Vatican Council

Pope cracks down on new Catholic religious start-ups

By Nicole Winfield — June 15, 2022
ROME (AP) — Francis issued a new decree that requires prior Vatican approval for bishops to erect new associations of the faithful, often the first step in the creation of a new apostolic society or institute of consecrate life.

Guest Voices: 50 years after Vatican II, should Pope John XXIII be a saint?

By Greg Tobin — October 2, 2012

(RNS) Fifty years after he opened the revolutionary Second Vatican Council, Pope John XXIII, known as the Good Pope, is on the verge of being declared a saint. Perhaps the key question is: Should he be? By Greg Tobin.

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