By M K George Rome, May 17, 2022: St. Peter’s square is back to its festive mood. After almost three years of desolate space and token ceremonies, the square, which according to official counts can hold up to 300,000 people, had more than 50,000 people participating in the canonization ceremoniesContinue Reading
Denver: Pope Francis declared a blind 14th-century Italian lay Dominican a saint April 24 using a process known as “equipollent” canonization. The Holy See press office said April 24 that the pope had authorized the extension of the liturgical cult of Blessed Margaret of Castello to the universal Church duringContinue Reading
The Pope published the encyclical Humanae Vitae in 1968, which reaffirmed the Church’s teaching against contraception Continue Reading
By: Adolf Washington. Bengaluru: An Australian-born nun’s remains were exhumed November 28th, 10 am in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. A tent enveloped the grave of Sr. Mary Glowrey while priests, laity and nuns from the congregation Sacred Heart -JMJ looked-on with Archbishop Bernard Moras of Bangalore as theContinue Reading
Agartala: Hundreds of Saint Teresa’s adorers took part in a peace rally in Agartala to celebrate her canonization from Mother to Saint that took place in Italy’s Vatican City last Sunday. Mother Teresa, known as the “saint of the gutters” during her life, was made a saint of the RomanContinue Reading
The plight of those who suffer today should motivate Christians to offer new signs of mercyContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Brazilian man whose “miraculous” cure from a brain infection paved the way for Mother Teresa’s canonization this weekend said he is grateful for his life but doesn’t feel particularly chosen by God. Rather, Marcilio Haddad Andrino told a Vatican press conference Friday he is just one exampleContinue Reading
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun is widely seen as a humanitarian icon across the South Asian nation, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying “it is natural for every Indian to take pride” in her sainthoodContinue Reading
Rimini: The Brazilian man who received the miracle allowing for Mother Teresa’s canonization has shared his story, saying he and his wife were ordinary believers who received an extraordinary sign of God’s mercy. “From the beginning, the diagnoses weren’t good and they seemed only worse. (But) from that moment, insideContinue Reading
When the author and his wife invited the saint to their wedding, they couldn’t have expected this wonderful gift Continue Reading