The German Pope was also a competent music critic. One of his favorite composers was Franz Liszt.
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Cardinal Ambongo Threatened by the Government
The country’s Attorney General wants the Catholic leader silenced and prosecuted. Why?
Sœurs Dominicaines du Saint-Esprit : Le Vatican opposé à la France sur la liberté religieuse
Le Saint-Siège a rappelé à la France que lorsque des tribunaux civils remettent en cause la décision d’expulser une moniale de son ordre religieux, la liberté de religion est « gravement violée ».
Dominican Sisters of the Holy Spirit: Vatican vs France on Religious Liberty
The Holy See reminded France that when civil courts second-guess the decision of expelling a nun from her religious order, freedom of religion is “gravely violated.”
Why the Catholic Church Denounced Bolivia to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
A law passed in 2010 closed private institutions that delivered degrees in education, including the Normal Superior Catholic Institute Sedes Sapientiae
The Catholic Church in China, AD 2024: A Tale of Two Sinicizations and Two Dragons
This year is full of symbolism, anniversaries, and deadlines. It can mark the beginning of the end of the Catholic Church in China—or the end of the beginning.
Why Pope Francis Confirmed the Ban on Catholics Becoming Freemasons – 2
It is not because Freemasonry is anti-Catholic (which, in many countries, it is not) that Catholics cannot join it, the Vatican says, but because it teaches a method where there is no place for unquestionable dogmas.
Sisters of Life Nuns Win Exemption from Disclosing Anti-Abortion Records
The State of New York had to agree to a federal court order stating that these are internal religious documents protected as such from disclosure to secular authorities.
China, Patriotic Catholic Church Supports the Repression of Falun Gong
A statement of 2001 applauding the bloody crackdown on practitioners has been republished this month.
Iraq: Beware of Rayan al-Kildani and his “Christian” Babylon Movement
The Vatican and the Chaldean Patriarch stated that the controversial politician, sanctioned by the U.S. for his human rights abuses, cannot speak for the Iraqi Catholic community.