Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stands next to Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, at the headquarters of the Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica March 13, 2023. They were the featured guest speakers at the event which presented the book, L’Atlante di Francesco. Vaticano e politicainternazionale, (The Atlas of Francis. Vatican and International Policy) by Jesuit Fr Antonio Spadaro, the journal’s director, who is on the right. Photo: CNS/courtesy of La Civiltà Cattolica A top aide to Pope Francis said there’s a need for dialogue with the German bishops after a recent vote in favour of blessing same-sex unions, insisting that the move does not align with official Catholic doctrine. “A local, particular Church cannot make a decision like that which involves the discipline of the universal Church,”…
