DUBLIN - The World Meeting of Families is well underway at the RDS Conference Centre in Dublin and includes a three day Pastoral Congress which is covering a wide number of themes. One of the issues under the spotlight is…
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has written a letter to the whole People of God addressing the ongoing crisis of sexual abuse in the Church, calling for solidarity and penance. “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it.”…
MANILA - Catholic churches in Manila were opened to accommodate thousands of people displaced by widespread flooding in the Philippine capital caused by several days of heavy rain. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila ordered parishes to open churches and…
VATICAN CITY - On August 6, the Feast of the Transfiguration, the Church marked the 25th anniversary of Pope St John Paul II’s landmark encyclical, Veritatis splendor. St John Paul himself explained the reason for the encyclical: Although the Church has “at…
BUENOS AIRES - In a victory for pro-life advocates in Argentina, the country’s Senate rejected a bill on 9 Aug 2018 to legalise voluntary abortion into the 14th week of pregnancy. Hours of heated debate and impassioned pleas ended with a…
VATICAN CITY - The Prefect for the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, Cardinal Peter Turkson, has penned a Message for World Tourism Day, which takes place each year on September 27. In his message released on 4…
VATICAN CITY - After an audience with Pope Francis earlier this year, and following his approval, the Vatican’s CDF says it has made changes to the CCC on the death penalty according to which capital punishment is inadmissible. Pope Francis has…
VATICAN CITY - In an Ordinary Public Consistory held on Thursday morning, 19 July 2018, Pope Francis announced that he will canonise Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio on October 14 this year. Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio was born in Pescosansonesco (Italy) on 13 April 1817 and…
VATICAN CITY - The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, confirmed on 9 July 2018 that Pope Francis will participate in the upcoming World Youth Day, 22-27 Jan 2019, in Panama. The Holy Father will arrive…
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on 5 July 2018 named Paolo Ruffini as the new Prefect for the Dicastery for Communication. Paolo Ruffini was born in Palermo, Sicily, on 4 October 1956. He attained his degree in Jurisprudence from La…