The Vatican and the Bank of Italy on Tuesday signed a key cooperation agreement aimed at regularising their relations and ending years of Italian mistrust over Holy See finances. The accord, signed by BOI Governor Ignacio Visco and the Vatican’s top financial regulator, Rene Bruelhart, comes after years of financialContinue Reading
The future of Christianity in China has been the focus of a four day conference which concluded in Hong Kong on Saturday. Organised by the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network, the meeting brought together a wide range of theologians from different denominations and many national or ethnic backgrounds to discussContinue Reading
Saint-Etienne-Du-Rouvray: The imam of the mosque in the northern French town where a church was attacked Tuesday said he was “stunned” by the murder of the local priest, who he described as a friend. “I don’t understand, all of our prayers go to his family and the Catholic community,” saidContinue Reading
The cardinal said the devil tries to sow doubt in Catholics’ minds about defending human life publiclyContinue Reading
Pope Francis has expressed his “pain and horror” at a hostage-taking at a church in France on Tuesday in which a priest was killed. “The pope… participates in the pain and horror of this absurd violence,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said, adding that Francis had been particularly appalled by theContinue Reading
A priest has been killed in an attack by two armed men at his church near Rouen in northern France, police and French media have said. The armed men entered the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during mass, taking the priest, two nuns and several churchgoers hostage, reports said. French TV saidContinue Reading
A state-run daily of China has warned India of “serious consequences” over the refusal to extend visas to three Chinese journalists. “Speculation is swirling that India is taking revenge against China for the latter’s opposition to India joining the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). If New Delhi is really taking revengeContinue Reading
Our Asian pilgrims not only bring the grandeur, the vitality and beauty of Asia, but also the multi-cultural diversity, pluralism as well as Asian values of hospitality and family and, of course, the Church of the young.” Asia youth come to discover Krakow and the charisma of John Paul II, founder of the WYDContinue Reading
Russian adventurer flies solo in a balloon for 11 daysContinue Reading
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed clothing among a large crowd of demonstratorsContinue Reading
