Vatican City: The Vatican issued new rules Friday for the process to determine if healings qualify as miracles for sainthood, including safeguards against possible financial abuses. The rules deal with how a panel of medical experts scrutinizes potential miracles. Pope Francis has expressed determination to ensure the sainthood process, whichContinue Reading
The canonization of Mother Teresa will be celebrated in music Sunday at the University of San Diego, which is premiering an original composition inspired by her life. “The Poorest of the Poor: Music for Mother Teresa,” is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at USD’s Founders Chapel in Founders Hall. AContinue Reading
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power in 2014 projecting the image of a strong leader who could bring an end to terrorism and tame nuclear rival Pakistan. Just over two years later, Modi faces his first big foreign policy test: how to respond to theContinue Reading
The Statute for the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications was published on Thursday, saying its aim was “to respond to the current media reality, characterized by the presence and development of digital media and their increasing social interaction.” It said this evolving situation called for a reorganization of the Apostolic See’sContinue Reading
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, last year said they would give 99 percent of their Facebook shares to charitable causes. Now they are putting a large chunk of that money to work. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the limited liability company into which Mr. ZuckerbergContinue Reading
Archbishop Peter L. Gerety of Newark, who at 104 was the world’s oldest living Catholic bishop, died Sept. 20 at the age of 104, leaving behind e legacy of implementing Vatican II, promoting parish renewal, and ministry to black Catholics. Retired Archbishop Peter L. Gerety of Newark died Sept. 20Continue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis has expressed his sadness for the killing of two Mexican priests and has sent a telegramme of condolences assuring their diocese and families of his prayers. Father Alejo Nabor Jimenez Juarez and Father José Alfredo Suarez de la Cruz were abducted from their Church in the StateContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on Thursday met with the Italian National Council of the Order of Journalists, telling them that truth, professionalism and respect for human dignity were essential elements in their work. Meeting with the assembled Italian journalists in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall on Thursday, Pope Francis told themContinue Reading
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Republic of Ireland: Religious orders have been urged to offer the state vacant or disused priests’ homes, convents and buildings to ease the housing and homeless crisis. Housing, Planning and Local Government Minister Simon Coveney issued the plea after revealing three properties have been handed over in Cork, Kerry andContinue Reading
