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December 16, 2023
December 16, 2023
On Saturday the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem issued a statement that confirmed that a member of the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) had shot and killed two Christian women, whom it named as “Nahida” and “Samar”, a mother and daughter, inside the church compound at Holy Family Church, Gaza. Most Christian families in Gaza have been
December 16, 2023
ROME – In the long-awaited denouement of the Vatican’s “trial of the century,” which has been seen widely as a litmus test of Pope Francis’s press for reform, a Vatican tribunal Saturday sentenced Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu to five years and six months in prison for his role in various financial crimes. Becciu was also
December 16, 2023
How many people had heard of Francesco di Stefano before London’s National Gallery decided to stage a mini-exhibition of his work? Better known as Pesellino (all things being relative) he flourished in Florence in the middle of the fifteenth century, where he was the darling of the ruling Medici and known to the more artistically-minded
December 16, 2023
ROME – In the latest development in the ongoing saga of ex-Jesuit Fr Marko Rupnik, a celebrated artist now facing multiple charges of sexual abuse against adult women, the Vatican has dissolved a community of nuns he co-founded in his native Slovenia in the 1980s. Earlier this year, the current leader of the community, Sister
December 16, 2023
An Irish teenager died in University Hospital Limerick due to delays in recognising and treating sepsis, The Sunday Independent reported on 10 December after a review into her treatment and care following reports she spent a significant time on a hospital trolley.   Aoife Johnston was 16 when she died on 19 December last year. The
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