Pope Francis has sent a large donation to assist tens of thousands of Iranians who lost their homes and businesses in waves of severe flooding that began in mid-March. The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development said Pope Francis was sending 100,000 euros, which will be distributed with the help of the Vatican nunciature in […]
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Catholic and Orthodox leaders condemned the bulldozing of memorial crosses at a site of communist-era mass executions. Media reports said at least 15 protesters were arrested in early April when police cordoned off an area of the Kuropaty Forest, outside Minsk, and bulldozers moved in to demolish about seventy 15-foot crosses, which were taken away […]
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The Catholic Bishop for International Affairs has welcomed the international decline in executions, and called on the UK to use its diplomatic and economic influence to promote global abolition of the death penalty. Statistics released today show that the number of known executions fell by over 30 per cent in 2018 and more than two […]
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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said Asia Bibi remains in the country, negating speculation that she had already joined her family in Canada. Khan told the BBC that Bibi was still in Pakistan because there was “a little bit of a complication,” which he declined to explain. “But I can assure you she is safe, […]
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Jesus likely died from excessive blood loss, a Catholic surgeon said during a talk that examined the 18 hours of Christ’s Passion and Crucifixion from a medical perspective. “Christ emptied himself,” Dr. Timothy Millea told about 100 people at his home parish of St Paul the Apostle in Davenport, Iowa, on 4th April. “As a […]
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A Nicaraguan bishop said he will leave the country indefinitely as concerns for his security increase – presumably the product of his criticisms of the Central American nation’s president. Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Baez Ortega of Managua said he would travel to Rome – at the request of Pope Francis – after finishing Easter celebrations in […]
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Authorities in Uganda have banned the sale of alcohol within 200 meters (220 yards) of the Uganda Martyrs Catholic Shrine outside Kampala. John Mukasa, a local government leader in Namugongo, where the Catholic shrine is located, said the decision was made after the discovery that many people who celebrate the feast of the Uganda Martyrs […]
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A Peruvian archbishop won a defamation suit against a local journalist in a long-running case involving alleged cover-up in an abuse scandal. A court in Piura, on the northern coast, ruled this week in favour of Archbishop Jose Eguren Anselmi of Piura in the suit against journalist Pedro Salinas. Salinas was given a one-year suspended […]
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Pat Shurmur, the head coach of the New York Giants and a lifelong Catholic, spoke about importance of faith during a recent Lenten gathering for a group of Catholic men in the Diocese of Metuchen in New Jersey. The coach said he always takes time for quiet reflective thought and prayer during his day. He […]
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Church and government officials paid tribute to an aid worker for the Church’s international development agency who died following a road accident in Guatemala. Sally O’Neill worked for Trocaire – the Irish word for mercy – for some 37 years in developing countries. The charity announced her death on 8th April, following the accident. “We […]
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