Rome: Pope Francis has challenged the Vatican’s own media employees to essentially justify their continued work, asking them how many people actually consume their news. The Pope raised these questions as he on May 24 visited the office that costs the Holy See more than all its embassies around theContinue Reading
Pope Francis and leading Vatican officials have held a meeting with many members of the world’s global financial elite on how to reshape the world after the Covid pandemic. Finance ministers of seven countries joined the gathering, on May 14 in the Vatican’s Casino Pio IV. Called “Dreaming of aContinue Reading
Budapest: The International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest, Hungary, will open this September with a 1,000-strong choir and a “vast” number of First Communions. The organizers of the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress made the announcement as they released new details of the packed program for the Sept. 5-12 event. At aContinue Reading
Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday for Burmese Catholics, urging them not to lose hope as their homeland is engulfed by violence. In his homily in St. Peter’s Basilica May 16, the pope encouraged people not to fall into despair as security forces in Burma repress protests following a militaryContinue Reading
Vatican City: In the age of instant communications and fake news, journalists — like everyone else — need to recover the practice of going out and verifying information before they share it, Pope Francis said. “‘Come and see’ is the simplest method to get to know a situation. It isContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: On May 16, the feast of Ascension of Jesus into heaven, the Church celebrates the World Communications Day. This year, for the 55th World Communications Day (WCD), the theme chosen by Pope Francis is “Come and See” (Jn 1:46), Communicating by Encountering People Where and asContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis issued an apostolic letter May 11 formally instituting the new lay ministry of catechist. The Vatican released the papal letter, Antiquum ministerium (“Ancient ministry”), on May 11 in eight languages, including Italian Sign Language. The pope said that the institution of the new lay ministry wouldContinue Reading
Pope Francis said that he is praying for the people of India as they face a devastating coronavirus outbreak. In a message dated May 6 to Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, the pope expressed his “heartfelt solidarity” with the country’s 1.3 billionContinue Reading
Rome: Fr. Livinius Esomchi Nnamani, who was ordained to the priesthood in his hospital room on Holy Thursday with special permission from Pope Francis, has died of leukemia at the age of 31. The young priest’s funeral was held in Rome on April 26 at the parish of San GiovanniContinue 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
