Posted on 06/3/2023 03:10 AM ()
Pope Francis expresses his heartfelt condolences and offers his prayers for everyone involved in a deadly train collision in India's Odisha State, which killed around 300 people and injured some 900 others.
Posted on 06/3/2023 03:02 AM ()
Pope Francis accepts the invitation of the President of Mongolia and local Church authorities, and will visit the East Asian nation from 31 August to 4 September 2023.
Posted on 06/3/2023 02:48 AM ()
Pope Francis greets pilgrims from the birthplaces of Sts. John XXIII and Paul VI in northern Italy, and urges them to appreciate the roots of their faith and become saints themselves.
Posted on 06/3/2023 01:01 AM ()
Cardinal Mauro Gambetti celebrates a penitential rite in St. Peter’s Basilica following an incident on Thursday evening in which a Polish-born man stripped naked and climbed atop the Altar of the Confession with the words “Save children of Ukraina” written on his back in English.
Posted on 06/2/2023 08:10 AM ()
Pope Francis receives a group of Mexican Bishops who are in the Vatican for their ad limina visit. Cardinal Aguiar Retes says the socio-political situation, migration and violence were amongst the topics addressed.
Posted on 06/2/2023 07:12 AM ()
The Catholic community in South Korea is committing to meet “zero net emissions” targets in the spirit of Laudato si’.
Posted on 06/2/2023 06:09 AM ()
The struggle with hunger of migrant worker families on New York’s Long Island has spurred Sister Maria Jess to launch a humanitarian nutrition effort called "Quinoa is Super Food."
Posted on 06/2/2023 05:59 AM ()
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, addresses the Pontifical Mission Societies during their Annual General Assembly, which is focused on revising their Statutes in accordance with the recent Roman Curia reform and on synodality.
Posted on 06/2/2023 05:32 AM ()
South American indigenous leaders Patricia Gualinga, Sister Laura Vicuña and Yesica Patiachi – representatives of the Amazon Ecclesial Conference and REPAM – share their concerns about the attacks on their lands in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru in an audience with Pope Francis on Thursday.
Posted on 06/2/2023 04:46 AM ()
The world must rid itself of the “toxic tidal wave” of plastic pollution that threatens human rights, say two United Nations independent experts.