Over a hundred years ago, Jean Casimir Saleilles, head priest of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, had to haul the heavy brass bell to the belfry when workers could not manage the task. According to the church administrator – Mr Bernard Braberry, 62 – SaleillesContinue Reading
Pope Francis on Friday joined the chorus of shock over the car bomb slaying of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, sending a note expressing his condolences to the overwhelmingly Catholic island nation. In a highly unusual gesture from the Vatican after the death of a private citizen, Francis wroteContinue Reading
A manhunt is underway for a gang suspected of abducting a British-led missionary team working in a crime-plagued region of southern Nigeria. The four missionaries, who include a doctor from Cambridge and his wife, were abducted from their accommodation in a remote part of Nigeria’s Delta State late last Friday night.Continue Reading
Sydney: Churches in Australia have been daubed with anti-Christian graffiti amid an increasingly toxic debate about same-sex marriage. Last weekend Anglican and Baptist churches in Melbourne were defaced with the words “bash bigots” and “Crucify ‘no’ voters” – a reference to those who are voting “no” in a same-sex marriageContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has deplored the Somalia bombing that killed more than 300 people. At the end of his Wednesday public audience in St. Peter’s Square, Francis said “this terrorist act merits the strongest laments” especially since it struck an already suffering population, businessinsider reported. He prayed for theContinue Reading
Bologna: They were supposed to be having lunch with Pope Francis. During his Oct. 1 trip to Bologna, the Holy Father was scheduled to dine with 20 prisoners from a local drug rehabilitation facility, along with refugees and the poor of the area, during a “Lunch of Solidarity” at SanContinue Reading
Vatican City, Oct 17, 2017 / 11:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Georg Ganswein, the personal secretary of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, has rejected reports that the former pontiff is nearing death. Rumors of Benedict XVI being close to death circulated on social media following a quote attributed to Ganswein, whichContinue Reading
October is the month of Rosary in the Catholic ChurchContinue Reading
Reverend Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches addressed CCA diamond jubileeContinue Reading
Dance is a broken symbol, the beauty that testifies to the woundContinue Reading
