The Vatican released a document Wednesday affirming that individuals suffering from gender-identity disorders are allowed to be baptized or be named as godparents under specific circumstances. The document is an official response to a dubia submitted by Brazilian Bishop Giuseppe Negri of Santo Amaro seeking guidance on the issue. It …
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The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) has reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s teachings that laity or clerics participating in Freemasonry are in “a state of grave sin.” The DDF released the Nov. 13document to the public with the signatures of Pope Francis and the DDF Prefect Cardinal …
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The Vatican’s top diplomat on Monday condemned both Hamas’ “inhuman and indefensible” Oct. 7 attacks and Israel’s “ongoing massacre” in Gaza, warning that even legitimate self-defense cannot justify the destruction of a “largely defenseless population.” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state and one of Pope Leo XIV’s advisers, …
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