Pope Francis said on Saturday that he continues to have problems with his leg, and his doctor has ordered him not to walk. “There is a problem: this leg is not good, it does not work, and the doctor has told me not to walk. I like to go… but this time I have to Read more
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They’re butchering the innocent in Ukraine
Thursday, April 28th, 2022
A religious sister based in Ukraine speaks of invading Russian forces butchering innocent people. The Russia-Ukraine war isn’t a war of military combat between armies using weapons, she explains. It’s something else. She speaks of massacres. Of dead children. Dead civilians. Of repression and brutal sexual assaults on women and children. Sister Ligy Payyappilly sees Read more
Priest suspended: claims his bishop fathered four children
Thursday, April 28th, 2022
A Congolese priest, Father Aimé Lusambo has been suspended after claiming his bishop had fathered four children. Lusambo’s suspension came after he posted a video on Holy Thursday, slamming the Congolese bishops’ March 4 exhortation urging priests who have fathered children to seek laicisation and care for their families The video quickly went viral on Read more
Benedictines form alliance to support development projects
Thursday, April 28th, 2022
A Benedictine monastic alliance based in France has created a new foundation to support development projects worldwide. “The new Benedictus Foundation wants to encourage and support social works,” explains Abbot Jean-Pierre Longeat OSB, president of the Alliance for International Monasticism (AIM) based in Paris. The Benedictus Foundation was founded in 2021 by AIM and the Read more
Francis cancels meeting with Kirill. No visit to Kyiv
Thursday, April 28th, 2022
A meeting between Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow planned for June has been cancelled out of concern it could cause “confusion”. And there will be no papal visit to Kyiv while war rages, Pope Francis said in an interview with the Argentine daily newspaper La Nación on 21 April. Pope Francis Read more
Debate rages as Canada offers euthanasia to mentally ill
Thursday, April 28th, 2022
Doctors in Canada are concerned about legislation passed in 2021 that expanded euthanasia and medically assisted suicide eligibility to the mentally ill. Debate rages over whether a doctor may reasonably say patients with depression, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have realistic recovery prospects. Experts are debating if the mentally ill have the ability to consent to Read more
Pope fears self-righteous perfect Christians
Thursday, April 28th, 2022
Pope Francis says the Lord does not expect us to be “perfect Christians,” and he (the pope) is afraid when he sees righteous and self-assured Christians. Francis told a crowd at the Vatican on Sunday that the Lord would prefer us “to seek him, to call on him or even, like Thomas, to protest, bringing Read more
Vatican, Vietnam agree to upgrade relations
Thursday, April 28th, 2022The Vatican and Vietnam have agreed to upgrade their relations, which have been slowly improving since a total break after the communist victory in the Vietnam War nearly half a century ago. A joint working group agreed at its latest meeting in Hanoi that in the near future relations would be upgraded to the level Read more
Catholic priest sentenced in shooting of South Sudan bishop-elect
Thursday, April 28th, 2022A Catholic priest was among four people sentenced on Monday over the shooting of a bishop-elect in South Sudan. A judge at the high court in the capital Juba issued the sentences on April 25 after Father John Mathiang Machol, Moris Sebit Ater, Laat Makur Agok, and Samuel Makir were found guilty of “participating directly Read more
118-year-old Daughter of Charity is world’s oldest person
Thursday, April 28th, 2022Sister André Randon, a 118-year-old member of the Daughters of Charity in France, is now the oldest living person on earth. She attained that distinction on April 19 when the previous title-holder, a Japanese woman, died at age 119. Sister André, who has been the oldest person in Europe since 2009, contracted COVID-19 in January Read more