Godmothers for Life is a not-for-profit organis from Uraguay. It has been serving mothers in crisis pregnancies for more than 17 years. Offering talks, one-on-one conversations, and job training, the “godmothers” help vulnerable mothers face their pregnancies with dignity and hope, and not to see abortion as the only way out of their situation. Read Read more
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Pope speaks directly to viewer in new film
Monday, March 19th, 2018In a new film by Wim Wenders, Pope Francis speaks directly to his audience. Wenders says “Pope Francis – A Man of His Word”, shows Francis speaking “directly about all his concerns and all the issues that matter to him” to viewers. Read more
China backs international fight against global organ trafficking
Thursday, March 15th, 2018
China is backing enhanced international collaboration to help fight global organ trafficking. At an organ trafficking summit at the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences this week, Wang Haibo said global collaboration could start with sharing information and developing a coding system. Wang, who is head of the China Organ Transplant Response System, suggested China’s organ Read more
The two popes: continuity exists between their pontificates
Thursday, March 15th, 2018
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has rejected ideas that there is no continuity between his pontificate and that of Pope Francis. There is an “inner continuity” between his pontificate and Francis’s, Benedict says in a letter published by Mgr Dario Edoardo Viganò, prefect of the Secretariat for Communication. The letter also says Francis is a “man Read more
Nun says love essential to mission service
Thursday, March 15th, 2018
Sr Anne Gardiner’s six-decade mission service to Australia’s remote Tiwi indigenous population began with one simple instruction: “Love them.” The 86-year-old Gardiner was the guest speaker at the Australian Embassy for last week’s Holy See celebration of International Women’s Day. Gardiner, who is a sister of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Read more
Teachers told: gender ideology must not confuse students
Thursday, March 15th, 2018
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has warned Catholic teachers not to let gender ideology confuse their students. Nichols says children will find their “greatest joy” by accepting their biological sex rather than selecting a gender of their choice. They are not “single, self-determining individuals,” Nichols told the teachers. “At a time of great confusion about Read more
Condemnation for Poland’s holocaust law: Catholic Church reacts
Thursday, March 15th, 2018
Condemnation from around the world over a new law on criminalising those who implicate Poland in responsibility for Holocaust crimes has drawn a strong response from a Polish archbishop. Archbishop Waclaw Depo of Czestochowa says the new law’s critics are trying to “alter historical truth”. The law imposes fines or up to three years’ jail Read more
Catholic hospital in India attacked by extremists
Thursday, March 15th, 2018Hindu extremists are suspected of being behind damage to a Catholic mission hospital in India. Besides demolishing a wall, the extremists manhandled staff, including nuns, in the latest incident in Madhya Pradesh state. Read more
Irish voters should reject abortion says former PM
Thursday, March 15th, 2018Ireland’s former Prime Minister, John Bruton, says Irish voters should reject the repeal of the Eighth Amendment which protects the unborn. He says Ireland should be “proud” that it protects the unborn in its constitution. Read more
Global action in drugs war needed says Vatican
Thursday, March 15th, 2018Global action in the war on drugs is needed, says Monsignor Janusz S. Urbańczyk head of the Holy See delegation to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna. Read more