On Friday, Pope Francis visited a neonatal hospital unit and a hospice for the terminally ill, stressing the dignity of human life from conception to natural death. The Sept. 16 visit is the latest in the Pope’s “Mercy Friday” initiatives, to spend time with various groups each month during theContinue Reading
In cases of marriage between a Latin Catholic and an Eastern Catholic, the new code clarifies that only a priest may officiateContinue Reading
Pope Francis used the words martyr or martyrdom 10 times during his homilyContinue Reading
United Nations: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Monday urged world leaders gathered for the first-ever UN summit on refugees to not waste time with a “pageantry of sympathy” and act to guarantee schooling for refugee children. The United Nations is hosting on September 19 the first summit onContinue Reading
London: The centuries-old tradition of church bell-ringing is under threat in the UK because of a shortage of new recruits, according to a new survey. It is getting more difficult to persuade newcomers to take the practice up, a BBC local radio survey said. Three-quarters of delegates to the annualContinue Reading
Choice of celibacy was not easy” for Pope Emeritus, new book claims as he had ‘quite an effect on women’ Benedict XVI has opened up about his struggles to reform the Vatican along with falling in love as a young student. German journalist Peter Seewald, who conducted a book lengthContinue Reading
A ‘prayer hall’, described as a “spiritual oasis”, opened recently in the busiest international airport in Shenzhen, a free trade area in the south of mainland China – the latest of several such facilities established in the country’s international airports. Measuring about 30 square metres in size, the simply decoratedContinue Reading
Rome: Among the thousands of people who came to Rome to participate in the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, were Lourdes and Chema: two Spaniards who have always been close to the saint and the Missionaries of Charity, whom they dedicated their honeymoon to help serve. “We spent fourContinue Reading
Vatican: The Paralympic Games 2016 will get underway later Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro following the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium.The 11-day competition will see more than 4000 athletes taking part from 161 countries. The games have not been without problems. There have been concerns over its budget andContinue Reading
Vatican: More than 15 million pilgrims have crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica during the first nine months of the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Those numbers were released on Wednesday by the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization. Fr. Eugene Sylva ofContinue Reading
