Pope Francis’s skullcap sold in online auction
2016-04-26
A “significant portion of proceeds donated to the charity Save a Child’s Heart”Continue Reading
Ontario artist’s Homeless Jesus installed at Vatican
2016-04-25
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
Pope Francis: Taking a stand for refugees
2016-04-17
He merely reiterated his consistent and unequivocal support for the dispossessed of the earth todayContinue Reading
Pope Francis takes 12 Muslim refugees to Rome
2016-04-17
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
Pope Francis: ‘persecution is the Church’s daily bread’
2016-04-12
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
Pope sends condolences after deadly fire in India
2016-04-10
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
Pope Francis appeals for abducted Salesian’s release
2016-04-10
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
“Amoris Laetitia” – The Joy of Love
2016-04-09
Apostolic Exhortation on the family draws together almost three years of consultations with Catholics in countries around the worldContinue Reading
Pope Francis’ Amoris Laetitia, on Love in the Family
2016-04-09
Discernment charged with merciful loveContinue Reading
Pope calls for compassionate Church open to “imperfect” Catholics
2016-04-08
Vatican City: Pope Francis has called for a church that is less strict and more compassionate towards “imperfect” Catholics, such as those who divorced and remarried, saying “no one can be condemned forever”. Francis said gays should be respected but firmly restated the church’s position that there are “absolutely no grounds”Continue Reading