By Domenico Agasso Jr Vatican City: Priests are called to be examples, not “lords, or State clerics”. They must be the firsts to serve the other, and not there to make a career out of priesthood. This was Pope Francis’ core message during the Mass he presided over on MayContinue Reading
Pope Francis and pilgrims from around the world are flocking to a Catholic shrine town in Portugal to honor two poor, illiterate shepherd children whose visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago marked one of the most important events of the 20th-century Catholic Church. Francis arrives Saturday to celebrateContinue Reading
Yekaterinburg: A Russian court today convicted a video blogger of inciting hatred against believers by posting videos online showing him chasing Pokemons in a church, giving him a suspended sentence. Ruslan Sokolovsky, a militant atheist who posted the videos on his YouTube channel, was detained in August 2016 and spentContinue Reading
Caracas: Garbage dumps have become “a regular place for people to eat” in Venezuela, says a local priest lamenting the nation’s increasingly dire economic and political crisis. “There’s a lot of suffering,” Fr. Victor Salomon, a priest who works in the Archdiocese of Caracas, told CNA. “This has been somethingContinue Reading
FATIMA, Portugal: Three shepherd children in Portugal were jailed and threatened with being boiled alive in olive oil when they claimed the Virgin Mary appeared to them 100 years ago. The Catholic Church doubted their story too. From that unpromising start, the children’s reported visions would go on to strengthenContinue Reading
By Jose Kuruvachira Rome : A fund raiser of worldwide Don Bosco Society marks 50 years of religious profession celebrating Holy Eucharist in the very room in which Don Bosco stayed during his 20th and last visit to Rome in 1887, adjacent to the basilica of the Sacred Heart ofContinue Reading
By Kelly Ckarke Five Dubai students say they plan to solve the region’s refugee crisis through a piece of cardboard. Using automated 3D printing, they have created an inexpensive, interconnected housing model for people displaced by conflict and natural disasters. But for those of you a little skeptical, you shouldContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has expressed his appreciation for the people and Catholics of Bangladesh who regard the appointment of the country’s first cardinal as a blessing. “I expressed all the feelings and joys of the people of Bangladesh and the Catholic community, and the blessings they have received throughContinue Reading
Saudi Arabia: The country is well known to be one of the world’s most gender-segregated nations, where women live under the supervision of a male guardian, cannot drive, and must wear head-to-toe black garments in public. Women need approval from a man to travel, study and get some health treatments.Continue Reading
Vatican City: On Sunday Pope Francis ordained 10 men to the priesthood, telling them to imitate Jesus in every aspect of their ministry, so as to avoid hypocrisy and draw near to their people, always serving with the joy that comes from being united to Christ. “Aware of having beenContinue Reading
