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General Audience: Pope prays for China earthquake victims and Middle East peace

6 August 2014

In the first General Audience since his summer break Pope Francis resumed his Catechesis on the Church and the People of God, but his mind was also on the tensions and recent conflict in the Middle East and an earthquake in China which last Sunday left hundreds dead and over two thousand injured. Expressing his […]

Muslim Preacher converts to Christianity and questions Islam’s growth in Western countries

5 July 2014

We’re speaking in London with a new Orthodox Christian who was baptized today with the name Daniel. Daniel is not a Muslim name, far from it [actually, it does exist as a Muslim name, but it’s quite rare]. Although information about his conversion will inevitably circulate among the Muslims of London, for reasons of security […]

Can You ID the Devil?

30 June 2014

The Chief Exorcist of Rome explains how the devil does appear. In a short interview with Rome’s Chief Exorcist, Fr. Gabriele Amorth, reporter Stefano Stimamiglio asks what the devil looks like. Father Gabriele: The devil is pure spirit, he has no corporeal substance and therefore cannot be represented in a form we can fully comprehend. […]

Pope at Audience: Your First Name Is “I Am a Christian,” Last Name “I Belong to the Church”

26 June 2014

Pope Francis has said that no Christian should feel isolated because all faithful belong to the family of the Church, which sustains and supports its members. Continuing his series of catecheses on the theme of the Church, the Pope exclaimed to the thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square this morning that: “We are not isolated” […]

Bishops Seek ‘Rescue Plan’ as Iraq’s Christians Near Extinction

24 June 2014

For 1st Time in 1,600 Years, There Was a Sunday in Mosul With No Masses Offered Catholic bishops from Iraq are meeting this week to come up with a “rescue plan” amid growing fears that the ISIS Islamist attacks have put Christianity at increased risk of being extinguished from the country. The meeting of the […]

Pope Francis: Church a Mother not a NGO

18 June 2014

Pope Francis opened the Ecclesial Convention of the Diocese of Rome on Monday night, emphasizing the Church’s role of Mother in a society where more and more children are leading the life of an orphan. Pope Francis began his remarks by stating that over the past year, he has made numerous parish visits in the […]

The Hindu fundamentalists: request to ban the Muslim call to prayer in India

28 May 2014

In a seemingly provocative act, tended to disturb the harmony between different religious communities in India, the Hindu group “Rashtriya Hindu Andolan”, based in Mangalore, has requested that the Muslim call to prayer (Adhan), which is used in mosques around the country in the early hours of the morning, is banned in India. In recent […]

Pope on Holy Land visit: A great grace

28 May 2014

At the heart of Pope Francis’ address at his weekly General Audience on Wednesday was his recent visit to the Holy Land. The faithful gathered on a warm day in St Peter’s Square, listened as the Pope told them that this journey was great grace for him and for the whole Church. The Holy Father […]

On Flight Back from Holy Land, Pope Announces Meeting With Sex Abuse Victims

27 May 2014

Pope Francis announced Monday he would meet soon with a group of sex abuse victims at the Vatican and declared “zero tolerance” for any member of the clergy who would violate a child. Francis also revealed that three bishops are currently under investigation by the Vatican for abuse-related reasons, though it wasn’t clear if they […]

Pedophilia is like a sacrilege for Pope Francis

27 May 2014

At a briefing in the Vatican on Tuesday, Father Lombardi discussed some of the highlights of Pope Francis’ interview with journalists on the papal plane returning from the Holy Land. During his remarks the Pope had said a member of the clergy who sexually abuses children is comparable to somebody carrying out a satanic […]

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