President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Muslim prayers would begin on July 24 at Hagia Sophia. Above, visitors inside the UNESCO World Heritage site. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/z5rb6 ‘My thoughts […]
FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis shakes hands with Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb after signing a document on fighting extremism, during an inter-religious meeting at the Founder’s Memorial in […]
Editor’s Note: I had the pleasure to be a guest at this gathering as well.
Vatican opens archives on history’s most controversial pope AFP 1st March 2020 Watch: A look inside the Vatican’s secret wartime archives (Reuters) The Vatican unseals the archives […]
Jan 25, 2020 – swissinfo.ch By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis met Iraq’s president on Saturday and the two agreed that the country’s sovereignty must be respected, […]
Source: The Guardian By Angela Giuffrida, who is the Guardian’s Rome correspondent Benedict and his inner circle are accused of intervening to halt Pope Francis relaxing celibacy rules as the […]
Source: BBC Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church as his successor considers easing a ban on married men serving as priests. Pope Benedict made the appeal in a book co-authored with Cardinal Robert Sarah. It comes in response to a proposal […]
Source: Letters to the Indepenent An 83-year-old man gets his arm grabbed causing obvious pain, and as the person won’t let go, he slaps her hand twice, for which he […]
Pontiff admits ‘sometime even I lose patience’, referring to incident with pilgrim at Vatican Source: The Guardian Pope Francis has apologised after slapping a woman’s hand as he greeted pilgrims […]
Dec 20, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appealed for nuclear disarmament, environmental protection and religious tolerance. The pope […]
Source: Global News By Bernard Condon and Jim Mustian At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, […]
Source: NPR BY Scott Neuman Pope Francis is hoping to give the Vatican Secret Archive an image makeover by changing the name of the ancient collection to something less mysterious. […]
Source: BBC News By Lebo Diseko Catholic bishops from around the world are meeting at the Vatican to discuss the future of the Church in the Amazon. Over the next […]
Source: Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday called for a global commitment to put out the fires in the Amazon, saying the area was essential for the […]
Source: The New York Times Earlier this month, workers opened two tombs on Vatican’s grounds as part of an inquiry into the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, 15.CreditCreditAgence France-Presse — Getty […]
Source: The Guardian BY Joanna Moorhead The Vatican has opened debate on ordaining married men to meet a shortage, showing its ability to be pragmatic and to react Desperate times […]
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Source: CTV The Vatican formally opened debate Monday on letting married men be ordained as priests in remote parts of the Amazon where priests are so few that Catholics can […]
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
Source: The Irish Post BY: Jack Beresford THE POPE has announced a major change to the words recited in the Lord’s Prayer. Pope Francis has officially approved a change to […]
