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Pope: 'Vatican media reform must embrace the challenge of change'
News.va - May 4, 2017 at 7:25 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has urged members of Vatican media platforms not to be afraid of reform, and to embrace the challenge of change that will enable them to bring the...
Holy See and Myanmar to establish diplomatic relations
News.va - May 4, 2017 at 7:25 am (Vatican Radio) The Holy See and Myanmar announced on Thursday their intention to establish diplomatic relations. The announcement came in the context of an audience Pope Francis...
Pontifical Academy for Life weighs into Italy’s debate on euthanasia
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 7:16 am The Pontifical Academy for Life has entered into an escalating public debate in Italy on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.
Pope urges Vatican communications to go digital amid ongoing reform
EWTN - Vatican News - May 4, 2017 at 7:14 am Vatican City, May 4, 2017 / 07:14 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis told the Vatican's Secretariat for Communications, which is
holding their first plenary assembly this week,...
Pope urges Vatican communications to go digital amid ongoing reform
Catholic News Agency - General - May 4, 2017 at 7:14 am Vatican City, May 4, 2017 / 06:14 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communications, which is holding their first plenary assembly this week,...
Vatican official criticizes title ‘Pope emeritus’
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 7:13 am The president of the Pontifical Council for New Evangelization has said that he objects to the use of the title “Pope emeritus” for Benedict XVI.
South Sudan: thousands flock to cathedral to escape violence
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 7:09 am An estimated 16,000 people have sought refuge in the cathedral compound of Wau, South Sudan, to escape the violence that is spreading through Africa’s youngest nation.
Catholic colleges invite anti-Catholic graduation speakers
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 7:05 am At least nine prominent Catholic colleges and universities have scheduled commencement talks and awards for individuals who have taken public stands in opposition to Church...
Grammy-winning producer guides Gregorian chant album
Catholic News Agency - General - May 4, 2017 at 7:02 am New York City, N.Y., May 4, 2017 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- When Christopher Alder, an 11-time Grammy winning music producer, first was asked to help create an album of...
The Madonna who has protected sons and daughters through a war
Aleteia - May 4, 2017 at 7:00 am Our May series of the "Little Madonnas" of Rome takes us today to the Torpignattara neighborhood.We continue with our daily tour this month through a particular artistic...
Michigan priest faces embezzlement charge
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 6:54 am A Michigan priest faces embezzlement charges, accused of stealing more than $200,000 from parishes in which he served.
England is mission territory, bishop says
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 6:51 am The Diocese of Plymouth, England, is “very much in mission territory,” says Bishop Mark O’Toole.
Mumbai: another cross demolished
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 6:47 am Just days after Cardinal Oswald Gracias lodged a protest against the destruction of a historic cross on private property in Mumbai, India, another cross has been destroyed in the...
Myanmar, Vatican announce diplomatic relations
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 6:41 am The Vatican has established diplomatic relations with Myanmar.
Breaking: Pope Francis approves miracle attributed to American Capuchin, Fr. Solanus Casey
Aleteia - May 4, 2017 at 6:39 am The humble doorkeeper of Detroit comes one step closer to being a saintVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis today approved a miracle attributed to the American Roman Catholic priest and...
Magistrate Denies Bond In Female Genital Mutilation Prosecution
The Religion Clause - May 4, 2017 at 6:37 am In Detroit yesterday a federal magistrate denied bond to two defendants charged with female genital mutilation (see prior posting), rejecting their attorney's claim that this is "...
Vatican communications efforts must look to digital future, Pope says
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 6:34 am At a May 4 meeting with officials of the Vatican’s new Secretariat for Communications, Pope Francis discouraged “the temptation of attachment to a glorious past” and said that...
Despite pro-life provisions, healthcare bill raises serious concerns
EWTN - Vatican News - May 4, 2017 at 6:27 am Vatican City, May 4, 2017 / 06:27 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
The House passed a repeal of the Affordable Care Act and a replacement health care bill on Thursday, but one bishop warned...
Trump to meet Pope later this month
Catholic Culture - World News - May 4, 2017 at 6:25 am President Donald Trump will visit the Vatican and meet with Pope Francis later this month, on the first foreign trip of his presidency.
It’s 1978 all over again
Catholic Herald - May 4, 2017 at 6:20 am I was on my way to morning assembly when my friend Smith called out: “Oy, Thompson, did you hear that the Pope’s dead?” I knew most boys couldn’t care less about the Catholic...
