Vatican:A Swiss Catholic diocese that elects its own bishop from a shortlist drawn up by the Holy See has rejected all three candidates proposed by Pope Francis, according to local media. The Swiss daily newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reported that the cathedral chapter of the Diocese of Chur failed November 24 toContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has authorized the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate eight decrees, including a decree on the martyrdom of 127 Spaniards. Bishop Marcello Semeraro, the Prefect of the Congregation, on November 23 presented the causes to the Pope, who approved them. Among them isContinue Reading
Vatican: World Fisheries Day is celebrated annually on 21 November, to highlight the importance of this marine based labour sector, which provides employment for more than 59.5 million people. In his Message for the Day, Cardinal Peter Turkson Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, pointedContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis says in a new book that he can relate to people in intensive care units who fear dying from Covid-19 because of his own experience when part of his lung was removed 63 years ago. Italian newspapers published excerpts of the new book Let Us Dream: TheContinue Reading
Vatican: Pope Francis offered Mass for the Feast of Christ the King on Nov. 22, and afterward oversaw the traditional passing of the World Youth Day cross and Marian icon to a delegation from Portugal. At the end of Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Nov. 22, the World Youth DayContinue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican has launched an investigation into how Pope Francis’s Instagram account “liked” a raunchy photograph of a Brazilian bikini model with her bottom on display, an official said November 20. Natalia Garibotto, 27, posed in a white cropped top, suspenders and the smallest of tartan skirts forContinue Reading
New York: Pope Francis has telephoned Joe Biden, says a statement from the US president-elect. “President-elect Joe Biden spoke this morning (November 12) with His Holiness Pope Francis. The President-elect thanked His Holiness for extending blessings and congratulations and noted his appreciation for His Holiness’ leadership in promoting peace, reconciliation,Continue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis blessed a statue of the Immaculate Virgin Mary of the Miraculous Medal at the end of his Wednesday general audience. The statue will soon begin to travel around Italy as part of an evangelization initiative by the Vincentian Congregation of the Mission. The pope met withContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis pledged Wednesday to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offered prayers to victims of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a day after the Vatican released a detailed report into the decades-long church cover-up of his sexual misconduct. Francis concluded his weekly general audience Nov. 11 by recallingContinue Reading
By Courtney Mares Rome: A 19-year-old Spanish teenager who gave his life while protecting the Eucharist was beatified November 7 at a Mass in the Sagrada Família Basilica in Barcelona. “Yesterday in Barcelona Joan Roig Diggle, a lay man and martyr killed at the age of 19 during the SpanishContinue Reading
