Tag: Father Federico Lombardi

• Saturday, May 14th 2016 - 10:54 UTC

  Vatican denies Francis intends to introduce a diaconal ordination for women

  

  Pope Francis “did not say he intends to introduce a diaconal ordination for women,” and he certainly did not speak about the ordination of women priests, the Vatican spokesman said.

• Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 08:02 UTC

  Vatican formally recognizes the State of Palestine and signs first treaty

  

  The Vatican concluded its first treaty that formally recognizes the State of Palestine, with an agreement on Catholic Church activities in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the Holy See said on Wednesday.

• Monday, July 7th 2014 - 22:31 UTC

  Francis 'humbly' asks for forgiveness from victims of 'clerical sexual abuse'

  

  Pope Francis on Monday morning “humbly” asked six clerical sex abuse victims for forgiveness for the “grave crimes of clerical sex abuse” committed against them. The Pope made his comment to the victims in a homily delivered at mass in the Domus Santa Marta, his Vatican residence.

• Friday, May 17th 2013 - 06:40 UTC

  Pope Francis condemned the global ‘cult of money’ and the ‘new idols’

  

  Pope Francis has condemned the global “cult of money” and urged world leaders to do more for the poor. In his first major speech on finance and the economy, the pontiff said money should be made to “serve” people, not to “rule” them.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2012 - 07:42 UTC

  Pope’s former butler and a computer expert to stand trial for “aggravated theft”

  

  Vatican magistrate ordered Pope Benedict's former butler to stand trial on charges of aggravated theft for leaking documents alleging corruption in the Vatican. In a 35-page document on the case which has rocked the Holy See since Paolo Gabriele was arrested last May, the Vatican also charged a computer expert who worked in the Vatican bureaucracy with involvement in the case, the first mention of a second man.