A weekly news programme about the pope and the Vatican will now be offered in Latin, the official language of the Holy See. The five-minute news flash “will be an actual, real news broadcast with news and news reports,” said Andrea Tornielli, editorial director for the Dicastery for Communication. The program is not meant as […]
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Too often when Catholics try to talk to young people about vocational discernment, “it’s as if we were speaking Esperanto to them, because they don’t understand a thing,” Pope Francis said. Bishops, pastors, religious and other adults must learn to speak young people’s language and must avoid exercising undue pressure on young men and women […]
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Pope Francis has named a special delegate for the pastoral care of pilgrims to the French shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation, announced at the shrine on 6th June 6 that the pope had appointed Auxiliary Bishop Antoine Herouard of Lille, France, to […]
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The former head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Cardinal Elio Sgreccia, died on 5th June, just one day shy of his 91st birthday. A bioethics expert, the president emeritus helped articulate the Vatican’s position on many important issues such as embryonic stem-cell research, euthanasia, the definition of brain death, abortion and in vitro fertilisation. […]
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People need to walk together in harmony to build a more fraternal world, Pope Francis said, reflecting upon his recent trip to Romania. The trip, from 31st May to 2nd June, showed the important need “to walk together, both for Christians” when it comes to faith and charity, and for residents of a nation, when […]
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A Filipino teenager who died could be on his way to sainthood after the Vatican declared him a Servant of God, the first step in the process toward sainthood. The Congregation for Saints’ Causes gave the Diocese of Cubao, Philippines, the green light to look into the life of Darwin Ramos who died in 2012 […]
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The Italian ministry for culture has revoked a license it granted to the Dignitatis Humanae Institute to manage a state-owned historic monument south of Rome, citing irregularities in the bidding process and a breach of contract. The former Carthusian monastery of Trisulti was being used as the headquarters of the institute, which was founded by […]
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Pope Francis said that he continues to visit retired Pope Benedict XVI, 92, who is like a grandfather who continues to encourage him and give him strength. “I take his hand and let him speak. He speaks little, at his own pace, but with the same profoundness as always. Benedict’s problem are his knees, not […]
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The memory and witness of Romania’s martyred bishops are a reminder that Christians are called to stand firm against ideologies that seek to stifle and suppress their cultural and religious traditions, Pope Francis said. On the last leg of his visit to Romania, the pope celebrated a Divine Liturgy on 2nd June, during which seven […]
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Pope Francis ended his second day in Romania with a festive meeting with young people and families that encapsulated his message of fostering dialogue between younger and older generations. After arriving by helicopter in the northeastern city of Iasi on 1st June, the pope met with thousands of young men and women, along with parents […]
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