Legalising polygamy is the next step for Italy, now same sex marriages have been legalised. The founder of Italy’s main Islamic organization says since the country now recognizes civil unions for same-sex couples, there’s no reason polygamous relationships shouldn’t also be afforded legal protection. He also claimed Pope Francis’ silence regarding his suggestion means the Read more
Pope Francis, Friday, visited a special community for women freed from prostitution and violent abuse as his latest ‘Mercy Friday’ initiative during the Jubilee. On Aug. 12 he met the 20 women, all of whom have suffered severe physical violence and live under protection, who are cared for at the “Pope John XXIII Community” in Read more
Quetta hospital attack was a “senseless and brutal act of violence”. Pope Francis has sent his condolences after the attack on the hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, which killed over 70 people on Monday. The majority of the victims were lawyers who had gathered to mourn the assassination of the president of the Baluchistan Bar Association, Read more
Some parish secretaries like disciples of Satan are keeping parish doors closed, Pope Francis says. The Vatican released parts of a transcript of the private meeting that took place between Pope Francis and the Polish bishops on the first day of his visit to Poland for World Youth Day. Unlike previous trips where the Pope Read more
Refugee Olympic Team members have received a letter from Pope Francis as they prepare to compete in the Olympic Games 2016. Wishing each of them success, the letter – written in Spanish and dated 26 July 2016 – is addressed to all refugee athletes, calling each by name. Pope Francis writes of his own research Read more
Forgiveness is needed, says the Pope. Speaking during a visit to Assisi, Italy last week, Francis told the faithful “The path of forgiveness can truly renew the Church and the world. “The world needs forgiveness,” he said. “Too many people are caught up in resentment and harbour hatred, because they are incapable of forgiving. They Read more
Pope Francis has created a gender-balanced commission to study the possibility of allowing women to serve as deacons in the Catholic church. The 12-member panel of scholars will study the question of whether women were ordained as deacons in the early church, and whether they could be ordained in the Catholic Church today. If female Read more
Pope Francis condemned the horror of Auschwitz on Wednesday (Aug. 3), saying he felt the “presence of all the souls who passed through” the concentration camp that he visited during his trip to Poland last week. Speaking at his first weekly public audience at the Vatican since June, the pope reflected on his visit to Read more
The venue for next World Youth Day (WYD) will be in Panama. So said Pope Francis on Sunday when he officially closed WYD in Krakow, thanking the thousands of youth who traveled across the world to participate. “I am happy to announce that the next World Youth Day — after the two that will be Read more
Withhold judgement, said Pope Francis to the press. He was referring to reports that senior Vatican official Cardinal George Pell had inappropriate sexual contact with minors in the past. He said allegations against the prelate are still being investigated by Australian authorities. In a short press conference aboard the papal flight back from Poland Sunday, Read more