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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he believes the U.S. and the Holy See “have a shared interest in seeing that every human being in China has the opportunity to practice their faith, exercise their conscience rights.”
Attorneys-general in Australia’s federal and state governments agreed in November 2019 on reporting standards that would require priests to break the sacramental seal or violate Australia’s mandatory abuse reporting rules.
The Holy See has repeatedly raised this concern for more than a decade regarding the use of the terms “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” in UN statements, arguing that they have no “clear and agreed definition in international law.”
Archbishop Jurkovič, the Holy See’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, reiterated Pope Francis’ appeal for potential vaccines to be made available to everyone infected with the coronavirus.
Fr. James Bradley, assistant professor at the School of Canon Law at The Catholic University of America argued that that the decision to prohibit the distribution of the Eucharist on the tongue should lie with Rome, not with diocesan bishops.
COMMENTARY: In unleashing a global pandemic through negligence at best, malice at worst, the Chinese regime has lost whatever credibility it had even six months ago.
Although Taipei has been considered a model in countering the pandemic, it has been overshadowed by its powerful neighbor, the People’s Republic of China, which claims Taiwan as part of its own territory.
The High Court handed down its judgement in Brisbane April 7.
The Apostolic Penitentiary is the Holy See's tribunal with responsibility for the internal forum and indulgences.
A total of seven confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been diagnosed among Vatican employees to date.
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