The Vatican released Pope Francis’s four-day schedule for the first papal visit to Mongolia in September, where the pontiff will meet with government leaders, engage in interreligious dialogue and celebrate Mass for the country’s small Catholic population. Mongolia, a landlocked country situated between China and Russia, is home to aboutContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, July 8, 2023: Christians in the eastern Indian state of Odisha seem elated that Pope Francis has created a commission for new martyrs. They hope the new commission would address their demand that the Church recognize as martyrs their people killed during the 2008 anti-Christian violenceContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, July 8, 2023: Dozen is not a small number when it comes to the number of persons a country can represent at a global meeting where the total number is going to be about 400. The Vatican released on July 7 the list of thoseContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 6, 2023: Pope Francis has released a letter announcing the establishment of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints’ “Commission for the New Martyrs – Witnesses of the Faith,” in view of the Jubilee of 2025. The working group’s objective will be to draw up a catalogueContinue Reading
The Vatican announced July 5 the creation of a commission to research and catalog the stories of Christian martyrs from the third millennium. In a letter published July 5, Pope Francis said he has established the “Commission of New Martyrs — Witnesses of the Faith” within the Dicastery for theContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, June 30, 2023: ‘A shrinking space for dissent’ was the title of a report in the New York Times on the protest of the Olympic women wrestlers in India. As the protesters were forced out of New Delhi’s main protest site, Jantar Mantar, it ‘highlightedContinue Reading
By Elisabetta Povoledo Vatican City, June 25, 2023: Pope Francis on June 25 marked the 40th anniversary of the kidnapping of Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee. Emmanuela’s disappearance remains one of Italy’s most enduring mysteries and recently was the subject of a Netflix series. In remarksContinue Reading
By Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican City, June 25, 2023: Pope Francis has reminded journalists of their important role of responsibly and ethically informing and educating future generations. He said this June 24 while receiving a delegation of the “Biagio Agnes” international journalism prize in the Vatican. He delivered those presentContinue Reading
By Andres Serrano Vatican City, June 24, 2023: Pope Francis on June 23 praised artists as true visionaries who can see, dream and invent as he welcomed 200 artists, filmmakers and writers into the Sistine Chapel to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vatican Museums’ contemporary art collection. The PopeContinue Reading
By Midhun J Francis Rome, June 12, 2023: The World Meeting on Human Fraternity, held under the theme “Not Alone,” was attended by influential figures and Nobel laureates. The June 10 event, organized by the Vatican Foundation in collaboration with St. Peter’s Basilica and the Dicastery for the Service ofContinue Reading
