Vatican City, Aug 13, 2019: Pope Francis has offered prayers and condolences for the victims of monsoon flooding in India that has left more than 150 people dead. “Deeply saddened to learn of the tragic loss of life in the monsoons of recent days in Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and GujaratContinue Reading
By Gerard O’Connell Vatican City, August 4, 2019: Pope Francis has written a letter to the more than 400,000 Catholic priests worldwide encouraging them during the tribulations from the sexual abuse crisis. The letter is meant to give priests, many of whom feel disheartened because of the horrendous crimes ofContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 30, 2019: Prostitution is a “human disease,” according to Pope Francis, writing in the preface of a book, evoking “a disgusting vice” which is reducing women into slavery. “All forms of prostitution are enslavement, criminal acts, disgusting vice that confuses making love with the relief of one’sContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 12, 2019: Pope Francis has mourned the death of Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old quadriplegic who battled legal issues for years. “Every life is valuable, always,” Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for the French man who died July 11, nine days after doctors stopped providing him withContinue Reading
ROME, July 6, 2019 — In an unexpected and what some in Rome are viewing as an ominous gesture, Pope Francis has given away relics of St. Peter the Apostle to an Orthodox patriarch. Following a solemn Mass on June 29, the liturgical feast of the Apostles Sts. Peter andContinue Reading
By Charlotta Smeds Rome, July 4, 2019: The first question you ask yourself when you meet her is: how can this woman, who has survived so many terrible things in her life, have eyes that convey such profound peace and joy? Meeting the Pope I met Elise Lindqvist when sheContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jun 17 : The working document for the special assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian region, released on June 17, recommends study of the possibility of ordaining married men in remote areas for the priesthood. “Stating that celibacy is a gift for the Church, weContinue Reading
Rome, June 14, 2019: Pope Francis has declared a global “climate emergency,” warning of the dangers of global heating and that a failure to act urgently to reduce greenhouse gases would be “a brutal act of injustice toward the poor and future generations.” The pontiff also endorsed the 1.5C limitContinue Reading
Vatican , June 6: Pope Francis officially approved a change to the most famous prayer in Christianity. It’s the prayer Jesus taught followers to pray and one of the few things that unites 2.2 billion Christians across the globe. But the Holy See’s May 22 approval adjusting The Lord’s Prayer,Continue Reading
Bucharest, June 1, 2019: Pope Francis on June 1 braved a rain-soaked, twisting drive through the mountains of Transylvania to visit Romania’s most famous shrine, urging Romanian and ethnic Hungarian faithful to work together for their future. Pope Francis arrived in Romania on May 31 for a three-day, cross-country pilgrimage.Continue Reading
