In announcing his decision, Francis stressed that the Pacelli Pope fought to "keep the flame of humanitarian initiatives lit during periods of more intense darkness and cruelty, of hidden but active diplomacy, of hope in possible good openings of hearts"…
Pope St. Paul VI. Public Domain Vatican City - The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope St. Paul VI’s feast day will be celebrated annually on May 29 as an optional memorial. “Before and after becoming Pope, Saint Paul VI lived…
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication presents a documentary on Eucharistic miracles, interviewing scientists and witnesses, and raising awareness of this global phenomenon. The documentary “Segni” (Italian for “signs”), is inspired by the venerable Carlo Acutis, a young boy who died…
Philadelphia - Archbishop Charles Chaput offered Friday on First Things a critique by a theologian of the working document for the upcoming Synod on Youth, which highlights five principal theological difficulties in the document. The synod will be held Oct. 3-28…
Fifty years ago, on 25 July 1968, the soon to be Saint Paul VI promulgated his great Encyclical Humanae Vitae, in which he reaffirmed the ban on the use of artificial contraception. In the intervening years, and in the aftermath…
We live in a period when it has become possible for people to communicate with one another instantly, no matter the distance. People can exchange ideas and experiences, thoughts and feelings, wherever they are. They can engage in dialogue and…
MEXICO CITY - Esmeralda Solís Gonzáles is a young Mexican woman who was crowned last year as a beauty queen in her native town – and now she's joined the Poor Clare Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament. Twenty-year old Gonzáles…
In a recent US Catholic survey, eighty percent of those questioned said that music at Mass was very important to them. However, only thirteen percent were totally satisfied with the music that they have and actually sing. The music at Mass is…
KLANG - The Church of Our Lady Of Lourdes here organised a talk “ Malaysia’s Electoral System: A constitutional perspective” on 22 April 218. The main presenter was Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi, a Professor of Law in…
“An authentic faith … always involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better than we found it … . If indeed ‘the just ordering of society and of the state is…