Vatican City: Pope Francis said today that the doors of Catholic churches around the world must remain open, despite increased security fears in the aftermath of the Paris attacks. “Please, no armoured doors in the Church, everything open,” the 78-year-old pontiff told pilgrims in St Peter’s square, Italy’s AGI newsContinue Reading
The Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Francis will soon become the third-ever Roman Pontiff to visit the Great Synagogue in Rome, following in the footsteps of St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI. “Following the invitation from the Chief Rabbi and Jewish Community of Rome, Pope Francis will pay a visit toContinue Reading
Pope Francis is known to use technology, but in a recent article on the Los Angles Times, he has been quoted saying that kids should put away their phones while they are on the dinner table. He said this in an address to the masses on St Peter’s square inContinue Reading
“You will not have my hatred”, writes a Parisian man to the terrorists who killed his wife in the attacks on Paris last week. Antoine Leiris’ wife was killed in the massacre at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on Friday night, where 88 other people were also killed while attendingContinue Reading
Friday’s terror attacks in France were “not human,” according to Pope Francis, who said he was “moved and saddened” by the attacks. Francis, however, confessed that “I don’t understand these things. They are difficult to understand, carried out by human beings.” The pope, speaking in a heavy and measured voice,Continue Reading
Paris: Three teams of extremists carried out the coordinated gun-and-suicide bombing attacks across Paris that left 129 people dead and 352 injured, a French prosecutor said on Saturday. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said 99 of the injured were in critical condition after the “act of barbarism.” He said the attackersContinue Reading
Chicago: Though she had never seen an episode of “Chopped,” Sister Alicia Torres’ work at the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels in West Humboldt Park probably prepared her for the reality cooking show more than most of the chefs who compete on Food Network shows. Torres may lackContinue Reading
Servant of God Fr. Emil Kapaun served heroically in the Korean War before dying in a prison campContinue Reading
‘Homilies should be the transmission of God’s grace,’ Holy Father says as he ordains new auxiliary bishop of RomeContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis has granted the possibility of receiving a plenary indulgence for all the faithful taking part in the Jubilee marking the 800th anniversary of the Order of Preachers, better known as the Dominican Order. This includes those participating in celebrations both internationally and in each Dominican province. TheContinue Reading
