Brazil: At 101 years old, Doña Penha has seen quite a bit of life. But the centenarian experienced something new on September 28, as she received her First Communion during Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel nursing home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For those who witnessed the occasion,Continue Reading
Pope Francis has authorised the French church to start the preliminary sainthood investigation for the Reverend Jean Hamel, whose throat was slit by Islamist militants as he celebrated Mass in July. Francis told reporters Sunday he had authorized the gathering of witness testimony to determine if a beatification cause isContinue Reading
Some 110 priests and sisters met in SeptemberContinue Reading
Pope Francis praised Azerbaijan on Sunday as a model for a world divided by violent extremism, sidestepping criticism of the government for the sake of encouraging religious tolerance in an often-volatile region where Catholics are a minority. Francis avoided direct mention of criticism in the West over allegations of humanContinue Reading
Rome: The EWTN News Rome Bureau is now is just minutes from St. Peter’s Square, having launched its new office on Thursday. The occasion sparked reflection on Mother Angelica’s legacy and the media network’s mission to serve the gospel. “Today with this launch we step out in a new chapterContinue Reading
The little Church in Laos rejoices for two imminent historic events: on September 16 three new Laotian priests were ordained in Savannakhet; while on December 11, on the second Sunday of Advent, the solemn celebration for the beatification of 17 martyrs including priests, religious and lay people who lost their livesContinue Reading
Bengaluru: The Church in India has taken the initiative to bring the teachings of the papal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) to people at grassroots. A major step toward this was the publication of the Hindi translation of the exhortation by the Conference of Catholic Bishops ofContinue Reading
Sudheendra Kulkarni was among 450 religious representatives at AssisiContinue Reading
Guwahati – Besides three universities in Assam who came forward to show case the values of Mother Teresa on her sainthood, a fourth varsity held a program commemorating the canonization of Mother Teresa as ‘Saint Teresa of Calcutta’. The Assam Don Bosco University, the first private university in the stateContinue Reading
It’s not often you can describe a footballer as a spiritual man. Between the Cheshire mansions and Range Rovers, other more colourful words spring to mind. But in the case of Philip Mulryne, “spiritual” is spot-on. The former Manchester United and Northern Ireland midfielder made his Solemn Profession to theContinue Reading
