Edna Tarigan, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:04:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Edna Tarigan, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com 32 32 The pope urges Indonesia to live up to its promise of ‘harmony in diversity’ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/the-pope-urges-indonesia-to-live-up-to-its-promise-of-harmony-in-diversity/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/the-pope-urges-indonesia-to-live-up-to-its-promise-of-harmony-in-diversity/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:06:51 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165167&preview=true&preview_id=4165167 JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis compared Indonesia's human diversity to the archipelago’s 17,000 islands. He said each one contributes something specific to form “a magnificent mosaic, in which each tile is an irreplaceable element in creating a great original and precious work.”

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/the-pope-urges-indonesia-to-live-up-to-its-promise-of-harmony-in-diversity/feed/ 0 Pope urges religious orders to pray for new priests and nuns as their numbers continue to fall https://religionnews.com/2024/07/19/pope-urges-religious-orders-to-pray-for-new-priests-and-nuns-as-their-numbers-continue-to-fall/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/19/pope-urges-religious-orders-to-pray-for-new-priests-and-nuns-as-their-numbers-continue-to-fall/#respond Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:12:45 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4158034&preview=true&preview_id=4158034 ROME (AP) — Pope Francis urged religious orders on Monday to work and pray harder for new priests and nuns to join, as he acknowledged the congregations’ futures are at risk with the numbers of men and women entering Catholic religious life plummeting in parts of the world.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/19/pope-urges-religious-orders-to-pray-for-new-priests-and-nuns-as-their-numbers-continue-to-fall/feed/ 0 Vatican will prepare a document on the role of women in leadership in the Catholic Church https://religionnews.com/2024/07/12/vatican-will-prepare-a-document-on-the-role-of-women-in-leadership-in-the-catholic-church/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/12/vatican-will-prepare-a-document-on-the-role-of-women-in-leadership-in-the-catholic-church/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2024 14:21:32 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4157193&preview=true&preview_id=4157193 RNS — On Tuesday, the Vatican announced that work is beginning on a document regarding women in leadership roles in the Catholic Church. Longstanding demands by women to have a greater say in the church's life have mixed with Pope Francis' big church reform process, culminating in this document. However, it faces criticism for perpetuating the same issues it claims to address.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/12/vatican-will-prepare-a-document-on-the-role-of-women-in-leadership-in-the-catholic-church/feed/ 0 Chief prosecutor defends Vatican’s legal system after recent criticism of pope’s absolute power https://religionnews.com/2024/07/11/chief-prosecutor-defends-vaticans-legal-system-after-recent-criticism-of-popes-absolute-power/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/11/chief-prosecutor-defends-vaticans-legal-system-after-recent-criticism-of-popes-absolute-power/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:08:53 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4157042&preview=true&preview_id=4157042 ROME (AP) — Prosecutor Alessandro Diddi's defense comes as the Vatican tribunal finalizes its written reasonings for its December 2023 verdicts. The tribunal convicted a cardinal and eight others of various financial-related crimes related to the Holy See’s 350 million euro investment in a London property, but has not yet explained its decisions.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/11/chief-prosecutor-defends-vaticans-legal-system-after-recent-criticism-of-popes-absolute-power/feed/ 0 Mosaics by an artist accused of abusing women will stay on the Lourdes shrine, for now https://religionnews.com/2024/07/05/mosaics-by-an-artist-accused-of-abusing-women-will-stay-on-the-lourdes-shrine-for-now/ https://religionnews.com/2024/07/05/mosaics-by-an-artist-accused-of-abusing-women-will-stay-on-the-lourdes-shrine-for-now/#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 14:08:57 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4156278&preview=true&preview_id=4156278 ROME (AP) — A French bishop has put off any decision on whether to remove mosaics by an ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women, saying that they’ll stay for now on the Lourdes shrine but that eventually they should be removed.