Pope Francis made renewed calls on Easter Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages in a peace-focused address marking the most important day on the Christian calendar. Issued on: 31/03/2024 – 13:06 1 min Francis presided over Mass in a packed St Peter’s Square, and then delivered his …
The Vatican on Monday approved blessings for same-sex couples, a hugely contested issue in the Catholic Church, as long as they are not in contexts related to civil unions or weddings. Issued on: 19/12/2023 – 09:45 2 min In a document approved by Pope Francis, the Vatican backed “the possibility of blessings for couples in …
A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal ever prosecuted by the Vatican criminal …
“The Mariology of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe could be summarized in the phrase frequently repeated by the saint in the face of the difficulties he encountered: ‘The Immaculate Conception will triumph,’” the cardinal wrote. Deskur invoked the phrase again in a March 25, 1994, audience with John Paul II, to whom he presented the House …