Vatican

  • Japanese PM Abe visits Pontiff

    Jun 13, 2014

    Pope Francis met on June 6 with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, for “cordial” discussions that touched on Church-state cooperation, education, international relations, and nuclear disarmament.

  • A young woman's confirmation gift: reading at Pope's Mass

    Jun 13, 2014

    After three years of waiting to be confirmed, Clemence Figeac was asked to read an intention of the faithful during Pope Francis' Pentecost Mass, just two days after receiving the sacrament.

  • Bishops embrace Pope Francis, Benedict in voting document

    Jun 13, 2014

    The updated voting guide issued by the U.S. bishops will maintain Church teaching as explained by both Pope Francis and Benedict XVI, said leading bishops at a recent gathering.

  • No such thing an an “unplanned” pregnancy

    Jun 12, 2014

    Pope Francis’ comments in his June 2 homily — the one in which he urged married couples to have children instead of pets — have stirred up controversy, which at this point, should strike no one as surprising. He is a Pope who challenges the “comfortable,” or, in this case, challenges the “culture of well-being.”

  • Pope criticizes couples who opt to remain childless

    Jun 12, 2014

    Pope Francis blamed a “culture of well-being” and comfort for convincing married couples that a carefree life of world travel and summer homes was better than having children.

  • Two Indians among those approved for canonization

    Jun 12, 2014

    Pope Francis has called an ordinary public consistory to set the canonization date for six Blesseds, including Fr. Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Mother Eufrasia Eluvathingal of the Sacred Heart from India.

  • Argentina team travels to World Cup with huge Pope Francis photo

    Jun 12, 2014

    The Argentinean team playing for the World Cup is bringing with it a larger-than-life photo of the players with Pope Francis, at a meeting in the Vatican last year.

  • Pope's Sri Lanka trip will be January 13-15

    Jun 12, 2014

    The coordinator of Sri Lankan migrants in Italy has confirmed the dates announced by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith for Pope Francis’ 2015 visit, during which he could canonize Sri Lankan Blessed Joseph Vaz.

  • Dates set for Papal visit to Sri Lanka, Philippines

    Jun 11, 2014

    Pope Francis will travel to Sri Lanka and the Philippines next January.

  • Response to papal peace meet reveals rifts in Italian Jewry

    Jun 11, 2014

    More recently, in an interview published in the June edition of Pagine Ebraiche – a Jewish monthly magazine – Di Segni criticized the joint prayer meeting for peace at the Vatican, which he described as “puzzling and even dangerous.”