Eritrean bishops protested the government’s seizure of Catholic schools and asked that the Church be enabled to continue its educational and health services. In a letter to Eritrea’s minister of public education, the bishops asked: “If this is not hatred against the faith and against religion, what else can it be?” “Our voice of protest” […]
Read More...
Boris Johnson is on course to deliver a “fundamentally different” Brexit deal to ensure the UK leaves on 31st October, a prominent Catholic Cabinet minister has claimed after Finland said a new deal must be presented in 12 days. Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg expressed his confidence in the Prime Minister achieving such an outcome while […]
Read More...
Christians in northern Burkina Faso have been given violent ultimatums by Islamist extremists to flee their villages or convert to Islam. The source, who asked not to be named for security reasons, told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need that up to 2,000 people fled from the villages of Hitté and Rounga, following […]
Read More...
The recent disclosure that the preserved remains of over 2,200 aborted babies had been found at the rural Illinois home of the recently deceased Indiana abortionist Ulrich ‘George’ Klopfer has sparked outrage and demands for immediate investigations by authorities. At an Allen County Right to Life news conference in front of Klopfer’s now-shuttered abortion facility […]
Read More...
Pope Francis illustrated the courage needed to spread the Gospel by referring to Coptic Orthodox Christians who were killed by the so-called Islamic State. On February 15, 2015, Daesh militants released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian construction workers, which they kidnapped in the city of Sirte, Libya. “Their last words […]
Read More...
The most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children has lodged an appeal in Australia’s highest court against his convictions for molesting two choirboys in a cathedral more than two decades ago. The High Court registry confirmed that Cardinal George Pell had lodged a 12-page application for the seven judges to consider […]
Read More...
Pray for politicians, government officials and anyone in a position of authority, including priests and bishops, Pope Francis urged as he ended his summer schedule and resumed his celebration of morning Mass with a small congregation. Wearing red vestments for the 16th September feast of the martyred Ss Cornelius and Cyprian, the pope said that, […]
Read More...
Pope Francis has blessed an icon bound for the people of Syria as part of an initiative by a leading Catholic charity to enkindle faith and hope in a country shattered by suffering. The icon of the Our Lady of Sorrows, Consoler of the Syrian People, was blessed by the pontiff at a private ceremony […]
Read More...
In the wake of nearly 50 lawsuits filed against it since New York’s Child Victims Act took effect on 14th August, the Diocese of Rochester filed for reorganisation on 12th September, under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. The petition was filed with the US Bankruptcy Court Western District of New York. The court […]
Read More...
Pope Francis said giving fragments of St Peter’s bones to the head of the church founded by Peter’s brother, St Andrew, was meant to be a reminder and encouragement of the journey toward Christian unity. In a letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Pope Francis explained in detail the reasons he sent him a […]
Read More...
© Copyright The Catholic Universe 2018 - Web Design and Development by Livetech