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As the traditional dawn masses kicked off in churches in the Philippines on Monday, Pope Francis celebrated the first “Misa de gallo” (dawn Mass) for Rome’s Filipino community at the Vatican. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said this…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—As the traditional dawn masses kicked off in churches in the Philippines on Monday morning, December 16, 2019, Pope Francis celebrated the first Misa de Gallo in Vatican City, the headquarters of the Roman Catholic…
VATICAN CITY — Catholic bishops from across the Amazon called Saturday, October 26, 2019, for the ordination of married men as priests to address the clergy shortage in the region, a historic proposal that would upend centuries…
Vatican City, Dec 7, 2018 / 09:30 am (CNA).- As the Vatican illuminated its 65-foot Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square Friday, Pope Francis shared the deeper meaning found in the traditional festive spruce. The signs and…
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged Chinese Catholics on Wednesday to trust him and make concrete gestures of reconciliation following a landmark deal over bishop appointments that is aimed at ending decades of estrangement between the Vatican…
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has lamented how Irish church authorities failed to respond to the crimes of sexual abuse, speaking during his first public appearance at the Vatican after bombshell accusations that he himself covered up…
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican trial over $500,000 in donations to the pope’s pediatric hospital that were diverted to renovate a cardinal’s penthouse is reaching its conclusion, with neither the cardinal who benefited nor the contractor who…
THERE are a handful of countries around the world that are comprised of a single city: Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, San Marino, Andorra, and Monaco come to mind. The technical term is a microstate, and one that my wife…
A family in Philadelphia, United States, feels blessed with a “miracle from the heavens” as their sick infant daughter is recovering fast after she was kissed by Pope Francis in 2015. Two months after her birth, Gianna…
ASUNCION, Paraguay—Pope Francis decried the scourge of corruption as the “gangrene of a people” on Saturday in Paraguay, one of the poorest countries in South America and where graft is rampant. The 78-year-old Pope—in Paraguay on the…
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama won’t give up appealing to the Vatican to include Cebu in Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines on January next year. He said he would send an official communication to Malacañang as…
Pope Francis yesterday named his first batch of cardinals, choosing 19 men from Asia, Africa and elsewhere, including the archbishop of Cotabato, Orlando Quevedo. Vatican observers note that the choice of the cardinals reflect the pope’s attention…
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