By Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican City, May 18, 2022: Pope Francis on May 18 opened doors for brothers to become major superiors of religious congregations that have priests as members. The Pope promulgated a rescript concerning the possibility of a dispensation from Canon 588 §2 of the Code of CanonContinue Reading
By M K George Rome, May 17, 2022: St. Peter’s square is back to its festive mood. After almost three years of desolate space and token ceremonies, the square, which according to official counts can hold up to 300,000 people, had more than 50,000 people participating in the canonization ceremoniesContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vatican City, May 15, 2022: Devasahayam, the first lay martyr from India, was among ten people Pope Francis canonized on May 15 at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Among the new saint are an anti-Nazi Dutch priest murdered in the Dachau concentration camp and aContinue Reading
Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City,May 12, 2022: Pope Francis decried the low birth rate in Western countries on May 12, describing it as an urgent social emergency and a “new poverty.” “It is not immediately perceptible, like other problems that occupy the news, but it is very urgent: fewer and fewerContinue Reading
By Vatican News staff writer The Holy See Press Office on May 13 announced that Pope Francis will be travelling to Canada from 24 – 30 July, having accepted invitations from civil and ecclesiastical authorities, as well as the indigenous communities. The upcoming July visit of the Holy Father willContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, April 30, 2022: Father Anthony Packiam, the parish priest of the Christ the King church under the archdiocese of Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, started washing the feet of marginalized people decades before Pope Francis decreed that women’s feet could be washedContinue Reading
Vatican City, April 29, 2022: Pope Francis on April 29 said changes to an advisory body on preventing sexual abuse represented a fresh start in the fight against pedophile priests but conceded “much remains to be done”. The Pope in March moved the Commission for the Protection of Minors intoContinue Reading
By Lisa Zengarini Rome, March 31, 2022: Malta was one of the first Roman colonies to convert to Christianity nearly 2,000 years ago. In fact, the origins of the Maltese Church go back to St. Paul who, according to the Acts of the Apostles (Chapters 27-28), shipwrecked on the MediterraneanContinue Reading
By Salvatore Cernuzio Vatican City, March 28, 2022: Following Pope Francis’ two audiences with delegations of Canada’s Métis and Inuit peoples, members of the Métis Nation say the Pope sought to listen to the stories of survivors of residential schools. “Truth, justice, healing, reconciliation.” Those words express the goals whichContinue Reading
Vatican City, March 19, 2022: The Vatican published March 19 a long-awaited document implementing Pope Francis’ reform of the organization and structure of the Roman Curia. The apostolic constitution, Praedicate evangelium (Preach the Gospel), was released initially only in Italian on March 19 after nine years in production by theContinue Reading
