Before the sun rose in Rome on Sunday, 88-year-old Gaspar Romero and his brother, 93-year-old Tiberio Romero were at the head of the line of thousands of people waiting to get into St Peter’s Square. The two were at the Vatican for the canonisation of their brother, St Oscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador […]
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Carrying Pope Paul VI’s pastoral staff and wearing the blood-stained belt of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, Pope Francis formally recognised them, and five others, as saints of the Catholic Church. Thousands of pilgrims from the new saints’ home countries – Italy, El Salvador, Spain and Germany – were joined by tens of thousands […]
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UK Catholic aid agency, CAFOD, who worked with Archbishop Oscar Romero, will join millions of Catholics to celebrate his canonisation in Rome today, on Sunday 14th October. Assassinated while celebrating Mass in El Salvador, Archbishop Oscar Romero, a defender of the poor and campaigner for peace, will be declared El Salvador’s first saint later today. […]
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Even in far-off Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, a bishop said a young person asked him what the Church is doing to prevent clerical sexual abuse. “You would think in our isolation we would not hear about this topic,” said Bishop Paul Donoghue of Rarotonga, who described his diocese as one of the “dots in […]
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Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl as archbishop of Washington but did not name a successor. When the pope’s decision was announced today, the Archdiocese of Washington released a letter from Pope Francis to the cardinal, making clear his support for Cardinal Wuerl’s ministry and leadership, but also praising the […]
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Pope Francis has compared abortion to hiring a hitman to “take out a human life to solve a problem”. The Holy Father made the comments during his weekly audience at the Vatican dedicated to the commandment exhorting the faithful not to kill. The pope said some people justify abortion as respecting others’ rights. But he […]
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The Catholic Church is one throughout the world, and Pope Francis’ agreement with the communist government of China is a sign of that, Bishop John Baptist Yang Xiaoting of Yan’an told members of a Rome parish. The 54-year-old bishop is one of two bishops from mainland China attending the Synod of Bishops on young people, […]
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This Sunday, 14th October, at 8.10am, BBC Radio 4’s flagship religious worship programme Sunday Worship will be broadcast live from Leeds Cathedral. The Bishop of Leeds, Marcus Stock, will celebrate Mass on the day Blessed Oscar Romero, the late Archbishop of San Salvador will be canonised in Rome, making him the Catholic Church’s newest saint. […]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants Pope Francis to visit his country, South Korean officials have said. Mr Kim told South Korean president Moon Jae-in during their summit last month that the pope would be “enthusiastically” welcomed in North Korea, South Korea’s presidential office said. The North Korean leader has been engaged in intensive […]
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In their first formal reports to the entire Synod of Bishops, many of the gathering’s working groups reported that they had discussed the clerical sexual abuse crisis and, especially, its impact on young Catholics. The theme of the synod is ‘young people, the faith and vocational discernment,’ but the working group English-A, which includes bishops […]
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