Rome, May 5, 2020: The Vatican says internal migrants should have the same legal protections as refugees and says their children should have the right to birth certificates, education and being reunited with their parents if separated. The Vatican on May 5 published a booklet of pastoral guidelines to careContinue Reading
Berlin, May 5, 2020: Traditionalist former Pope Benedict XVI accuses opponents of wanting to “silence” him while associating gay marriage with “the Antichrist” and attacking “humanist ideologies” in a new authorized biography published in Germany. The 93-year-old, whose original name is Joseph Ratzinger, claims in “Benedict XVI – A Life”Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3, 2020: Two separate polls show that Americans are relying more on their faith to help persevere through the coronavirus pandemic. The Pew Research Center, in a survey released April 30, showed that nearly one-fourth of all Americans say their faith has grown stronger during the pandemic,Continue Reading
Lagos, May 3,2020: A man claiming to have killed the murdered Nigerian seminarian Michael Nnadi has given an interview in which he says he executed the aspiring priest because he would not stop announcing the Christian faith in captivity. Mustapha Mohammed, who is currently in jail, gave a telephone interviewContinue Reading
Rome, May 2, 2020: When the coronavirus lockdown left a group of transgender sex workers in a beach town near Rome without work, they turned to a local Catholic priest for help to buy food. But his parish’s resources were already stretched by the health crisis so he turned toContinue Reading
Vatican, May 1, 2020: In a statement marking the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Vatican has condemned an increasing spate of attacks on churches, synagogues and mosques around the world. Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J., president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue said inContinue Reading
By Vatican News Vatican City, May 1, 2020: Pope Francis on May 1 appointed Monsignor Mitja Leskovar as the Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq. Monsignor Leskovar currently serves as a Councillor at the Apostolic Nunciature in India. He succeeds Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martín, who was appointed last year as the ApostolicContinue Reading
Rome, May 1, 2020: On May 1, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has promoted Italian Cardinal Benjamin Stella and Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to cardinal-bishops, the highest category a prelate can belong to apart from being the pope himself. The College of Cardinals is made up of threeContinue Reading
Rome, April 30,2020: After eight weeks without funerals, Italian families will be able finally to gather together to mourn and pray at funeral Masses for the victims of the coronavirus starting May 4. In Milan, the largest city in Italy’s coronavirus epicenter, priests are preparing for an influx of funeralContinue Reading
Manila, April 29, 2020: Catholic priest Father Eduardo “Ponpon” Vasquez has worn a hazmat suit more than a vestment this past month. His parish in the populous Caloocan area of the Philippine capital Manila has been eerily quiet in the six weeks since the government put half of the country’sContinue Reading
