June 16, 2017
Vatican News (CNA/EWTN News) – The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops announced the launch of a new website for the upcoming synod on youth, and encouraged young people to take the survey available there.
February 14, 2017
The country of Portugal gets involved in one of their own’s beatification process, namely Sr. Lucia, who was one of the three Fatima children.
March 15, 2016
The Name of God is Mercy, by Pope Francis, led Publisher Weekly‘s Religion Nonfiction list for February, selling nearly 4,000 copies during the month. The book features the Pope’s interviews with Vatican reporter Andrea Tornielli that capture vignettes and memories a
March 9, 2016
Pope Francis wants mercy—and he wants it now. So to make sure this mercy happens, the Holy Father has taken an extraordinary step
March 4, 2016
As the Eternal Bride of Christ, the Catholic Church never stops working for the salvation of souls.
And on March 5-6, Catholic dioceses around the world will be working for such souls, literally, around the clock.
In the official announcement for the Year of Mercy, the Holy Father called for a “24 Hours for the Lord” and Catholic dioceses around the world are taking up the call by throwing open the confessional doors for an entire day.
Catholic Business Journal spoke with Catholic priests who are
March 1, 2016
Or rather, it would not exist without Church funds, and is located beside the Holy See. Here, a heart operation not yet approved in the USA was done successfully…. Read More>>
January 19, 2016
“Thank God someone understands,” summed up one Connecticut-based business executive who wishes to remain annonymous. Here are the highlights. Delivering the keynote at a two-day Global Foundation meeting held in Rome on January 17, 2016, George Cardinal Pell, the Australian prelate who now serves as the Vatican’s first and current Secretariat for the Economy (established by Pope Fra
January 12, 2016
Pope to do a monthly prayer video…. Read More>>
December 8, 2015
Earlier this year, April 11, 2015, on the Feast of Divine Mercy (the first Sunday after Easter), Pope Francis announced a Jubilee Year of Mercy to begin on December 8, 2015, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception… that’s today! For Catholic business leaders at all levels, this is a Jubilee Year to radically embrace, especially given the spread of radical Islamic terrorism and ot
December 1, 2015
As he should be—he’s one of their own! During World War II, this Irish priest was responsible for saving 6,500 Allied soldiers and Jews. His ability to evade the traps set by the German Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst earned O’Flaherty the nickname ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican’…
November 17, 2015
– On Sunday Pope Francis again expressed shock and sorrow for Friday’s terror attacks in Paris, condemning the acts as an “affront to human dignity,” and encouraging attendees to find hope in Jesus.
November 10, 2015
Most interesting video released recently…. Read More>>
October 27, 2015
.- With a two-thirds majority vote, the more than 200 bishops gathered for the Vatican’s synod on the family supported Church teaching on hot-button issues such as homosexuality and communion for divorced and remarried persons.
February 18, 2015
I received Francis: The People’s Pope as a Christmas gift from my “little” sister, Mary Lu. She is very special, as she has had to put up with five brothers throughout her life! The stories she could tell…yes, she is destined to become a saint.
January 20, 2015
The Vatican is the spiritual center of Catholicism, and hosts the church bureaucracy, the Curia. Like any human organization, the Vatican’s Curia has its share of “HR issues.” Pope Francis recently identified 15 very specific ailments that he claims befall the Curia. Like any good leader, he not only identifies the problem but suggests
February 26, 2013
Joseph Alois Ratzinger was born in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, on April 16, 1927—Holy Saturday—and baptized that same day; the first person baptized in the new Easter water. It was a sign of blesing, he wrote in a memoir, that his life from the beginning was thus immersed in the Easter mystery.
June 30, 2010
Vatican City—(CNA/EWTN News) The Holy See announced the nomination of priest, medical doctor and philosopher Msgr. Ignacio Carrasco de Paula to the presidency of the Pontifical Academy for Life on Wednesday. He will take over at the helm of the academy following the resignation of Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella.
This morning, in announcing the resignation of Archbishop Fisichella, Pope Benedict appointed Msgr.