By Elisabetta Povoledo Vatican City, June 25, 2023: Pope Francis on June 25 marked the 40th anniversary of the kidnapping of Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee. Emmanuela’s disappearance remains one of Italy’s most enduring mysteries and recently was the subject of a Netflix series. In remarksContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican City, June 25, 2023: Pope Francis has reminded journalists of their important role of responsibly and ethically informing and educating future generations. He said this June 24 while receiving a delegation of the “Biagio Agnes” international journalism prize in the Vatican. He delivered those presentContinue Reading
By Andres Serrano Vatican City, June 24, 2023: Pope Francis on June 23 praised artists as true visionaries who can see, dream and invent as he welcomed 200 artists, filmmakers and writers into the Sistine Chapel to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vatican Museums’ contemporary art collection. The PopeContinue Reading
By Midhun J Francis Rome, June 12, 2023: The World Meeting on Human Fraternity, held under the theme “Not Alone,” was attended by influential figures and Nobel laureates. The June 10 event, organized by the Vatican Foundation in collaboration with St. Peter’s Basilica and the Dicastery for the Service ofContinue Reading
By Jaison Vadassery Vang Tau City, June 12, 2023: A weeklong conference of Asian Church leaders has expressed concern over shrinking democratic spaces in several countries in the region. The June 5-10 conference at Marian Pilgrim Centre Bai Dau in the Vang Tau City of Vietnam regretted that the rulersContinue Reading
By Christopher White Rome, June 7, 2023: Pope Francis on June 7 successfully underwent a three-hour intestinal surgery that the Vatican described as taking place without complications. The 86-year-old Pope Francis entered the hospital earlier in the day for a previously unannounced operation for an incarcerated incisional hernia. The PopeContinue Reading
Vatican City, May 24, 2023: Pope Francis has sent one of his top sex crimes investigators to Bolivia at a time when the Andean nation is being shaken by an escalating pedophilia scandal involving priests. Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, a leading member of the Church’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Rome, May 16, 2023: Caritas Internationalis has elected a Scottish layman as the secretary general of the humanitarian and development arm of the Catholic Church. Alistair Dutton has worked in the organization since 1996 and has more than 25 years of experience in the humanitarian field,Continue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Colombo, April 27, 2023: (Editor’s note: Global Sisters Report’s new series, Hope Amid Turmoil: Sisters in Conflict Areas, offers a look at the lives and ministries of women religious serving in dangerous places worldwide. The news stories, columns and Q&As in this series will include sisters inContinue Reading
By Heather Preston Abuja, April 13, 2023: The Christian Association of Nigeria has received an apology from the manufacturers of Peak Milk, after it used Jesus’ crucifixion as a metaphor to promote its product on Good Friday. The controversial ad campaign showed a dented tin of Peak Milk pierced onContinue Reading
