If the Holy Family lived in Rome and the baby Jesus had a cold or flu, Mary and Joseph certainly would bring him to the Vatican paediatric clinic for help, Pope Francis said. The Vatican’s St Martha Dispensary was founded in 1922 and, staffed by volunteers, it provides medical care and basic necessities to any […]
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‘The church that wouldn’t burn,’ reads a headline on the cover of the December 2018/January 2019 issue of Reader’s Digest magazine. It’s the lead-in to a cover story on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Centralia. It is in the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia and was designated a site […]
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As the celebration of Christmas draws near, the plight of the Holy Family calls to mind the sufferings of the many men, women and children escaping war and persecution, Pope Francis said. Meeting with organisers and artists participating in a benefit Christmas concert at the Vatican, the pope said the holy season is an invitation […]
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An investigation by the Diocese of Hildesheim, Germany, is shedding new light on child sex abuse in Catholic children’s homes in the country in the 1950s. A central figure in the inquiry is an esteemed and controversial figure, Bishop Heinrich Maria Janssen, a former priest in Nazi-occupied Poland awarded Germany’s highest federal decoration in 1966 […]
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Columban missionaries are urging young people to join in global action on climate change through its young journalists’ competition. The call links in to the COP24 climate conference in Poland which the Columbans hope “will result in meaningful policy and action that brings the urgent change needed to set the world on a path to […]
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CAFOD volunteers who travelled to COP24 on a pilgrimage with the Catholic aid agency took part in a march through the streets of Katowice with at least a thousand other young Catholics drawn from around the world to raise awareness of the need for action on climate change. The delegation’s main call was for the […]
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The Catholic Church has welcomed a shopping centre’s decision to overturn its self-imposed ban on displaying a nativity scene. Thistles Shopping Centre in Stirling backtracked on its initial decision after a group of protestors staged a living nativity in the premises and spoke to Christmas shoppers about Thistles’ controversial ruling. Thistles was recently branded “Grinch-like” […]
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Engelbert Humperdinck has revealed that he relies on prayer to support his wife in her battle with Alzheimer’s disease. The performer, known for his deep Roman Catholic faith, credits prayer for preventing his wife Patricia’s condition from worsening. “The reason I went public with her condition is because I do have great faith and I […]
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More than 24,000 people in Britain are facing Christmas sleeping rough, in tents or on public transport, according to new research. This number has increased massively over the last five years, according to the national homelessness charity Crisis, which commissioned the study from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. The research shows 12,300 people are currently sleeping […]
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Cardinal Vincent Nichols has told an inquiry into child abuse of his shock at learning that a vicar general of his former archdiocese tried to help two paedophile priests escape to the United States. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse revealed for the first time that Mgr Daniel Leonard, a former vicar general of […]
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