SIGNIS Services Rome presents Reporter Kit
2015-03-25
The kit provides user-friendly tools to freelance and media journalistsContinue Reading
German prelate insists fidelity to Rome
2015-03-24
Prominent Church leaders in Germany say the bishops’ conference will adopt pastoral care for marriages and family regardless of the outcome of October’s SynodContinue Reading
Pope accepts Scottish prelate’s resignation from cardinal status
2015-03-21
Vatican City — In a rare move, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of disgraced Scottish Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien from the rights and duties of a cardinal, the Vatican announced on Friday. “As most people are aware, Pope Francis is a good and prayerful man whose character embodies justice andContinue Reading
Three laypersons among saints’ causes advanced by Pope Francis
2015-03-18
Vatican City – Pope Francis recognized on Wednesday the heroic virtue of seven persons on the path of canonization, including a young Italian laywoman, as well as a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux. Bl. Louis and ZelieContinue Reading
Pakistan Christians hold funerals for church blast victims
2015-03-17
Lahore – Hundreds of Pakistani Christians have attended funerals for the victims of two Taliban suicide bomb attacks in the city of Lahore. Security was tight, with police sealing off Lahore’s biggest Christian neighbourhood and submitting those attending to security checks. Sunday’s bombings of two churches in the Youhanabad areaContinue Reading
Mahatma Gandhi gets London statue near nemesis Churchill
2015-03-15
London – A statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled on Saturday in London’s prestigious Parliament Square, a space packed mostly with monuments to men who served the British Empire that Gandhi helped destroy. In an ironic twist noted by the Indian government, Gandhi’s likeness now shares theContinue Reading
US religion panel seeks permission to visit India
2015-03-14
India has withheld permisisonContinue Reading
Italian city protests “obscene” ad ahead of papal visit
2015-03-14
Pope Francis is visiting Naples on March 21Continue Reading
Pope knows China better than Vatican curia: Zen
2015-03-13
Italians in the Roman Curia don’t know the Chinese dictatorship because they have never experienced a Communist regimeContinue Reading