Pope Francis has appointed Bishop John Wilson as the 11th Archbishop of Southwark. Archbishop-elect Wilson, the Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster since 2015 and previously a priest in the Diocese of Leeds, succeeds Archbishop Peter Smith, who has been the Archbishop of Southwark since 2010. His Episcopal Installation will be celebrated in St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, […]
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Announcing his desire to visit Iraq in 2020, Pope Francis called for a peaceful resolution to crises in the Middle East. He also warned that God would unleash his wrath on hypocritical leaders who liked to talk about peace while selling weapons to warring nations. “People escaping, crowded on boats, they cry out, seeking hope, […]
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Pope Francis praised Allied troops who took part in critical D-Day landings in France 75 years ago, while also remembering German soldiers who died fighting under Nazi orders. “We know the landings on 6th June 1944, here in Normandy were decisive in the struggle against Nazi barbarism, allowing a path to open towards ending a […]
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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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