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Managing Mammon

By Paula AdamickPosted on May 6, 2015Posted in FeaturedTagged Gerald Posner, Paula Adamick, finances, Benedict XVI, scandal, Pope Francis, reform, pope, JPII, john paul ii, Francis, Pope Benedict, popes, bank, Vatican bank, God's bankers, Vatican

You can’t run the Church on Hail Marys. – Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, former head of the Vatican Bank A new book about the history of the Vatican’s finances confirms yet again that the handling of money—in both large and small amounts—is always a sticky business. This, of course, is a hard fact of life, one that all[…]

Vatican releases survey on faith and doctrine: world says Church is now democracy

By Catherine BauerPosted on November 8, 2013Posted in FeaturedTagged doctrine, questionnaire, daily mail, bishops, marriage, poll, family, survey, contraception, parishioners, faith, parishes, Catholicism, laity, Catholics, beliefs, Pope Francis, teachings, synod, Vatican1 Comment

The Vatican just released a survey asking for parish-level input on next year’s Synod on Faith and Family. The questionnaire has been sent to all Catholic parishes; England has already set up a website where Catholics can complete the form. It is 38 questions long and includes a preamble detailing the Church’s official position on each subject.[…]

Abuse. Blasphemy. Communion in the hand?

By Catherine BauerPosted on May 20, 2013Posted in FeaturedTagged kneeling, peru, communion on the tongue, real presence, True Presence, memoriale domini, Benedict XVI, french bishops, Pope Francis, conference of bishops, communion in the hand, indult, vatican ii, marini, pope, caffarra, john paul ii, thorne, standing, bologna, Vatican1 Comment

“I’m heartbroken to announce that last week, we discovered a crushed consecrated Host beneath one of the kneelers,” the pastor of a small yet devout Californian parish says. He pauses for a moment before he goes on, his voice choked by just indignation and sadness: “This is God, people. God.” Then he drops the bomb.[…]