Cardinal Mauro Gambetti reportedly gave Pergolizzi a check for $130,000 in exchange for the manuscript, but the transaction was a trap: Afterwards, Pergolizzi and the individual with him were detained by Vatican gendarmes. cruxnow.com/vatican/…

This year, the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental and Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA) based in Kenya is celebrating its tenth anniversary. cruxnow.com/church-i…

A Catholic cardinal says the Church will not take advantage of a new law in Indonesia allowing religious organizations to get permits to operate mines. cruxnow.com/church-i…

Communion and Liberation was once among the biggest and boldest of all the movements, and is now struggling to shake off a decade-long period of crisis and retrenchment. cruxnow.com/news-ana…

“I asked people close to Pope Francis to ask the pope, who requested this investigation, if he’s aware of what the people to whom he entrusted it are doing, because it’s the exact opposite of what they should be doing,” Pietro Orlandi said. cruxnow.com/vatican/…