Killed for fighting corruption: How a Congolese man made a martyr is inspiring a new generation
JUSTIN KABUMBA, of Associated Press, reports on how the life of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kosit – recently designated a martyr in a step towards Catholic sainthood – is inspiring others in the central African nation…
Pope, other leaders, appeal for end to “nuclear nightmare”
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis joined other religious leaders Tuesday at Rome’s Colosseum to make a plea for peace and ending what they called the “nuclear nightmare” as fears intensify that Russia’s war against Ukraine may see atomic weapons used. A ceremony at the ancient Roman arena capped a conference on promoting world peace. The […]
New Italian church head faces demands for abuse inquiry
Vatican City AP Pope Francis on Tuesday named a bishop in his own image, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, as the new head of the Italian bishops conference, as the Italian Catholic Church comes under mounting pressure to confront its legacy of clerical sexual abuse with an independent inquiry. Francis’ widely expected choice was announced during the […]
Vatican takes in 12 migrants as Pope denounces indifference
Nicosia, Cyprus AP Pope Francis on Friday denounced the “culture of indifference” that the West shows migrants as the Vatican confirmed that at least a dozen asylum-seekers would be transferred from Cyprus to Italy in a gesture of solidarity with European countries that have received a disproportionate share of would-be refugees. The transfer, formally announced […]
Pope, at peace meeting with Merkel, says divert arms money for food, vaccines
Rome, Italy Reuters Pope Francis, closing a peace meeting of world religions, called the arms trade a bane of humanity on Thursday, saying that money spent on weapons should be diverted to feed the hungry and distribute vaccines fairly. “Fewer arms and more food, less hypocrisy and more transparency, more vaccines distributed fairly and fewer […]
Vatican regulates lay movements to prevent governance abuses
Rome, Italy AP The Vatican took steps Friday to better regulate Catholic lay religious movements by imposing term limits on their leaders and requiring internal elections to be representative of their memberships. The Vatican’s laity office cracked down on the largely unregulated world of international associations of the faithful after some cases of abuses of […]
US cardinal at Vatican prays for Floyd, and America’s future
Rome, Italy AP The highest-ranking American cardinal at the Vatican on Friday deplored the “unjust” killing of George Floyd, saying it laid bare that the Christian principles of the US Constitution aren’t being applied to black people. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who heads the Vatican’s laity office, told The Associated Press that the brutality of what […]