Vatican City, Feb. 16, 2019: In the first ever such penalty, Pope Francis has defrocked former US cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick over soliciting sex in the confessional. McCarrick was found guilty of sexual crimes against minors and adults 50 years ago. Pope Francis decided the ruling, which followed an appealContinue Reading
Pope Francis has admitted that clerics have sexually abused nuns, and in one case they were kept as sex slaves. He said in that case his predecessor, Pope Benedict, was forced to shut down an entire congregation of nuns who were being abused by priests. It is thought to beContinue Reading
ROME, Jan 31 : A priest must be able to see the people around him as his children, as brothers and sisters, and must be willing to risk everything for them out of love, Pope Francis said in his morning homily. In fact, the best example of this kind ofContinue Reading
The planned appearance of Pope Francis in Abu Dhabi is huge news. More than 140,000 people are expected to make the trip to Zayed Sports City on Tuesday, February 5 for a papal mass with the head of the Catholic church. Now, the UAE government has announced that private sectorContinue Reading
Pope Francis has said he opposes making priestly celibacy optional, however he may consider allowing married men to be ordained priests in remote areas. Speaking to journalists on the flight back from World Youth Day, the Pope said he would not allow optional celibacy in the Latin Church in aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panama City, Jan. 27, 2019: Pope Francis says he is still keen to visit India, a country he keeps in his heart and for which he deeply cares. This was the answer the Pope gave to a question asked by an Indian youth delegate on JanuaryContinue Reading
Vatican, Jan 23 : Pope Francis departed on Jan 23 for Panama where he will participate in the events of the 34th World Youth Day. This marks the Pope’s first journey in 2019. The Pope departed on an Alitalia flight from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport at 9.51am (local) . Upon arrivalContinue Reading
Abu Dhabi, Jan 21: One of the largest single gatherings ever held in the UAE will greet the historic visit of Pope Francis next month. The landmark visit marks the first time a Pontiff has visited the GCC, and will coincide with a visit of The Grand Imam of AlContinue Reading
By Linda Bordoni Vatican City, Jan. 15, 2019: Pope Francis has urged pastors of the Asian Church to foster cooperation and fraternal exchange and to reaffirm their common responsibility in promoting the unity and integrity of the Catholic faith in their vastly diverse continent. His words of encouragement came inContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jan. 7, 2019: Pope Francis on January 7 expressed concern over the rise of populism and nationalism, including separatist tendencies in Europe. He blamed those growing trends on reactions to waves of migration and on globalization’s disorderly development. Pope Francis touched on several world issues in his speechContinue Reading
