by sjcpost | Apr 5, 2019 | Vatican Corner
With his apostolic letter of March 29, 2019, Pope Francis established new legal procedures to better protect minors and vulnerable adults within the Vatican City State. While there are few minors living in the Vatican, there are minors in the Sistine Chapel Choir, in...
by Greg Galvan | Mar 8, 2019 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
When the world’s bishops get together for meetings now-adays, they no longer communicate with each other using just one common language – Latin, as they once did. Back in the early 1960s Latin was the primary language they knew and used together. However, even...
by Greg Galvan | Mar 4, 2019 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
For four days – Feb. 23-26, 2019, the world’s top bishops gathered at the Vatican for the special meeting called by Pope Francis about clerical sexual abuse and child protection. Pope Francis presided over the meeting and every day the participants listened to...
by Greg Galvan | Feb 22, 2019 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
The Vatican announced on February 16, 2019 the conviction of the 88 year old ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick on the charges of sexual abuse of minors and adults – aggravated by the abuse of power – and solicitation in the confessional. The penalty imposed, the most...
by Greg Galvan | Feb 8, 2019 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
Rome ’ s former symphony hall, the 1,300 seat – Auditorium della Conciliazione, located close to the Vatican just off St. Peter ’ s Square, has been presenting two shows a day since March 15, 2018 of a “ fully – immersive, live multimedia production...
by Greg Galvan | Feb 1, 2019 | News and Info, Vatican Corner
Continued … The goal of World Youth Day is to inspire young people with the message of Jesus Christ. It has been celebrated every year since 1986, beginning when Pope John Paul II decided to share a special Palm Sunday gathering with Catholic young people. Every few...
