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Pope Francis denounces rise in anti-Semitism
November 13, 2019
Pope Francis denounced rising anti-Semitism on Wednesday as an attitude that is inhumane and unchristian. “The Jewish people have suffered so much in history … And, in the last century, we saw so many brutalities on the Jewish people and we thought that this was over,” Pope Francis said in St Peter’s Square on November
Pope Francis: St. Paul announced Christ to ‘idol worshippers’ without attacking them
November 07, 2019
St. Paul announced Jesus Christ to “idol worshippers” in Athens without attacking them, but by building bridges, Pope Francis said Wednesday. “We also ask the Holy Spirit today to teach us to build bridges with culture, with those who do not believe or with those who have a creed different from ours. Always build bridges,
Austrian man claims he threw ‘Pachamama’ statues into the Tiber
November 04, 2019
In a video uploaded on YouTube Nov. 4, a young man from Austria claims that he was one of the two men who took five controversial statues from a church near the Vatican and threw them into the Tiber River. “I came to a conclusion together with a friend of mine… we should go to
Pope Francis asks for prayer for persecuted Christians in Ethiopia
November 04, 2019
Pope Francis Sunday asked for prayer for persecuted Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia, who have been targeted in ongoing ethnic clashes that have left 78 people dead. “I am saddened by the violence of which Christians of the Tewahedo Orthodox Church of Ethiopia are victims,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Nov. 3. “I express
Pope Francis adds feast of Our Lady of Loreto to Roman Calendar
October 31, 2019
Pope Francis has decreed that the feast of Our Lady of Loreto be included in the Roman Calendar as an optional memorial to be celebrated on December 10. “This celebration will help all people, especially families, youth and religious to imitate the virtues of that perfect disciple of the Gospel, the Virgin Mother, who, in
Church must convert from cultural, ecological sins, Amazon synod concludes
October 27, 2019
The Amazon synod final document, published Saturday, laid out the need to define “ecological sins” while calling the Church to walk new paths of “integral conversion.” “We propose to define ecological sins of commission or omission against God, one’s neighbor, the community and the environment,” paragraph 82 of the final document states. “They are sins
Pope Francis decries ‘predatory models of development’ in Amazon synod closing Mass
October 27, 2019
Pope Francis denounced exploitation and “predatory models of development” that plunder the poor and wound “sister earth” in the Amazon Synod closing Mass Sunday. “In this Synod we have had the grace of listening to the voices of the poor and reflecting on the precariousness of their lives, threatened by predatory models of development,” Pope
Pope Francis: Synodality brought pagans to ‘reject idolatry’
October 23, 2019
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that the first Christian evangelization of the pagans opened up “a very lively controversy” as the early Church discerned how to absorb new members from outside the people of Israel. In the Acts of the Apostles, “a very delicate theological, spiritual and discipline issue is addressed,” Pope Francis said on
Amazon synod discussion groups support married priests, female deacons
October 18, 2019
At least four of the 12 language groups at the Amazon synod overtly propose the ordination of married men to the priesthood in summary reports published by the Vatican Friday, with the majority of the discussion groups expressing openness to the idea. “We ask, Holy Father, that you accept, for the Pan Amazon region, men
Archbishop and parish priest killed in California car accident
October 15, 2019
Archbishop Dominic Jala of Shillong, India and Fr Mathew Vellankal died in a car crash on October 10 during a visit to the Diocese of Oakland. The visiting archbishop and two local priests’ Toyota Prius was hit by a tractor-trailer truck on a California highway in Wilbur Springs at 2:20pm on October 10, according to
Vatican promotes ‘smart rosary,’ selling for $109
October 15, 2019
The Vatican promoted the launch of a ‘smart rosary’ bracelet Tuesday compatible with an iOS and Android app, which costs over $100. “In a world of indifference and in the face of so many injustices, poverty, elementary rights denied, praying for peace in the world means reconciling ourselves in our daily relationships, with the poorest,
‘Newman converts’ come home to Rome for canonization
October 14, 2019
The canonization of St John Henry Newman Sunday drew “Newman converts” to Rome from throughout the English-speaking world, all of whom followed Newman’s writings across the Tiber River and into the Catholic Church. Elayne Allen, 24, is one such “Newman convert.” She came into the Catholic Church in December 2017. Allen decided to become a
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