Claire Giangravé

Claire Giangravé is an author at Religion News Service.

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EU Parliament urges Vatican to defend human rights in Hong Kong

By Claire Giangravé — July 11, 2022

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After the arrest of a Catholic cardinal, an EU resolution called on the Vatican to strengthen 'its leverage on the Chinese authorities.'

Pope Francis wants two women on the committee that proposes bishops

By Claire Giangravé — July 7, 2022

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis’ efforts to include more laity, and women, in the church, have garnered praise and criticism.

Couple’s model for living faith at home could change Catholicism one family at a time

By Claire Giangravé — July 7, 2022

(RNS) — Gregory and Lisa Popcak want to empower the laity by sacralizing the small things families do every day.

Pope Francis pushes to purge liturgy of ideology in new document

By Claire Giangravé — June 29, 2022

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The liturgy, the pope wrote, should not be in service to ‘an ideological vision.’

In defiance of US bishops, Nancy Pelosi receives Communion at the Vatican

By Claire Giangravé — June 29, 2022

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the Vatican on Wednesday and received a blessing by Pope Francis.

This Pride Month, Catholic Church shows clear, if subtle, shifts toward LGBTQ welcome

By Claire Giangravé — June 27, 2022

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — From welcoming trans women at the Vatican to promoting LGBTQ outreach around the world, some advocates say Pope Francis has created a space for inclusion without fear.

Pope Francis puts Jews’ desperate wartime appeals to Pope Pius XII online

By Claire Giangravé — June 23, 2022

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The data, which will be available online for free, comprises more than 2,700 requests sent to the Vatican by Jews persecuted by the Nazi regime.

‘Just rumors’: Cardinal Parolin dismisses chatter about pope’s plan to resign

By Claire Giangravé — June 23, 2022

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Francis’ right-hand man at the Vatican buttressed recent statements by church officials disputing that Francis is ready to throw in the miter.

200 witnesses to testify in ‘Vatican trial of a century’ on financial scandals

By Claire Giangravé — June 22, 2022

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A trial that began a year ago has so far heard from 10 witnesses.

Pope Francis plans to remain pope ‘for as long as God allows it,’ bishops say

By Claire Giangravé — June 21, 2022

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Despite health challenges, resignation ‘does not cross his mind,’ said Brazilian Archbishop Roque Paloschi.

Pope’s charitable fund still weighed by financial scandals, costs of Curia

By Claire Giangravé — June 16, 2022

(RNS) — Peter’s Pence, a fund dedicated to the pope’s charitable works, has been at the heart of a Vatican financial scandal.

Pope Francis disrupts tradition while drawing firm lines in new cardinal picks

By Claire Giangravé — June 13, 2022

(RNS) — Bishops who head large and powerful archdioceses should not take the red hat for granted.

Pope Francis cancels July visit to Africa, citing knee pain

By Claire Giangravé — June 10, 2022

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The pontiff's knee pain has worsened in recent months, forcing him to use a wheelchair and cancel public events.

Cardinal adviser to Pope Francis says resignation rumors are ‘cheap soap opera’

By Claire Giangravé — June 9, 2022

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis’ flurry of activity in August, seemingly setting the stage for his successor, has fueled rumors of an impending resignation.

Vatican bank displays financial decline, moral gains after papal reforms

By Claire Giangravé — June 8, 2022

(RNS) — Despite diminished profits, the Vatican bank appears ready to turn a new page in the wake of years of financial scandals.

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