marks feast of St. Francis with climate change documentary premiere
On the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Vatican hosted the global premiere of a documentary on the need to address climate change using ideas from Laudato Si'. → Read More
Pope Francis: Sports can be a path to redemption
Pope Francis urged athletes in many sports to fight against a throwaway culture that “treats men and women as products, to be used and then discarded.” → Read More
Pope Francis will be the first pope to visit Bahrain
The pope will travel to Bahrain, a small majority-Muslim country in the Persian Gulf region. Pope Francis will be the first pope to visit the region. → Read More
Pope Francis challenges Deloitte Global meeting to use its power to remedy social crises
“You can leave a mark,” Pope Francis told members of the global network; just make sure that “your mark is positive and moves toward integral human development.” → Read More
Before her murder by insurgents, Italian nun called niece for prayers
“I asked her, ‘Auntie, you’re not leaving?’ and, after a moment of silence, she answered ‘I don’t know, I want to wait,” Comboni Sister Gabriella Bottani said of her aunt, Comboni Sister Maria De Coppi. → Read More
Experts suggest dropping the title ‘pope emeritus’ in proposed laws for retired popes
Canon lawyers are proposing new laws that will delineate the rules on papal retirement. Retired Pope Benedict XVI has had to trailblaze a path, as the last pope to step down was in 1294. → Read More
What should a retired pope do? Canon lawyers are proposing laws and guidelines
The resignation of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has sparked internal debate over the status and titles of former Popes. One group of canon lawyers and academics are working to draft a ruleset for this navigating papal resignations going forward. → Read More
Cardinal Tomko, oldest member of College of Cardinals who served three popes, dies at 98
The oldest member of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Jozef Tomko, died in Rome at the age of 98. → Read More
The little-known saint behind Pope Francis’ approach to the development of doctrine
The pope shares St. Vincent of Lérins’s view on how doctrine can develop and how there can be growth in the expression and awareness of the faith and in morals “while always remaining faithful to its roots.” → Read More
Bishops must be good listeners, says nun at Vatican who helps select them
“The ideal bishop does not exist,” Sister Reungoat said. But he has to be a shepherd who is “close to the people entrusted to him, he has to know how to involve priests, laity and religious, and people of different generations.” → Read More
How Jesuit spirituality gives rise to great scientists
“Being close to the created world is a way of being close to the creator, and that’s why sciences played such an important role in the apostolates of the Jesuits,” said the director of the Vatican Observatory. → Read More
Pope Francis: Christians wanting to go backward ‘does so much harm to the church.’
Speaking at a conference on family, sexuality and marriage, Pope Francis said wanting to go back to the way things were in the past is not Christian. → Read More
Pope Francis asks the church to produce annual audit on sexual abuse
Pope Francis asked his safeguarding commission to provide an annual audit of what the church is doing to protect minors and what needs to change. → Read More
Pope Francis names a Jesuit and a nun to lead human development dicastery
Pope Francis formalized appointments to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and named new secretaries to the restructured Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. → Read More