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
By Devin Watkins Nuns from the Congregation of St. Joseph have thrown open the doors of their homes in Ukraine to people seeking shelter from Russia’s war in the country. Huge numbers of Ukrainians have fled their homes in eastern and southern regions, as Russia concentrates its attacks on thoseContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, April 13, 2022: The sisters and postulants in a Salvatorian formation center in Sri Lanka have been eating their food and vegetables raw for more than a week. “It is not part of any Lenten sacrifice or practice, but we have no gas to cook them,”Continue Reading
On Thursday April 7, the Ministry of Interior announced on its official Facebook page the arrest of a 60-year-old man who stabbed an archpriest to death in Alexandria. Arsanios Wadeed, 56, an archpriest of the Church of the Virgin Mary and Mar Bolous, in the Karmouz district of Alexandria wasContinue Reading
By Johnathan Cilia Valletta, April 8, 2022: A Maltese baby who was able to meet and be blessed by Pope Francis has died just days later. Baby Chayan was just five and a half months old when he died at 7:40 am April 7 after living with a heart condition.Continue Reading
