Archive for July 5, 2018
Pope taps Italian layman Paolo Ruffini as chief communications officer
After the Vatican's former communications head stepped down in the fallout of a major fake-news scandal, Pope Francis has tapped... Read more
‘Holy mayor’ Giorgio La Pira takes next step to sainthood
Most mayors do not live in unheated monastic cells, deliver candy from Orthodox patriarchs to the pope, or become ambassadors... Read more
Missionaries of Charity sister arrested in baby-selling investigation
Two women affiliated with the Missionaries of Charity, one a religious sister and the other an employee, have been arrested... Read more
UK appoints first religious freedom envoy
For the first time, a Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief has been appointed in the UK to... Read more
Cardinal Farrell again says priests have ‘no credibility’ for marriage prep
The Vatican official leading the Church’s office for laity, family, and life has said that priests do not have the... Read more
In eastern India, radicals expel ten Christian families
Several Christian families have been assaulted and expelled from their village by local extremists for refusing to renounce their faith,... Read more
Bishop urges reconsideration of end-of-life care at English hospitals
In a pastoral letter last Friday, Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth challenged Catholics to review England’s end-of-life care after a... Read more
