Vatican City: Oct. 15, 2018: The Catholic Church waited 35 years after the martyrdom of Óscar Romero, the prophetic archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated while saying Mass on March 24, 1980, to declare him “blessed,” the penultimate step to canonization as a Catholic saint. That next and finalContinue Reading
Vatican City, Oct. 15, 2018: Taiwan has invited Pope Francis to visit the self-ruled island, just weeks after China and the Vatican reached a landmark agreement on the appointment of bishops on the mainland. Taiwan’s Vice President Chen Chien-jen met the pope on Oct 14, 2018 and invited him toContinue Reading
Vatican City, Oct 11, 2018 — The faults of one person cannot be blamed on the entire Catholic Church, Percival Holt, a 25-year-old observer at the Synod of Bishops, told reporters. “It is wrong to judge the church for the acts of certain people within the church,” he said Oct.Continue Reading
By Kara Fox and Muhammad Darwish An Egyptian military court sentenced 17 people to death on Thursday over their involvement in the 2016 and 2017 bombings of three churches and a police checkpoint that killed more than 80 people, according to Ahram, an English language news site affiliated with stateContinue Reading
In his general audience on October 10, Pope Francis said that abortion “suppresses innocent and helpless life in its blossoming.” “Is it right to take a human life to solve a problem? It’s like hiring a hitman,” Pope Francis said in St. Peter’s Square , in a departure from hisContinue Reading
Palu, October 8, 2018: Indonesian Christians sought solace Sunday in churches in the city of Palu, hard hit last week by an earthquake and a tsunami that roiled central Sulawesi, killing 1,649 people and seriously injuring some 2,500 people. Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim country, but there areContinue Reading
Vatican City, October 8, 2018 – The devil is alive and well and working overtime to undermine the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis says. In fact, the pope is so convinced that Satan is to blame for the sexual abuse crisis and deep divisions racking the Church that he hasContinue Reading
Monaco, Oct 1, 2018 – Princess Alexandra of Hanover, a member of the royal family of Monaco, has reportedly been removed from her distant place in the British line of succession after having become a Catholic. The news was reported in English Sept. 27 by Royal Central, which cited PointContinue Reading
Vatican City, Oct 4, 2018 : Pope Francis donated to recovery efforts in Indonesia after an earthquake and tsunami devastated the Sulawesi coast, leaving at least 1,400 people dead. The pope sent $100,000 in recovery aid through the Vatican Dicastery for Human Development to assist with the first phase ofContinue Reading
Coptic Christians have been nominated for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their refusal to retaliate against deadly and ongoing persecution from governments and terrorist groups in Egypt and elsewhere. The Copts, the indigenous people of Egypt, are one of 331 nominees for the prestigious prize, won previously by organisationsContinue Reading
