Pope Francis has made his first appointment to the Vatican’s central bureaucracy, choosing a friend who is the head of the Franciscan order to help run the congregation for religious. Until his appointment as secretary of the congregation, Father José Rodríguez Carballo was in his second term as minister general of the Orders of Friars Read more
As a 17 year old Kirstin Holum was touted as a future star when she was placed sixth in the gruelling 3,000 metres event. She was expected not to reach her peak for another decade because of the time it took to build up the resilience required for the demanding sport. “Speed skating was such Read more
As Libya’s conflict rages on between rebel forces and troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, Catholics in the capital city of Tripoli are seeking protection.
“Currently there are three Franciscan friars barricaded in the convent in Tripoli,” a source told the Vatican-based Fides news on Aug. 23. “No one dares to walk in the street because people are shot on sight, even if it is not clear who shoots who.”
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Popular Facebook identity, Franciscan Brother, John Mary Ignatius recommends not using Facebook to evangelise in the traditional sense of the word, making religious announcements and proclamations to the masses. Br Ignatius, the Facebook Monk, has more than 3,500 friends on Facebook and he says that making religious announcement and proclamations to the masses as “offensive”. Read more
Identical twins and Franciscan Brothers Julian and Adrian Riester – who were born seconds apart – died just hours apart two weeks ago on 1 June. Both men were admitted to the hospital just days before dying of heart failure. They were aged 92. Brother Julian died in the morning and Brother Adrian died in Read more