Vatican city, Sept. 24, 2019: Catholic journalists need to be able to distinguish good from evil and recognize how their words can shape the world, not just describe what has happened, Pope Francis said. Reporters also can help “unmask words that are false and destructive,” but they must make sureContinue Reading
Vatican, Sept. 24, 2019: At the end of their recent meeting, the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria have said that attacks aimed at Pope Francis are ill-advised and describe them as “the proverbial ill wind that blows no one any good, bearing in mind that there are other more legitimate avenuesContinue Reading
Vatican City, Sep 23, 2019: Pope Francis told an association of Italian Catholic news agencies Monday to stay close to the Magisterium and to use their work to distinguish what is good from what is evil. “To renew your harmony with the magisterium of the Church, I urge you toContinue Reading
Manila, September 23, 2019: In a low-key but historic event, the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-day Saints (Mormons), through its Family Search arm, recently turned over digitized Philippine Catholic Church records spanning four centuries to the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). The documents from 1614 to 2014Continue Reading
Colombo, September 23, 2019: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered a fresh inquiry into the Easter suicide bombings that killed at least 258 people after the Catholic Church voiced concerns that current probes are not independent. The government has blamed a local jihadi group, the National Thowheeth Jama’ath (NTJ)Continue Reading
Vatican City, September 21, 2019: Pope Francis has again spoke out against assisted suicide and euthanasia, days before a top Italian court is to examine the thorny question in the largely Catholic country. “We can and we must reject the temptation, which is also favored by legislative changes, to useContinue Reading
A judge has extended the injunction preventing the deportation of the Biloela Tamil family until 4 pm Sept 19, saying he needs more time to consider his decision. Justice Mordy Bromberg made the ruling on Sept. 18afternoon as the hearing into the family’s two-year-old daughter’s right to apply for aContinue Reading
Limburg, Sept. 20, 2019: The ‘secret preacher of block 17’ who witnessed to Christ in a Nazi concentration camp was beatified this week in Limburg, Germany. Blessed Father Richard Henkes was a German Pallottine priest denounced by the Nazis for his outspoken preaching. He died in Dachau concentration camp inContinue Reading
Spillville, Sept. 20, 2019: There is a new Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Dubuque this academic year: St. Teresa of Calcutta School, located in southern Winneshiek County. The new school represents the consolidation of two former schools: Calmar-Festina-Spillville Catholic Schools and St. Francis de Sales School, out of Ossian.Continue Reading
Rome, September 15, 2019: Pope Francis will visit Thailand and Japan in November in a visit expected to highlight his call for complete nuclear disarmament and honor the small Catholic communities in each country. The Vatican confirmed the November 19-26 trip, and its diplomatic representative in Thailand, Archbishop Paul TschangContinue Reading
