Vaican City: Pope Francis said Thursday he is prepared to set up a commission to study the possibility of women entering the Catholic clergy at the rank of deacon, one below a priest. Francis made the remarks in exchanges with female members of religious orders during a meeting at theContinue Reading
Rome: Not that Pope Francis probably needs additional accolades, but on Friday he’s set to receive a big one anyway: The prestigious Charlemagne Prize, awarded each year to individuals or institutions for their service to European unification. Technically, he’ll become the first pontiff to receive the award since it was createdContinue Reading
A “significant portion of proceeds donated to the charity Save a Child’s Heart”Continue Reading
It’s an unconventional rendering of Jesus that was rejected years ago by top officials with two major Catholic cathedrals, yet it now sits in one of the world’s holiest sites. Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz was thrilled to receive an email a few days ago telling him his bronze sculpture, Homeless Jesus,Continue Reading
He merely reiterated his consistent and unequivocal support for the dispossessed of the earth todayContinue Reading
MYTILENE, Greece: Pope Francis Saturday visited the heart of Europe’s migrant crisis and took 12 Muslim refugees of three families from Syria with him back to Rome. The action punctuated the pope’s pleas for sympathy to the crisis confronting the refugees just as European attitudes are hardening against them. TwoContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis said on Tuesday that “persecution is the Church’s daily bread”. Speaking during morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, the Pope recalled the first Christian martyr – Stephen – and said that “still today so many Christians are killed or persecuted for their faith in Christ”. PopeContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis has sent his condolences to the victims and relatives of a fireworks accident on Sunday that killed at least 100 people and injured hundreds of others in India’s Kerala state during celebrations of the local Hindu new year. The Pope was “saddened to learn of theContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on April 10 appealed for the immediate release of Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was taken captive on March 4 during the course of a murderous terror attack on a home for the elderly operated by the Missionaries of Charity in Yemen. The attackers killed 16Continue Reading
Apostolic Exhortation on the family draws together almost three years of consultations with Catholics in countries around the worldContinue Reading
