Vatican City: The Vatican confirmed Oct. 12 that four Swiss Guards have tested positive for the coronavirus. Responding to journalists’ questions Oct. 12, Holy See press office director Matteo Bruni said that the four members of the world’s smallest but oldest standing army had been placed in isolation following positiveContinue Reading
Yangon: In a letter send out to all brother Bishops of Asia, President of the Federation of Asian Bishop’s Conference, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo says, Pope’s recent encyclical Fratelli Tutti (Brothers All) echoes Asian realities. “Our Asian realities are echoed in the urgent message of Fratelli Tutti,” says Myanmar Cardinal.Continue Reading
Rome: For the first time, the Vatican has sworn in a Swiss with Filipino parentage as member of the Swiss Guard, the elite corps of soldiers who protect the Pope. Vincent Lüthi was among the 38 new recruits who took oath of allegiance to Pope Francis in the Vatican onContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican unveiled changes to a landmark law on transparency, supervision, and financial intelligence October 10, saying that the move would strengthen oversight of financial flows. The Holy See press office published the text of a decree Oct. 10 by Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, president of the Governorate ofContinue Reading
Rome: Ahead of the expected renewal of the Vatican-China deal this month, the former underground bishop of Mindong has announced his complete resignation from public life. Bishop Guo Xijin, 62, wrote in a letter published by Asia News Oct. 5 explaining that he was retiring to concentrate on prayer becauseContinue Reading
Rome: A priest in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, US, has been arrested along with two women and charged with obscenity after he was discovered filming a pornographic video on a parish church altar. Father Travis Clark, 37, the pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul in Pearl River, Louisiana, wasContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis told European anti-money laundering experts October 8 that the Vatican was committed to “clean finance,” as he denounced financial speculation amid a spiraling corruption investigation in the heart of the Holy See. It is rare for a head of state to meet with the Council of Europe’sContinue Reading
Rome: Italian priest Pier Luigi Maccalli, who was kidnapped in Niger, West Africa, two years ago, was freed on October 8. Maccalli is a priest of the Society of African Missions (SMA), an international religious congregation of men. “We have learned the news of the liberation of our brother, Maccalli,”Continue Reading
Stockholm: Hina Jilani, lawyer, pro-democracy campaigner and avid civil rights activist in Pakistan, has received the 2020 Stockholm Human Rights Award – bestowed annually by the Swedish Bar Association, the International Bar Association (IBA) and the International Legal Assistance Consortium. Jilani grew up in Pakistan. Her father was a politicianContinue Reading
Rome: The president of Italy conferred the highest honor for civil valor Oct 7 upon Fr. Roberto Malgesini, a priest who was stabbed to death near Lake Como last month. Fr. Malgesini was a 51-year-old priest known for his care for the homeless and migrants in the northern Italian DioceseContinue Reading
