Vatican’s Deepavali message: Let’s join hands as children of God
The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue sends well wishes to those celebrating the Hindu feast of Deepavali, and invites Christians...
Synodality: A conversion aimed at becoming more missionary
The Final Document, adopted today after each of its 155 paragraphs were approved, has been published, and will not become the basis of an...
‘He Loved Us’: Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus
“Dilexit nos,” Pope Francis’ fourth Encyclical, retraces the tradition and relevance of thought on “the human and divine love of the heart...
Indonesian bishop declines cardinal appointment to ‘grow in priestly life’
The Vatican announced Tuesday evening that Pope Francis had accepted the request of Indonesian Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur, OFM, not to...
‘Dilexit nos’: Pope to publish encyclical on Sacred Heart of Jesus
On Thursday, Pope Francis will publish a new encyclical focusing on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the context of a world "which seems to...
Martyrs of Damascus canonization a ‘sign of hope for Christians’
On the night of July 9, 1860, eleven men—eight Franciscan friars and three lay Maronites, known collectively as the eleven martyrs of...