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/07/05/mosaics-by-an-artist-accused-of-abusing-women-will-stay-on-the-lourdes-shrine-for-now/feed/ 0 Defendant in Vatican trial takes case to UN, accuses pope of violating his rights with surveillance https://religionnews.com/2024/06/20/defendant-in-vatican-trial-takes-case-to-un-accuses-pope-of-violating-his-rights-with-surveillance/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/20/defendant-in-vatican-trial-takes-case-to-un-accuses-pope-of-violating-his-rights-with-surveillance/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:27:44 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4154198&preview=true&preview_id=4154198 NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Raffaele Mincione, a London-based financier, submitted a complaint last week to the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights via a special procedure that allows individuals or groups to provide the U.N. with information about alleged rights violations in countries or institutions.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/20/defendant-in-vatican-trial-takes-case-to-un-accuses-pope-of-violating-his-rights-with-surveillance/feed/ 0 Pope Francis becomes first pontiff to address a G7 summit, raising alarm about AI. The G7 responds https://religionnews.com/2024/06/14/pope-francis-will-be-the-first-pontiff-to-address-a-g7-summit-hes-raising-the-alarm-about-ai/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/14/pope-francis-will-be-the-first-pontiff-to-address-a-g7-summit-hes-raising-the-alarm-about-ai/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:09:39 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4153398&preview=true&preview_id=4153398 BARI, Italy (AP) — Generative AI technology has dazzled the world with its capabilities to produce humanlike-responses, but it’s also sparked fears about AI safety and led to a jumble of global efforts to rein it in.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/14/pope-francis-will-be-the-first-pontiff-to-address-a-g7-summit-hes-raising-the-alarm-about-ai/feed/ 0 Vatican detains ex-employee who allegedly tried to sell back manuscript of Bernini’s basilica canopy https://religionnews.com/2024/06/07/vatican-detains-ex-employee-who-allegedly-tried-to-sell-back-manuscript-of-berninis-basilica-canopy/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/07/vatican-detains-ex-employee-who-allegedly-tried-to-sell-back-manuscript-of-berninis-basilica-canopy/#respond Fri, 07 Jun 2024 19:55:55 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4152186&preview=true&preview_id=4152186 ROME (AP) — Vatican police have detained a former employee on charges of attempted extortion after he allegedly tried to sell a 17th-century gilded manuscript describing Bernini’s designs for the altar canopy of St. Peter’s Basilica back to the Holy See.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/07/vatican-detains-ex-employee-who-allegedly-tried-to-sell-back-manuscript-of-berninis-basilica-canopy/feed/ 0 Retired judge finds no reliable evidence against Quebec cardinal; purported victim declines to talk https://religionnews.com/2024/05/22/retired-judge-finds-no-reliable-evidence-against-quebec-cardinal-purported-victim-declines-to-talk/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/22/retired-judge-finds-no-reliable-evidence-against-quebec-cardinal-purported-victim-declines-to-talk/#respond Wed, 22 May 2024 18:02:17 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4149606&preview=true&preview_id=4149606 ROME (AP) — The allegations were contained in an amended class-action lawsuit filed in Canadian court against 100 current and former church personnel of the archdiocese.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/05/22/retired-judge-finds-no-reliable-evidence-against-quebec-cardinal-purported-victim-declines-to-talk/feed/ 0 Vatican Museums staff challenge the pope with a legal bid for better terms and treatment https://religionnews.com/2024/05/13/vatican-museums-staff-challenge-the-pope-with-a-legal-bid-for-better-terms-and-treatment/ https://religionnews.com/2024/05/13/vatican-museums-staff-challenge-the-pope-with-a-legal-bid-for-better-terms-and-treatment/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 15:08:31 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4147947&preview=true&preview_id=4147947 ROME (AP) — The 49 employees, museum staffers, cited the social teaching of the Catholic Church and Francis’ own appeals for employers to respect the dignity of workers in demanding better treatment.

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