Pope Francis acknowledged the shame and frustration felt by priests who are discouraged by the actions of fellow clergy members who betrayed the trust of their flock through sexual abuse and abuse of conscience and power. In a letter addressed to priests around the world on 4th August, the pope said that many priests have […]
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Pope Francis joined Catholic Church leaders expressing sorrow after back-to-back mass shootings in the United States left at least 29 dead and dozens injured in Texas and Ohio this past weekend. The pope, in St Peter’s Square on 4th August, said he wanted to convey his spiritual closeness to the victims, the wounded and the […]
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An elderly religious sister who worked for many years at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the papal residence, was at her congregation’s house recovering from surgery when she received an unexpected visit from Pope Francis. The pope arrived at Rome’s Regina Mundi House on 28th July and greeted Sr Maria Mucci, a member of the Daughters […]
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Prostitution is a horrendous crime that reduces vulnerable women to tortured slaves who are at the mercy of their clients, Pope Francis said. All people of goodwill have a duty to help vulnerable women and other victims of human trafficking escape from forced sexual slavery, the pope wrote in a prologue of a new book […]
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During a search for the remains of a young Italian woman missing for more than 30 years, workers discovered an enormous number of bones inside two ossuaries in a building next to a Vatican cemetery. Further studies on the remains will be carried out starting on 27th July, but it was not yet possible to […]
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Pope Francis has written to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in a plea to end the country’s “humanitarian catastrophe” and protect his country’s weak and defenceless civil population. The letter comes after the latest round of airstrikes in Idlib Province on Sunday 21 July. It was hand delivered by Cardinal Peter Turkson, one of the pope’s […]
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Society’s “throwaway mindset” must be tackled through education, a Catholic environmentalist has urged. The call comes amid news that Britons will spend more than £2.7 billion this year on tens of millions of summer outfits they will wear only once. Ellen Teague, of the Columban Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation, pointed out that […]
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Pope Francis has named British-born Matteo Bruni as his new Vatican spokesman. Mr Bruni takes over from Alessandro Gisotti, who became interim spokesman following the sudden departure on 31st December of Greg Burke. Mr Gisotti had always said his term would be temporary given the demanding nature of the job and his obligations to his […]
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Young people’s intensified demand for climate action is a sign of hope during the planet’s ecological crisis, said Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. “There are so many signs of hope. God is raising up people around the world to come together to care for our common home. I […]
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After current supplies run out, Vatican City State will no longer be selling any single-use plastic items on its tiny territory. While the European Union pledged in May to ban single-use plastic starting in 2021, the Vatican had already begun limiting its use and soon “it will no longer be sold,” said Rafael Ignacio Tornini, […]
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