By Vatican News staff writer The Holy See Press Office on May 13 announced that Pope Francis will be travelling to Canada from 24 – 30 July, having accepted invitations from civil and ecclesiastical authorities, as well as the indigenous communities. The upcoming July visit of the Holy Father willContinue Reading
By Salvatore Cernuzio Vatican, May 11, 2022: Ninety-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen, who was the bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong from 2002 to 2009, was arrested on May 11 by Hong Kong authorities. The cardinal has reportedly been released on bail, according to reports circulated via social media byContinue Reading
By John Newton Vorzel, May 11, 2022: A seminary bombed and ransacked by Russian troops plans to re-open its doors this September with help from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). The charity has announced that it will help rebuild Sacred Heart Seminary in Vorzel, 30 km east ofContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Colombo, May 5, 2022: Benjamin Reyes, former chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board in the Philippines, on May 4 took over as the new secretary-general of the Colombo Plan International, a pioneering inter-governmental organization in the Asia-Pacific region. A person with more than three decades of experienceContinue Reading
At least 10 priests of the unofficial or “underground” Catholic community in the city of Baoding in the province of Hebei disappeared in the hands of the police since January this year. At least four of those who went missing disappeared on the 29th and 30th of April, said aContinue Reading
Throughout the month of May, the Vatican will host two weekly occasions for prayer in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, it was announced on May 2. On the four Saturdays of May, from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m., Cardinal Angelo Comastri will lead a candlelight rosary procession around St. Peter’sContinue Reading
Vatican: The Pontifical Mission Society for the Propagation of the Faith, which falls under the auspices of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, marks the 200th anniversary of its foundation on May 3. May 3, also marks the 100th anniversary of Pontifical Mission Society’s Pontifical status, conferred by PopeContinue Reading
By Sophie Drew A French nun has been named the oldest known person in the world after battling Covid. Born a decade before the start of the First World War, Sister Andre celebrated her 118th birthday in February, just over a year after contracting the coronavirus. Living in a careContinue Reading
Nice, April 26, 2022: A 72-year-old Catholic nun has been praised for her “extraordinary courage” after she sought to disarm a man stabbing a priest at a Catholic church in Nice, southeastern France. Sister Marie-Claude reportedly intervened after a 31-year-old man entered the Saint-Pierre d’Arene church before Sunday Mass onContinue Reading
By Lisa Zengarini and Alessandro De Carolis As fighting continues to rage in besieged Mariupol, with Ukrainian soldiers still resisting in the Azovstal steel mill complex, Ukrainian authorities on April 20 announced they hope to resume evacuation efforts to bring some 6,000 civilians out of the war-torn port city. DeputyContinue Reading