Madrid, Jan. 6, 2019: Pope Francis on January 6 appealed to European leaders to show concrete solidarity to 49 migrants stranded aboard a pair of rescue vessels. The Pope, addressing faithful in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, noted that the migrants, rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, have been waiting forContinue Reading
Rome, Jan. 5, 2019: Pope Francis is encouraging U.S. bishops meeting near Chicago to unify as the Catholic church deals with a “crisis of credibility” stemming from the clergy sex abuse scandal. In an eight-page letter addressed to the bishops and released to the media on January 3, Pope FrancisContinue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 16, 2018 : Ahead of his 82nd birthday, Pope Francis held a party and ate birthday cake with children under the care of a free health clinic inside the Vatican. The celebration took place inside the Paul VI hall before the Sunday Angelus. It included a surprise birthdayContinue Reading
Vatican City, Dec 14, 2018: Pope Francis has told a Catholic media group to be avenues of God’s peace, sharing the stories of the poor, the least, and the voiceless. “In your profession you can be ‘living channels’ of spirituality before God and before all your listeners and viewers,” theContinue Reading
Rome, Dec. 12, 2018: Pope Francis has removed from his inner circle two cardinals facing allegations linked to sexual abuse, the Vatican said. Australia’s George Pell and Chile’s Francisco Javier Errazuriz will no longer sit on the Council of Cardinals, set up by the pope as an international advice body.Continue Reading
New Delhi, Dec 10, 2018: Pope Francis on December 10 accepted the resignation of Bishop Prasad Gallela of Cuddapah from the pastoral care of the diocese. Bishop Gallela was facing a criminal complaint for allegedly misappropriating diocesan funds to lead a luxurious life with his alleged wife and son. TheContinue Reading
Vatican, Dec 4 : “The issue of homosexuality is a very serious issue that must be adequately discerned from the beginning with the candidates,” says Pope Francis, in referencing applicants to Catholic seminaries. His comments appear in a book-length interview entitled The Strength of a Vocation, released in 10 languages in early December.Continue Reading
Vatican, Nov 30: Servant of God Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic politician from Pakistan who was killed in 2011, is a witness of how to act with love in the face of hatred, Pope Francis said Friday. Speaking to a Pakistani association named for Bhatti, the pope said Nov 30, “mayContinue Reading
Vatican City, Nov. 25, 2018: Pope Francis named the Vatican’s top sex abuse investigator and a close U.S. ally to an organizing committee for a February abuse prevention summit that has grown even more high stakes after the Holy See blocked U.S. bishops from taking action to address the scandal.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, November 20, 2018: The Indian Women Theologians Forum (IWTF) has written to Pope Francis expressing deep concerns over the way the Church in their country handles sexual abuse cases. Around 800 Catholics from around the world have endorsed the letter sent to the PopeContinue Reading
