Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta May 7, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. It is important for Catholics to remember …
Italian teen who died in 2009 declared ‘venerable’ by Pope Francis
Matteo Farina (1990-2009). Credit: Matteofarina.com Pope Francis Wednesday advanced the sainthood causes of five men and women, including an Italian teenager who died of a …
Pope Francis: ‘Jesus saves us from the darkness’
Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta May 6, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis said yesterday that Christ’s light illuminates the …
Swiss Guards postpone swearing-in of new recruits due to coronavirus
Swiss Guards at the commemoration of the fallen with conferment in the Protomartyrs’ Square in Vatican City, May 6, 2015. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA. The annual …
Pope Francis speaks up for ‘harshly exploited’ agricultural workers
Pope Francis gives his general audience address in the apostolic palace May 6, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. The coronavirus crisis can be an opportunity to …
Scottish pro-life student group investigated, but no action taken
The University of Aberdeen. Credit: SilvanBachmann/Shutterstock. After complaints that a pro-life event held by the Aberdeen Life Ethics Society violated a ‘safe space policy’, an …
Pandemic brings ‘a very different kind of Church’ to London’s homeless
Adoration takes place outside St. Patrick’s, Soho, in London’s West End. Courtesy: St. Patrick’s, Soho. A parish in London’s West End is offering the homeless …
Pope Francis hails St. John Paul II’s ‘great witness’ ahead of centenary
Pope Francis said that he has looked up to St. John Paul II throughout his priesthood in a book foreword he wrote ahead of the …
Irish commission: Catholic school discriminated against atheist student
The flag of Ireland. Credit: La Marga via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). The Republic of Ireland’s Workplace Relations Commission has decided that an atheist child …
Saintly superhero: When Marvel Comics told the life story of John Paul II
Credit: Marvel. Pope St. John Paul II, who led the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005, is perhaps one of the most …
Pope Francis prays for coronavirus victims dying without their loved ones
Pope Francis prayed for those who have died alone during the coronavirus pandemic at his morning Mass Tuesday. At the start of Mass in the …
In new biography, Benedict XVI laments modern ‘anti-Christian creed’
Benedict XVI holds his final general audience, Feb. 27, 2013. Credit: Mazur/www.thepapalvisit.org.uk (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Modern society is formulating an “anti-Christian creed” and punishing those …
Blood of St. Januarius liquefies in Naples under lockdown
The liquefaction of the blood of the early Church martyr St. Januarius occurred Saturday amid the coronavirus lockdown, leading the Archbishop of Naples to bless …
Pope Francis asks for prayer for vocations to the priesthood on Good Shepherd Sunday
Pope Francis called on all Catholics to pray for vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life on Good Shepherd Sunday, the World Day of Prayer …
Murdered Nigerian seminarian was killed for announcing gospel, killer says
Nigerian seminarian Michael Nnadi. Courtesy photo. A man claiming to have killed the murdered Nigerian seminarian Michael Nnadi has given an interview in which he …
Pope Francis honours priests and doctors who have died in the coronavirus pandemic
On Good Shepherd Sunday, Pope Francis said he was thinking of all the priests and doctors who gave their lives in the service of others …
Scholars dispute charge of Pius XII Holocaust cover-up
Scholars say charges that Pope Pius XII covered-up the Vatican’s knowledge of the Holocaust are based on exaggerated claims and do not represent the truth. …
Vatican confirms ‘individual measures’ taken against staff in financial investigation
The Holy See has announced that new “measures” have been taken against officials at the Vatican Secretariat of State as part of ongoing investigations into …
Pope Francis prays for government leaders facing the coronavirus crisis
Pope Francis offers Mass in Casa Santa Marta on May 2, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA. Pope Francis prayed today for mayors, governors, presidents, and legislators …
Planning is underway for re-opening of churches, English and Welsh bishops say
The metropolitan archbishops of England and Wales acknowledged the pain of Catholics who cannot receive the sacraments because of the coronavirus lockdown in a message …