As World Youth Day in Panama draws near, organisers said they are prepared to make young people from around the globe feel right at home. While warm temperatures will greet thousands of young people in Panama, Fr Romero Aguilar, WYD general co-ordinator, told Catholic News Service he hopes that the warmth of hospitality will also […]
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Christmas will not be authentic if people get caught up in a frenzy of shopping, presents and meals, all while ignoring the poor and forgetting who the celebration is really all about, Pope Francis said. “If Christmas ends up as just a beautiful traditional holiday,” where everything revolves around “us and not him, it will […]
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Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of 69-year-old Auxiliary Bishop Alexander Salazar of Los Angeles after the archdiocese’s independent Clergy Misconduct Oversight Board recommended he not be allowed to minister because of an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor in the 1990s. The Vatican announced today, 19th December, that Pope Francis had accepted his […]
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In today’s climate of mistrust, rejection and nationalism, the world urgently needs peacemakers and politicians who protect and lovingly serve others, Pope Francis said in his annual message for the World Day of Peace on 1st January. “Terror exerted over those who are most vulnerable contributes to the exile of entire populations who seek a […]
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As part of its ongoing efforts to reconcile China’s Catholic communities, the Vatican recognised two previously excommunicated Chinese bishops as heads of dioceses. The move came after an unprecedented Beijing meeting that included a group of Vatican officials led by Pope Francis’ chief China negotiator, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli; Chinese bishops jointly recognised by the […]
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Before travelling to Rome for a major Vatican summit on the clerical sex abuse crisis and child protection, each participating bishop should meet with survivors of abuse, said the committee organising the meeting. ‘The first step must be acknowledging the truth of what has happened. For this reason, we urge each episcopal conference president to […]
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In the technology support department at the Vatican Museums, Villanova University student Justin Myers is spending a semester creating virtual tours of galleries, part of a larger project to make the museums accessible to everyone. While the Vatican Museums website has some tours already available for individual parts of the museum, such as the Sistine […]
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If the Holy Family lived in Rome and the baby Jesus had a cold or flu, Mary and Joseph certainly would bring him to the Vatican paediatric clinic for help, Pope Francis said. The Vatican’s St Martha Dispensary was founded in 1922 and, staffed by volunteers, it provides medical care and basic necessities to any […]
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As the celebration of Christmas draws near, the plight of the Holy Family calls to mind the sufferings of the many men, women and children escaping war and persecution, Pope Francis said. Meeting with organisers and artists participating in a benefit Christmas concert at the Vatican, the pope said the holy season is an invitation […]
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At noon on 12th December, the bells of every Catholic church in Strasbourg rang for 10 minutes to honour the victims of a terror attack at a Christmas market the previous day. On 11th December, a shooter opened fire on the crowd, killing at least three and injuring 12 others. Police said the suspect, a […]
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