Los Angeles: When a juvenile inmate in a California prison wrote to Pope Francis, he did not expect a response. But he received one, in the form a Jan. 21 letter from the Holy Father, inviting him to take advantage of the Holy Year of Mercy. “Know that the HolyContinue Reading
Thousands of protesters have demonstrated in Naples in an attempt to prevent the Catholic Church gaining control over a highly valuable collection of jewels belonging to a local saint. Paolo Jorio, director of the San Gennaro museum where the collection is kept, said: “We’re protecting a centuries-old institution, we willContinue Reading
Washington: India has denied visa to members of a US commission on religious freedom who wanted to discuss and assess “deteriorating” religious freedom conditions in the country, the head of the independent body has said. “We are deeply disappointed by the Indian government’s denial, in effect, of these visas,” RobertContinue Reading
The Pontiff called the murders as diabolicalContinue Reading
Some 30,000 people participated in the Feb. 28 walk in northeast BrazilContinue Reading
A series of essays in the semiofficial Vatican newspaper is urging the Catholic Church to allow women to preach from the pulpit at Mass, a role that has been reserved almost exclusively to the all-male priesthood for nearly 800 years. “This topic is a delicate one, but I believe itContinue Reading
Rawalpindi — Marking the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti on Wednesday, a Pakistani diocese has opened a process of enquiry towards declaring the late politician a martyr. Bhatti, a Catholic and the only Christian in the Pakistani cabinet, worked as the federal minister for minorities and spokeContinue Reading
The invitation was given through a high level Pakistan delegation to RomeContinue Reading
The Australian Church made “enormous mistakes” in its handling of paedophilia, Cardinal George Pell has told the royal commission into child abuse. Speaking via video link from Rome, the cardinal said the Church had previously had a “predisposition not to believe” reports of abuse by priests. “The instinct was moreContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican newspaper on Monday lauded the film Spotlight, which took home this year’s Oscar for best picture, for giving voice to the pain of the victims of sexual abuse by the clergy. The film tells the story of how the Boston Globe uncovered a massive scandal ofContinue Reading
