Pope Francis has extended the approval he had granted for the election of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re as dean of the College of Cardinals.
The 635-page report examined cases from 1964 to 2023 in the northern Italian region of Alto Adige-Südtirol and identified 41 clergy members as alleged perpetrators.
Cardinal Baldassare Reina emphasized three fundamental aspects of episcopal ministry while emphasizing that episcopacy is service, not honor.
Out of the 21 cardinals who will be created on Dec. 7 in the 10th consistory of Pope Francis, 10 new cardinals are members of religious congregations.
“I am with my heart, and I would say with my whole body, for a synodal vision,” Archbishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo of Abidjan said.
Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples, Italy, said he sees the appointment not as a personal honor but as a call to live out the Church’s mission even more fully.
During evening Mass on Feb. 24, Father Felice Palamara noticed a strange smell coming from the chalice.
The future Pope Benedict XVI wore the red cassock for almost 28 years.
There will be 16 cardinals under the age of 80 elevated at the next consistory, to be held Aug. 27.