Vatican City: The Vatican confirmed Monday that Pope Francis’ trip to Egypt at the end of the month will go on as planned, despite terrorist attacks which killed more than 43 people during Palm Sunday celebrations in the country. The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, toldContinue Reading
Monsignor Edward Arsenault pleaded guilty to three theft charges Continue Reading
Rome: New statistics released by the Vatican on April 6, show that Africa continues to position itself as the future axis of Catholicism, with the number of baptized Catholics on the continent growing at a significantly faster rate than anywhere else in the world. According to the numbers released byContinue Reading
By: Edward Pentin Pope Francis spent nearly half an hour in discussion today with the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. The Holy Father received the royal couple in the auletta of the Paul VI hall this afternoon, along with aContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis will wash the feet of inmates at a prison known for housing mafia turncoats in an Easter week ritual meant to show his willingness to serve. The Paliano prison, located in a huge fortress outside Rome, houses many of Italy’s “collaborators of justice,” who can shaveContinue Reading
Philadelphia: On Monday, 17 year-old Santos Colon of Lindenwold, New Jersey pleaded guilty to charges related to a plot to kill the Pope. The teen had reportedly devised a plot to kill Pope Francis and detonate explosives during the Holy Father’s visit to Philadelphia for the World Meeting of FamiliesContinue Reading
Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned a suspected chemical attack in Syria that left more than 70 dead in a rebel-held town as an “unacceptable massacre” “We watch horrified as the latest events in Syria unfold,” Francis said at his midweek public audience in St Peter’s square. “I completely deplore theContinue Reading
Emulate Pope Francis and make the Church inclusiveContinue Reading
Forty-five women became nuns in Britain in 2015, 14 of them under 30 years old. That’s the highest number who have taken orders in 25 years. Not many 29-year-old women would abandon a career in academia and get themselves to a nunnery. But that’s exactly what Theodora Hawksley did –Continue Reading
An inter-faith Charter promoting palliative care for the elderly across the world has been launched at the Vatican. Religious leaders, patients and medics attended a conference to discuss future challenges of a rising elderly population and an increasing demand for social care, The 2-day event, organized by the Maruzza FoundationContinue Reading
