Archive for June 4, 2015

Naghmeh Abedini (Center), wife of Pastor Saeed Abedini at a joint hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Dec. 12, 2013. ?w=200&h=150

Her husband has been jailed and tortured in Iran - but her faith hasn't wavered

The wife of a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Iran pleaded with members of Congress to work for his release, while... Read more

Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, one of the leaders of the secretive May 25 meeting, at the Holy See press office, Oct. 17, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

Why did most of the journalists at the 'shadow council' fail to report on it?

Since only one quarter of the media representatives present at last week's closed-door meeting of German, French, and Swiss bishops... Read more

The Shroud of Turin in the Cathedral of Turin during the public opening of the Shroud on April 19 2015. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis pays for 120 of Rome's poor to visit Shroud of Turin

In his latest act of papal charity, Pope Francis has donated funds for two busloads of homeless and sick pilgrims... Read more

Pope Francis leads Eucharistic Adoration for the feast of Corpus Christi at St. John Lateran, June 19, 2014. ?w=200&h=150

By Ann Schneible

Pope leads Rome's Corpus Christi procession on behalf of persecuted Christians

Persecuted Christians were remembered during Thursday's Corpus Christi procession in Rome, where Pope Francis told the thousands taking part to... Read more

Cardinal Walter Kasper. ?w=200&h=150

Cardinal Kasper backpedals on papal endorsement of controversial proposal

Almost single-handedly one cleric has turned the Church’s teaching on Communion, marriage and divorce into an international debate.  Read more

Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, says Mass at the St. Lorenzo Youth Centre in Rome, Jan. 30, 2015. ?w=200&h=150

Australian bishops stress Cardinal Pell’s determination to fight sex abuse

A group of Australian bishops have emphasized Cardinal George Pell’s record of leadership against clergy sex abuse following critical news... Read more