Vatican, Jan 10, 2020: Brother Peter Tabichi, a Kenyan science teacher who won the 2019 world’s best teacher prize, has spoken of his awe for Pope Francis’ humility after the two met in the Vatican. Brother Peter, a member of the Franciscan religious order, was praised for his achievements inContinue Reading
Vatican, Jan 2: Pope Francis has apologised for losing his patience with a woman who grabbed his arm in St Peter’s Square on New Year’s Eve. “Many times we lose our patience; me too. I apologise for yesterday’s bad example,” Pope Francis in a departure from his prepared remarks forContinue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 26, 2019: Pope Francis ushered in Christmas on December 25 for the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics with a message of unconditional love, saying “God continues to love us all, even the worst of us”. “You may have mistaken ideas, you may have made a complete mess ofContinue Reading
Hong Kong, China, Dec 4, 2019: Cardinal Joseph Zen, former bishop of Hong Kong, has renewed his criticism of the Vatican-China deal, warning that he thinks Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin is exercising undue influence in advising Pope Francis. “I have a clear impression that Parolin is manipulatingContinue Reading
By Inés San Martín Rome, Nov 16, 2019: Pope Francis says the Catholic Church is contemplating the introduction of “ecological sin” to the compendium of Church teaching. “We have to introduce, we are thinking about it, in the catechism of the Catholic Church, the sin against ecology, the sin againstContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Rome, Nov 7 2019: In the poor you have the privilege to encounter Christ, Pope told a group of Jesuit social activists. Pope Francis addressed the Jesuit social activists in a private audience at Vatican on November 7. Around 210 Jesuit social activists and lay collaborators haveContinue Reading
Rome , Nov 2, 2019 :Pope Francis celebrated Mass Saturday for the souls of the dead in Rome’s Catacombs of Priscilla, saying the place of a Christian is in the safety of the hands of God, whatever the outside circumstances might be. “The souls of the just are in theContinue Reading
Vatican, Oct 31,2019: Pope Francis has decreed that the feast of Our Lady of Loreto be included in the Roman Calendar as an optional memorial to be celebrated on December 10. “This celebration will help all people, especially families, youth and religious to imitate the virtues of that perfect discipleContinue Reading
Vatican City, October 22, 2019: Pope Francis has urged the International Christian Maritime Association to “help the people of the sea to know Jesus Christ and to live according to His teachings.” International Christian Maritime Association is an ecumenical association of Christian non-profit organizations that has been working with seafarersContinue Reading
Vatican, Oct 16: Pope Francis has appointed the second-in-command of Vatican security to head the City State’s national police force, after the resignation of the former chief on October 14. The Pope named Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, who has worked as part of the Vatican’s gendarmerie since 1995, and has beenContinue Reading
