Pope takes over Knights of Malta after condom dispute
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday seized control of the Knights of Malta, and action that amounts to one sovereign country annexing […]
Pope Francis calls on media to end ‘constant focus on bad news’
Source: RNS By Josephine McKenna VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has urged global news outlets to “stem the spiral of fear” caused by coverage of the world’s tragedies and scandals. […]
Duterte’s new target: the Catholic Church
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while addressing families of the 44 Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) members who were killed in a 2015 police operation. Jan. 24, 2017. (Reuters Photo) The Philippines’ controversial President Rodrigo Duterte, known for his extrajudicial killings of drug dealers, insulted on […]
Palestinian embassy to be opened in Vatican city for the first time
Source: Ma’an News Agency BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The inauguration of the first Palestinian embassy in Vatican City will take place on Saturday, and will be attended by Palestinian President Mahmoud […]
Holy Big Mac: Vatican’s first McDonald’s opens
Source: The Guardian Fast-food franchise opens on Borgo Pio, just steps away from St Peter’s Basilica, despite outrage from some quarters A sign for the Vatican’s first McDonald’s restaurant, seen […]
‘Church Militant’ Theology Is Put to New, and Politicized, Use
Source: The New York Times By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN A week after Stephen K. Bannon helped engineer the populist revolt that led to Donald J. Trump’s election, Buzzfeed unearthed a […]
Pope’s Christmas message urges end to war, terrorism and ‘idolatry of money’
Source: RNS By Josephine McKenna VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis used his traditional Christmas message to call for an end to war and terrorism, and to remember migrants, refugees and […]
Pope says Christmas ‘hostage’ to materialism, God in shadows
POLITICS Religion Conflict Reuters International DEC 24, 2016 – Pope Francis holds a statue of baby Jesus during the Christmas night Mass in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican December 24, 2016. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (reuters_tickers) By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Saturday that Christmas had […]
Pope Francis: We Must Listen to the Voices of the Poor
Source: Time By Andrew Nusca / Fortune Attendees of the Fortune-Time Global Forum, held Friday and Saturday this week in Rome and the Vatican, were treated to an audience with His Holiness Pope Francis Saturday. Here is what he said, translated to English. (His original Italian remarks follow.) Dear Friends, I […]
THE RIGHT TO TRUTH: ‘Death opens the eyes of the living’
By Marcela Aguila Rubín NOV 30, 2016 -www.swissinfo.ch Thousands of people march for justice in Guadalajara, Mexico, in September 2015. They are holding pictures of 43 missing students who were kidnapped by police a year earlier (Reuters) Secret mass graves in Mexico, daily bombings and a mounting death toll in […]
Is the pope Catholic? Francis dismisses critics of his teachings
Source: RNS By David Gibson VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis is firing back at foes of his efforts to make the Catholic Church more open and pastoral in its ministry, telling an interviewer that “they are acting in bad faith to foment divisions.” The pontiff’s lengthy interview in Avvenire, the […]
Vatican Bans Scattering of Ashes From Cremation
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and GAIA PIANIGIANIOCT. 25, 2016 An urn containing the cremated remains of a Roman Catholic priest during a funeral Mass in Mexico last month. The church allows cremation as long as it is done in accordance with Christian doctrine.CreditAlan Ortega/Reuters VATICAN CITY — Ashes to ashes is […]
Pope urges protection of child migrants
Thursday, October 13, 2016 Two orphans from Burma – image TCT Pope Francis has made an urgent call for action to be taken against those who profit from the exploitation of child migrants. In a strongly worded message released ahead of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, the Pope […]
Pope Francis Celebrates Mass in Muslim Azerbaijan, Home to 700 Catholics
by REUTERS Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday for the miniscule Catholic community in Shi’ite Muslim Azerbaijan, urging the “precious little flock” to keep the faith and paying tribute to those persecuted during the Soviet era. The oil and gas-rich nation of about 9 million people bordering on Russia, Iran […]
Pope agrees to expedite sainthood process for murdered priest
Reuters International OCT 2, 2016 – Archbishop of Rouen Dominique Lebrun is seen next to a picture of Father Jacques Hamel, the French priest knifed to death at his altar by Islamist militants in July, during a media conference at the Vatican, September 14, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (reuters_tickers) PARIS (Reuters) […]
Does This Study Prove the Bible Could Be Accurate?
Source: The Daily Beast Today, remembering things—how to spell words, your partner’s cellphone number, birthdays and anniversaries—is fundamentally unnecessary. Who needs to remember details when all of human knowledge is available to you at the touch of a button? The cause of the recent decline of simply ‘knowing stuff’ is […]
The Francis Effect
The Daily Best President John Quincy Adams once said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” The popular enthusiasm surrounding the papacy of Pope Francis is, in part, a testament to his highly collaborative leadership style and inclusive […]
Vatican makes new rules for miracles in saint-making
Source: Associated Press By FRANCES D’EMILIO VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican issued new rules Friday for the process to determine if healings qualify as miracles for sainthood, including safeguards against possible financial abuses. The rules deal with how a panel of medical experts scrutinizes potential miracles. Pope Francis has […]
Murder in God’s name ‘satanic’
Source: The Times of Israel Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced killing in God’s name as “satanic” as he held a mass to honor Jacques Hamel, the French priest whose throat […]
Pope Francis canonises Mother Teresa before St Peter’s Square masses
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood in Rome It was a typical Pope Francis touch, and one in keeping with the extraordinary life story of Saint Teresa of Kolkata, as the Catholic […]