Pope approves sainthood for slain archbishop
2018-03-07
The El Salvador archbishop was gunned down during Mass in 1980Continue Reading
Pope declares new feast day devoted to the Virgin Mary
2018-03-04
Vatican City — Pope Francis has made the devotion to the Virgin Mary a new fixed celebration in the Roman Catholic calendar. The Vatican published a decree Saturday in which Francis declared that the Mary “Mother of the Church” feast would be celebrated on the Monday following Pentecost. This year,Continue Reading
Church in Asia joins in prayers for Africa
2018-02-23
Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: Catholics in South Asia have joined Pope Francis in praying for the Church in Congo and South Sudan on Feb. 23. On Feb. 4, Francis announced that the first Friday of Lent would be a day of prayer and fasting for peace given the many ongoing conflictsContinue Reading
Indians support Pope’s “Day of Prayer, Fasting for Peace”
2018-02-22
Pope Francis has chosen February 23 to pray for peaceContinue Reading
Pope, Bangladesh Prime Minister discuss Rohingya crisis at Vatican
2018-02-12
Vatican City: Just two months after his recent visit to Bangladesh, Pope Francis Monday welcomed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the Vatican, where they discussed positive inter-faith relations in the country and the need to find a lasting solution to the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis. According to a Feb. 12Continue Reading
Confessional secret: Pope excommunicates priest for breach
2018-02-12
12 charges were brought against Fr Igbo between 2016 and May 2017Continue Reading
Pope announces day of prayer, fasting for Congo and South Sudan
2018-02-04
Vatican City: On Sunday Pope Francis announced that Friday the first full week of Lent would be a day of prayer and fasting for peace given the many ongoing conflicts throughout the world, particularly those in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. “Facing the tragic continuation ofContinue Reading
Pope Francis on 10 socio-moral issues today
2018-02-04
Some confused, curious, or rather higgledy-piggledy Catholic and non-Catholic millennials have raised the following issues quite persistently since 2013, the year the charismatic Pope Francis became 265th successor of Saint Peter and Vicar of Christ on Earth. Here are Pope Francis’ thoughts on them: On nuclear and chemical armaments: “TheContinue Reading
Pope sends sex crimes expert to Chile to probe bishop
2018-01-30
Scicluna was the Vatican’s long-time sex crimes prosecutor in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithContinue Reading
Missionaries in central India resolve to follow Pope Francis
2018-01-27
By Saramma Emmanuel Khandwa: Catholic religious in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have pledged to emulate Pope Francis’ vision in their lives and mission to foster a vibrant Church focused on the advancement of the less privileged. More than 60 nuns and priests on January 21 attended aContinue Reading