Aboard the papal plane: In his five years in office, Pope Francis gained a reputation for tossing protocol and embracing spontaneity. Thursday, he did it again with another papal first: marrying two flight attendants on board his flight from Santiago to Iquique. According to journalists traveling with the Pope, theContinue Reading
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Santiago: Pope Francis begged for forgiveness today for the “irreparable damage” done to children who were raped and molested by priests, opening his visit to Chile by diving head-first into a scandal that has greatly hurt the Catholic Church’s credibility here and cast a cloud over his visit. Francis alsoContinue Reading
The ongoing refugee crisis has indirectly led to Austria recording a significant number of Muslims who converted to Christianity Three quarters of the 750 baptized adults in 2017 are immigrants from Muslim countries, citing the official spokesman for the Archdiocese of Vienna. Only in the Austrian capital, 260 people representingContinue Reading
Santigo: As Pope Francis prepares to visit Chile next week, the inmates at San Joaquin Women’s Penitentiary Center in Santiago are cleaning, decorating, and preparing for what they believe is a providential papal visit. The pope will visit the prison on Jan. 16, making a 40-minute stop to meet withContinue Reading
New Delhi: A Taiwanese retiree who is cycling his way through six South and Southeast Asian countries has won the hearts of locals along the way through his volunteer work. At 67-years old, Albert Chen is living proof that life can be rewarding after retirement or a fight with cancer.Continue Reading
A series of attacks on Catholic churches have prompted Chilean authorities to review security ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to the South American country on Monday, officials said. But Interior Minister Mario Fernandez told a national radio station that the Pope will not be at risk during the first papalContinue Reading
A huge church purportedly built with almost £2 million raised from local worshippers in one of China’s poorest regions has been demolished by authorities, the latest flashpoint between religious groups and the officially atheist Communist Party. The Golden Lampstand Church in the city of Linfen in the northern Shanxi provinceContinue Reading
A total of ten schools in remote and inaccessible areas affected by the 2015 earthquake in Nepal are being got ready to be handed over.Continue Reading
‘Don’t give homilies that are too intellectual, elaborate. Speak simply, speak to the heart’Continue Reading