1+ week, 1+ day ago (460+ words) Posted Nov 22, 2025 07:26:26 AM. A one-line statement from the Vatican said Leo had accepted the resignation of C'diz Bishop Rafael Zornoza, 76. It didn't say why, but Zornoza submitted his resignation to the pope last year when he turned 75, the normal retirement age for bishops. The report, quoting a letter the former seminarian wrote the Vatican over the summer, said Zornoza fondled him and regularly slept with him from when he was 14-21 years old. The former seminarian's letter said Zornoza heard his confession and persuaded him to see a psychiatrist to "cure" his homosexuality. The diocese of C'diz denied the accusations against Zornoza but confirmed the investigation was being carried out by the church court in Madrid known as the Rota. In a Nov. 10 statement, the diocese said Zornoza was cooperating with the investigation and had suspended his agenda temporarily "to clarify…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (1186+ words) Posted Nov 22, 2025 12:16:35 AM. Rosal'a, the global Spanish pop star loved by millions for fusing flamenco with Latin hip-hop and reggaeton, has amazed her fans with a radical shift. The singer and songwriter's new album, "Lux" ("Light" in Latin), is unabashedly spiritual. Fifteen songs, sung in 13 different languages, including fragments in Latin, Arabic and Hebrew, are laden with a yearning for the divine. And it is receiving praise from on high. Xabier G'mez Garc'a, bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat which includes Rosal'a's hometown of Sant Esteve Sesrovires near Barcelona, was one of the first church leaders to laud her work in an open letter to his flock. Rosal'a's grandmother regularly attends mass in Sant Esteve Sesrovires, according to the diocese. "When I listened to "Lux' and Rosal'a speaking about her the context of her album and the creative process, I…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (582+ words) Posted Nov 20, 2025 02:12:13 PM. Sixty-two artifacts from various First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities will be finally returning home to Canada, a century after being collected by missionaries and sent to Rome. Around 100,000 objects were collected and sent by missionaries to be a part of the Vatican Missionary Exhibition of 1925. "These items, they're not items, they're our grandmothers and our grandfathers," said author and storyteller, Tanya Talaga. "These are objects we've used in ceremony that were cared for by our elders and our ancestors for so long. To have them not with us, it really hurts." The artifacts are currently housed in the ethnological collection of the Amina Mundi Museum in Vatican City. "There are artifacts from all over the world, from Indigenous nations and some of the little cards attached to our grandmothers and grandfathers say where they're from but…...