VATICAN CITY – Bernice King traveled to Rome to receive an international prize recognizing women involved in nonviolence and peace initiatives. The award ceremony was organized by the Gandhi Center in Pisa and Italian Rocco Altieri. But while King was in Rome,...
VATICAN – In a meeting with Roman parish priests, Pope Francis announced that Pope Paul VI would be canonized in 2018. “There are two Bishops of Rome who are already saints,” Pope Francis pointed out. He was referring to the recent canonizations of Saint Pope...
Every now and then (read, all the time) the Church does something extraordinary. Fulfilling the mission of to “Go and make disciples of all nations” set forth by Jesus Christ requires bold action, courage, innovation, and ultimately, complete trust of the Holy Spirit....
CHILE – Pope Francis’s convalidiation of the marriage of two flight attendants while on a short flight from Santiago to the northern city of Iquique has stirred up quite a bit of controversy for Catholics this week. But with confusing headlines about a...
In the days leading up to Pope Francis’ trip to Chile and Peru, we heard of both violence and a natural disaster occurring in the countries he would be visiting. Six churches were vandalized (even firebombed!) between January 12th and 14th, with threats left at the...
