Vatican City: Pope Francis on Wednesday decried the existence of poverty in the world and said it did not stem from a lack of resources but rather from an economic culture lacking in equity and human solidarity. The head of the Catholic church made his remarks during the weekly General[Read More…]
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Has divorce become fashionable?
Pope Francis said on Wednesday during his general audience on St Peter’s Square in Vatican City that divorce had become fashionable, while the ideal was that families stay together as one unit. The pope dedicated his audience to a recent trip he made to Ireland to attend the World Meeting of Families. “It’s a fashion trend, we read in[Read More…]
Pope Francis quietly reduces sanction against pedophile priests
Pope Francis has quietly reduced sanctions against a handful of pedophile priests, applying his vision of a merciful church even to its worst offenders. The Inzoli case is one of several in which Francis overruled the advice of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and reduced a[Read More…]
Palestine opens embassy in Vatican city
Palestinian Authority has opened an embassy at the Vatican on the eve of a peace conference meant to revive long-stalled talks with Israel. Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Saturday to open a Palestinian embassy in Vatican City. “We are very grateful about the role that the Holy[Read More…]
A woman will never be a Roman Catholic priest: Pope Francis
The Catholic Church’s ban on female priests will stand forever, Pope Francis said on Tuesday. Speaking to a journalist while aboard the papal plane, as the Pope flew back to Rome from Sweden, the pontiff responded to a question on whether the church might see female priests in the coming[Read More…]
Mother Teresa: Saint of the destitute is finally canonised in Vatican City
In the presence of thousands of followers, late Mother Teresa was canonised sainthood by Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican city on Sunday. On the eve of her 19th death anniversary, Mother Teresa has been declared a saint as she is believed to have cured many people. Born in 1910 to[Read More…]
Pope Francis in his historic visit to Auschwitz asks God for the ‘Grace to cry’
Pope Francis made a historic visit on Friday to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the notorious former German Nazi concentration camp in Poland. The visit has once again sparked the debate on one of the 20th century’s worst atrocities. The visit of the leader of the Catholic Church has also called decades of debate[Read More…]