Consult your Bible as often as your cellphone. The Pope urged crowds at St Peter’s Square to give the Bible the same place in their daily life as cellphones. He asked them: “What would happen if we turned back when we forget it, if we opened it more times a day, if we read the Read more
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Sacred music and liturgical chant needs renewing and improving
Monday, March 6th, 2017Sacred music and liturgical chant needs renewing and improving, Pope Francis said at a major international conference on sacred music on Saturday. “Sometimes a certain mediocrity, superficiality and banality have prevailed, to the detriment of the beauty and intensity of liturgical celebrations,” he said at the conference organized by the Congregation for Catholic Education and Read more
Fancy seeing the Sistine Chapel like Michelangelo did?
Monday, March 6th, 2017Fancy seeing the Sistine Chapel like Michelangelo did? New photographs of the Sistine Chapel’s artworks have been presented in a massive book that shows them in 1:1 ratio. In other words, the photos show the artworks as the actual size Michelangelo painted them. The book will enable art lovers to have a close-up view of Read more
Water scarcity could lead to third world war says Pope Francis
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
Pope Francis told the Pontifical Academy of Sciences last Friday that water scarcity could lead to a third world war. He drew attention to to the latest figures on water published by the United Nations. The world should not remain indifferent to the issue, he said. “Every day, a thousand children die of illness linked Read more
Mass starvation faces South Sudan – Bishops have asked for the world’s help
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
In an effort to save over five million people, South Sudan’s Catholic bishops have asked for the world’s help Mass starvation faces South Sudan as the country suffers from the “scorched-earth” policies of the factions fighting a civil war in the region. South Sudanese civilians are being targeted by both sides in the country’s three-year Read more
Pontifical Academy of Sciences defends consultation with abortion advocates
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences has outraged some because of the speaker line-up at this week’s closed-door workshop on “how to save the natural world”. Among those invited to the Vatican workshop were leading population control advocates, including Paul Ehrlich. Ehrlich is well known for his forced abortion and mass sterilization beliefs. His presentation was Read more
Curia blocking Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
The Curia is blocking Pope Francis’s Commission for the Protection of Minors, says Marie Collins. Collins is the only clerical sex abuse survivor serving as an active member on the Commission. She said she is stepping down because the group’s work is being “hindered and blocked by members of the Curia.” She cited lack of Read more
Medjugorje apparitions manufactured
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
The Medjugorje apparitions of Our Lady of Peace are being manufactured, a website post from the local bishop says. Bishop Ratko Peri’s post comes hard on the heels of Polish Archbishop Henryk Hoser’s visit to Medjugorje. Hoser is in Medjugorje for Pope Francis to acquire “a deeper knowledge of the pastoral situation there, and, above Read more
Respecting and working with Muslim truth and goodness important
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017Respecting and working with those who practice the Muslim faith is important, Islam scholar Father Thomas Michel says. Michel says Catholics need to do this in recognition of the truth and goodness Muslims possess as well as for the aspects of the faith Muslims and Christians share. Read more
Manual for learning Latin published by Vatican
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017A manual for learning Latin has been published by the Vatican university. The university says Latin is not a thing of the past. The manual will help people learn to the language of the Church Fathers, medieval theologians, and Vatican Legislation texts. Read more