Vatican: On the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis ordained sixteen men to the priesthood, including eleven for the Diocese of Rome. In his homily, based on a pre-set formula for Masses of Ordination, the Holy Father called the new priests to not “grow tired of being merciful.”Continue Reading
Vatican City: On Wednesday Pope Francis said that to make the sign of the cross is to mark ourselves as Christians, and that it is something we should do often to remind ourselves that we belong to God. “The cross is the badge that shows who we are: our speaking,Continue Reading
By Inderjeet Singh Jalandhar: First I would like to thank Pope Francis who gave me the chance to participate in the pre-synodal meeting 2018 in Rome. I am Inderjit Singh, 26, and I did my Bachelors of Commerce degree in 2012 from Trinity College, Jalandhar, Punjab. I feel proud toContinue Reading
On April 9, which this year marks the transferred Solemnity of the Annunciation, the Vatican releases the latest Apostolic Exhortation from Pope Francis: Gaudete et exsultate: On the call to holiness in today’s world.
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Vatican City: Pope Francis on Sunday, April 8, condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria after a suspected attack in an opposition holdout in Eastern Ghouta killed dozens of people. “Terrible news comes to us from Syria with dozens of victims, many of them women and children … soContinue Reading
Rome: Before washing the feet of 12 prisoners, Pope Francis told them and hundreds of inmates to remember that Jesus constantly stands before them with love, ready to cleanse their sins and forgive them. “Jesus takes a risk on each of us. Know this: Jesus is called Jesus, not PontiusContinue Reading
The pontiff told the traditional Palm Sunday Mass on Saint Peter’s Square, which this year coincides with World Youth DayContinue Reading
Rome: God always loves and always remains faithful to his children, despite their sin and idolatry, Pope Francis said. “The faithful God cannot disavow himself, cannot disavow us, cannot deny his love, cannot deny his people, he cannot because he loves us,” the pope said in his homily March 22Continue Reading
The head of the Vatican communications department has resigned after coming under fire for doctoring a letter sent by retired Pope Benedict XVI. A brief Vatican statement said Pope Francis had “accepted” the resignation of Msgr. Dario Vigano. It comes after the Vatican admitted blurring part of a letter aboutContinue Reading
By Avi Selk No. Stephen Hawking, according to Stephen Hawking, is not in heaven or with God, neither of which he believed in. His consciousness has not reunited with any kind of divine force behind the universe, the late theoretical physicist and cosmologist would say. If there was ever anythingContinue Reading
