Kindly lights in gloomy world: Pope declares five new saints
Those canonised at the Mass were: St John Henry Newman, the British theologian, poet and cardinal who died in 1890; Brazilian St Maria Rita Lopes Pontes, popularly known as Sister Dulce, who died in 1992; Indian St Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family, who died in 1926; St Marguerite Bays, a Swiss laywoman and mystic, who died in 1879; and St Josephine Vannini, the Italian co-founder of the Daughters of St Camillus, who died in 1911.
Pope Francis adds feast of Saint Faustina to Roman Calendar
Pope Francis makes the feast of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska an optional memorial for the universal Church, celebrated on 5 October.
Pope: ‘Light of Christmas shines all the brighter amid darkness of pandemic’
Pope Francis meets with participants in the upcoming Christmas Contest, a Christmas concert in which young people compete with original Christmas music, and tells...
Pope discusses prayer and vocation with Jesuits in Singapore
On the first day of his Apostolic Journey to Singapore, Pope Francis' only appointment was a "warm and fraternal" meeting with his Jesuit...
The Miraculous Medal: St Maximilian Kolbe's weapon for evangelisation
As World War II raged around him in Poland, St Maximilian Kolbe fought for souls using a printing press and another “weapon” – the Miraculous Medal.
‘Loneliness’ at heart of Pope’s theme for 4th Grandparents Day
On Sunday, July 28, Catholics around the world will be invited to take time to reflect on the great heritage and wisdom passed on by their grandparents and the elderly.