Pope Francis, who has made migration a defining issue of his papacy, is due to visit the Greek island of Lesbos on 16 April. Lesbos has become a centre for migrants seeking a better life in the EU and there are currently 3,560 migrants on the island. Director of the Holy See Press [...]
Archibishop Shaw brings Pope's message to bombing victims in hospitalVictims of the Easter Sunday Pakistan bomb blast recovering in hospital have received a personal message of sympathy from the Pope. Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore described how he was going from bed to bed visiting the wounded when he received [...]
Pope Francis’ new Instagram account has proved to be an astonishing success, acquiring more than ten thousand followers within 30 minutes of going live and over a million followers within hours. The account launch comes a few weeks after Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom met the Pope at the Vatican. The [...]
It had been rumored for months that Mother Teresa’s canonization would take place in September. Now the Vatican made the date official and announced that she will be canonised on 4 September 2106, particularly fitting as this year also marks a special jubilee for workers and volunteers of mercy.Mother Teresa [...]
While European countries and the US are increasingly becoming secular societies with no official religion and have abolished laws prohibiting blasphemy against Christianity, no longer “officially atheist “ Russia is moving in the opposite direction.Viktor Krasnov from southern Russia could receive a jail sentence after he was charged with insulting the [...]
Islamic militants forced their way into the Wycliffe Bible translators’ office and brutally murdered four defenseless translators. Two of them were shot and killed immediately. In a heroic effort to save the lead Bible translator, the other two lay on top of him and died while deflecting bludgeoning blows from [...]
After their seminary in Qaraqosh was closed down and they were forced to flee following a brutal ISIS attack in 2014, four Iraqi seminarians were determined not to give up, but to continue their path to the priesthood.The four seminarians went to the Al-Sharfa Seminary in Harissa, Lebanon to finish their studies [...]
Pakistan, 2016 - Archbishop Sebastian Shaw during his visit to Sheikh Zaid Hospital and Jinnah Hospital comforts Easter bombing victims. The The The suicide bombing attack on a popular park in Lahore where families were gathered on Sunday evening to celebrate Easter and enjoy the warm weather was aimed at Christians. At [...]
Pope Francis issued a harsh condemnation of those who exploit others and then donate to the Church, telling them their “dirty money” isn’t wanted.There are some people, he said, who come with a generous offering, but which is “a fruit of the blood of so many people who are exploited, [...]