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
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
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
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
India has withheld permisisonContinue Reading
Pope Francis is visiting Naples on March 21Continue Reading
Italians in the Roman Curia don’t know the Chinese dictatorship because they have never experienced a Communist regimeContinue Reading
It was a build up for the bi-centenary of Don Bosco’s birth anniversaryContinue Reading
A restaurant has come up with a tasty fundraiser for papal visitContinue Reading
