Vatican Getting Nearly 40 Electric Vehicles From Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 04:57:20 +0000

The Pope and the Vatican have been supporters of climate action and vehicle electrification for several years. I recall covering … [continued]

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Operation Noah — No Room on the Ark for Fossil Fuels

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 19:08:53 +0000

Operation Noah is an ecumenical Christian charity, founded in 2004. It is based in the UK and campaigns exclusively on climate change, encouraging divestment from the fossil fuel industry. Trustees come from the Catholic, Anglican, and free churches. The Vatican called on Catholic institutions in 2020 to divest from fossil fuel companies because of their […]

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'Hope for change:' Kamloops First Nations delegates meet with Pope Francis at Vatican

Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 21:39:42 +0000

The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation chief was emotional as they walked out of a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican to rhythmic drumming by family and community members waiting for them.

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Pope Francis names British-born Matteo Bruni as spokesman

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:53:05 +0000

Pope Francis names British-born Matteo Bruni as spokesman

Pope Francis has named a new Vatican spokesman: Matteo Bruni, the British-born official who has handled media logistics for papal trips.

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Frenchman takes groping complaint case to Vatican

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 22:37:49 +0000

Frenchman takes groping complaint case to Vatican

VATICAN CITY – One of a half-dozen men who have accused the Vatican’s ambassador to France of groping them said Wednesday he plans to take his legal complaint directly to the Vatican, alleging the Holy See had invoked diplomatic immunity for the high-ranking churchman in a French criminal probe.

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Amid sex abuse scandals, Vatican upholds confession secrecy

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 12:27:05 +0000

Amid pedophile clergy scandals, the Vatican has declared “unacceptable” any efforts by politicians or lawmakers to force priests to violate their sacred obligation to keep secret what faithful tell them in confession.

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Vatican rejects gender change to alarm of LGBT Catholics

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 02:05:39 +0000

Vatican rejects gender change to alarm of LGBT Catholics

VATICAN CITY  — The Vatican issued an official document Monday rejecting the idea that people can choose or change their genders and insisting on the sexual “complementarity” of men and women to make babies.

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Cardinal Pell appeals landmark child sex conviction

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 05:51:42 +0000

Cardinal Pell appeals landmark child sex conviction

The Vatican’s former number-three, Cardinal George Pell, will begin on Wednesday his appeal against convictions for “brazen” sex attacks on two choirboys in the 1990s.

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Vatican law: Priests, nuns must report sex abuse, cover-up

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 10:20:15 +0000

Vatican law: Priests, nuns must report sex abuse, cover-up

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-up by their superiors to church authorities, in a groundbreaking new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for failing to protect their flocks.

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