The Vatican, Friday, pushed back hard, suggestions that 40 years ago John Paul II may have been involved in the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl and went out on the town with Vatican monsignors, looking for young girls to molest. Pietro Orlandi, the brother of a missing 15 girl, Emanuela Orlandi, made the allegation. However, Read more
Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, sits atop a hill at the end of a dirt road overlooking the rural community. Last month, local parishioners assembled a vehicular barricade, blocking a potential buyer from viewing the church. The property is one of many churches being sold by the Roman Catholic Episcopal Read more
Paul Simon has announced his first new album since 2018, the new album, Seven Psalms is out May 19. Describing the album as a journey, Simon says that the album is about an argument he is having with himself about belief or not. A video offers a brief behind-the-scenes look at the album’s creation, in Read more
At least 52,250 people have been killed over the last 14 years in Nigeria just for being Christian, a new report published on April 10 revealed. The report, titled “Martyred Christians in Nigeria” and published by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), headquartered in Eastern Nigeria, says 30,250 of those Read more
Most elderly people in Hong Kong live in loneliness and depression after their children have migrated to other countries in recent years, says a survey conducted by a Christian group. A high percentage of people above the age of 50 are at “high risk of social isolation and worsening physical and mental health” after their Read more
Fr Hans Zollner has resigned from the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Zollner is one of the most respected experts in the Vatican’s fight against clergy sex abuse. He cited disagreements over the way the body is being operated. “I have noticed issues that need to be urgently addressed and that have made Read more
The Vatican’s liturgy czar has intervened to stop the German Synodal Way’s resolution calling for laypeople to baptise and preach homilies during Mass in Germany. In a letter to the German Bishops’ Conference president dated March 29, Cardinal Arthur Roche (pictured) said neither was possible — despite at least one German diocese already announcing both Read more
Midjourney, the artificial intelligence (AI) image generator programme, has discontinued free trials after a series of fake images, including one of Pope Francis, went viral. Founder David Holz announced on his Discord channel, “Due to a combination of extraordinary demand and trial abuse, we are temporarily disabling free trials until we have our next improvements Read more
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a Vanuatu-led resolution to protect the rights of current and future generations from the adverse effects of climate change. Vanuatu’s efforts eventually saw over 150 countries sponsor the resolution to the United Nations. New Zealand was among the core group of 17 countries that helped draft the Vanuatu-led Read more
A shortage of nurses across the world has created a global health emergency. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) estimates 13 million nurses will need to be replaced within the coming years. ICNs March 2023 report says the global nursing shortage was as high as 30.6 million in 2019. That was before the pandemic. The Read more