Bishop’s acceptance: Pope responds personally to Nigerian priests
2017-07-25
The Ahiara diocese has been in disarray since December 2012Continue Reading
Pope phones garbage collector who lost legs in accident
2017-07-20
Buenos Aires, Argentina : Maximiliano Acuña is a garbage collector in Buenos Aires who earlier this year was injured in a serious accident that left him without legs. On Tuesday, he was surprised to receive an unexpected phone call from Pope Francis. The Pope offered words of encouragement, 33-year-old Acuña toldContinue Reading
Pope Francis unlikely to visit India in 2017: Church official
2017-07-19
New Delhi: Pope Francis is unlikely to visit India and Bangladesh this year as widely expected, a senior church official said Tuesday, with the high-profile visit postponed due to schedule clashes with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Pope had announced last year that he would “almost certainly” travel to SouthContinue Reading
Jesus not only sows the seed, he’ll pull the thorns: Pope Francis
2017-07-18
Vatican City: On Sunday, July 16, Pope Francis said that in the parable of the seed and the sower Jesus invites us to reclaim the ‘soil’ of our hearts by bringing to him, in prayer and Confession, the stones and thorns in need of healing. “Jesus invites us today to lookContinue Reading
Modi to host Pope Francis
2017-07-13
The visit has to adjust to Prime Minister Modi’s hectic scheduleContinue Reading
Pope Francis: World hunger is a result of indifference and selfishness
2017-07-05
Vatican City: On Monday Pope Francis said that while hunger and undernourishment around the world can be an unsettling thing to confront, we must use this to remind us how these situations are caused – which is through indifference and selfishness. “A glance at the current world situation does notContinue Reading
Jesuit prelate heads Congregation for Doctrine of Faith
2017-07-04
Vatican: Pope Francis has chosen Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer as the new prefect for the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). The Jesuit bishop succeeds Cardinal Gerhard Müller’s who completed his term .“The Holy Father Francis thanked His Eminence Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller at the conclusion ofContinue Reading
Pope declines to renew mandate for German
2017-07-02
Vatican City: Pope Francis declined Saturday to renew the mandate of the Vatican’s conservative doctrine chief, tapping instead a deputy to lead the powerful congregation that handles sex abuse cases and guarantees Catholic orthodoxy around the world. In a short statement, the Vatican said Francis thanked Cardinal Gerhard Mueller forContinue Reading
Cardinals called to be grandfathers: Pope says
2017-06-28
Vatican City: The Catholic Church is not a “gerontocracy” ruled by old men, 80-year-old Pope Francis said; “We aren’t old men, we are grandfathers.” “We are grandfathers called to dream and to give our dreams to the young people of today. They need it so that from our dreams, theyContinue Reading
British author calls abuse of Pope ‘satanic’
2017-06-28
Stephen Walford challenges dubia cardinalsContinue Reading