VATICAN CITY - In a letter addressed to Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life on 1 June 2018, Pope Francis reflected on how precious sport is in current culture which, he said, is “dominated…
VATICAN CITY - The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released an instruction Tuesday regarding burial and cremation, reiterating the Church's teaching that cremation, while strongly discouraged, can be permissible under certain restrictions – and that scattering the ashes is…
SUMMARY OF IUVENESCIT ECCLESIA Hierarchical and charismatic gifts, co-essential in the life of the Church The hierarchical and charismatic gifts are “co-essential” in the life of the Church: this is the central point of the Letter Iuvenescit Ecclesia (The Church…