By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, July 23, 2022: On Sunday, July 24, the Catholic Church will once again celebrate the ‘World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly.’ This is the second such year (now become an annual observance) of this extraordinary day. The day will be always be on the lastContinue Reading
Vatican City, July 11, 2022: Pope Francis has offered his “heartfelt condolences” to the loved ones of Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, in the wake of his assassination. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin sent the telegram expressing the Pope’s condolences to Japan’s Apostolic Nuncio, ArchbishopContinue Reading
By Linda Bordoni Vatican City, July 6, 2022: Bishop Martinelli, who was the auxiliary bishop in Milan for eight years, was appointed as Apostolic Vicar for Southern Arabia by Pope Francis after the resignation of 80-year-old Bishop Paul Hinder who was in service for 18 years and championed interfaith dialogueContinue Reading
By Cindy Wooden Vatican City, June 29, 2022: Before celebrating the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis is asking Catholics around the world to dedicate time in 2023 to studying the documents of the Second Vatican Council. Presenting the official logo for the Holy Year June 28, Archbishop Rino Fisichella alsoContinue Reading
By Lisa Zengarini Vatican City, June 21, 2022: Pope Francis has invited the youth of the Syro-Malabar Church to follow Jesus by saying “yes” to a life of service and responsibility, and “no” to one of superficiality and dissipation. The Pope said on June 18 during a meeting with theContinue Reading
Vatican City, June 16, 2022: Pope Francis on June 15 took another step to reign in new religious groups in the Catholic Church after their unregulated proliferation in recent decades led to abuses in governance that allowed spiritual and sexual misconduct to go unchecked. The diocesan bishop must obtain aContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jun 14, 2022: Pope Francis said this week that no Christian is exempt from aiding the poor. In his message for the 2022 World Day of the Poor, published on June 14, the pope said that the worst thing that can happen to a Christian community is toContinue Reading
Vatican City, Jun 10, 2022 : Pope Francis’ July trip to the African countries of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan has been postponed for health reasons, the Vatican said on June 10. “At the request of his doctors, and in order not to jeopardize the results ofContinue Reading
Vatican City, June 6, 2022: Pope Francis has expressed his “spiritual closeness” to Nigerian Catholics mourning the victims of a massacre at a church on Pentecost Sunday. A telegram sent on the pope’s behalf said that he was praying “for the conversion of those blinded by hatred and violence.” InContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, June 3, 2022: The just concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) would be fresh in people’s minds. Hence one cannot be faulted for presuming that this piece is about cricket! It isn’t. It’s not about red balls but about red hats, the red Berettas given to Cardinals. TheyContinue Reading