By A Pushparajan Bengaluru: Nowadays we come across protests being staged against the appointments of bishops. Leaflets are afloat with an appeal to the Pope to “stop caste discrimination in the Catholic Church.” A simple glance at these leaflets enkindles certain reflections in a fair-minded faithful like me who hasContinue Reading
Vatican City: In a message to the Medjugorje Youth Festival on August 2, Pope Francis told young Catholics that Christ’s loving gaze can free them from attraction to idols. “Have the courage to live your youth by entrusting yourselves to the Lord and setting out on a journey with him,”Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: The magician was dressed in .flowing robes. He had his back to the audience. He claimed to be an alchemist that could change lead into gold – transubstantiation. In between his secret mumbo-jumbo he would suddenly turn around to face his audience, raise his arms, with hisContinue Reading
By Christopher Wells Vatican City: In his homily on the first World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, Pope Francis insists on the importance of young and old coming together in a covenantal sharing of life. As the Church marked the first World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly onContinue Reading
Warsaw Ten Polish nuns have been approved for beatification as martyrs 76 years after they were killed while resisting rape and facing other atrocities by Soviet soldiers in the final months of World War II. “This will show how courage and devotion are linked to saintliness. It’s been an explosionContinue Reading
Bratislava: Slovakia’s health minister has announced Jthat only those who are fully vaccinated will be permitted to participate in events when Pope Francis visits in September. The pope will visit four cities in Slovakia on Sept. 12-15, after traveling to Budapest in neighboring Hungary to celebrate the closing Mass ofContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis will stay longer in hospital to recover from a surgery on his colon, the Vatican said on July 12. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said on July 12 that the pope would remain at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for “a few more days” before being discharged, “to optimizeContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis is recovering from his colon surgery in the same hospital room where John Paul II was treated throughout his pontificate. The Vatican said July 6, two days after the operation, that the pope had “rested well overnight” and his routine follow-up examinations were good. “This morningContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Kumarghat: The diocese of Agartala, which covers the entire state of Tripura in northeastern India, observed July 4 as “Green Sunday” in response to Pope Francis’ call to protect environment. “We have been celebrating ‘Green Sunday’ for the past four years,” said Bishop Lumen Monteiro of Agartala,Continue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis is at a Rome hospital July 4 to undergo a surgery to relieve stricture of the colon caused by diverticulitis, the Holy See Press Office stated. The statement said the pope was taken to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital in the afternoon July 4 for the scheduled operation, whichContinue Reading
