Pope makes key sex abuse appointments
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has named a fellow Jesuit to be the Vatican's new sex crimes prosecutor after deciding to move the current one to be the No. 2 on his new sex abuse commission. The Rev. Robert Geisinger, an American, is currently the top ...
Vatican tells Roman shopkeepers to halt the sale of papal parchments
Papal blessing parchments, which are bought to mark marriages, baptisms, ordinations and first Communions, will soon be available for purchase only from the Vatican after a crackdown on shops selling them. Until now, shops close to the Vatican have sold ...
Vatican cricket team set to arrive in England for Light of Faith tour
Pope Francis gave the team his blessing earlier this week. Photo: St. Peter's Cricket Club - Vatican Facebook page The Vatican's first-ever cricket team is set to arrive in England later this week as they prepare to start the Light of Faith Tour, which ...
Vatican gets its first-ever cricket team
Vatican’s first-ever cricket team, dominated by Indians, has been blessed by Pope Francis, days ahead of facing a formidable Church of England XI during their maiden foreign tour. Vatican’s “underdog” cricket team was given an official blessing by ...
To be united... or not to be !
Hier soir, j'étais invité au centre oecuménique de Vassin (La Tour-de-Peilz) pour parler de mon mémoire de master sur l'avenir de l'oecuménisme. Il faut croire que 4 ans après ce travail ( que l'on peut trouver ici), les oecuménistes ont toujours besoin d'espérer et que mon travail peut encore appor ...
[Jean-Philippe Delattre - La Voix du Nord] Dunkerque : la messe en latin, un dimanche par mois à l’église Saint-Martin, a ses adeptes
SOURCE - Jean-Philippe Delattre - La Voix du Nord - 9 septembre 2014 Depuis novembre 2013, l’église Saint-Martin accueille chaque premier dimanche du mois une messe en latin. Fidèle à la tradition chrétienne d’avant Vatican II (porté par le pape Jean-Paul II dans les années 1960), il ne s’agit pas s ...
VATICAN - Pope: Church teaches that mercy is to share with those in need
The example of Mother Teresa, who brought the dying home and "gave them a dignified farewell”. May God "instill courage" in the Christians of the Middle East "in the fight against the forces of evil and to open the eyes of those who are blinded by evil, so they may soon see the light of truth and re ...
Elderly nuns sexually assaulted and killed in Burundi
September 9, 2014 — A set of horrific attacks on a convent in Bujumbura, capital city of Burundi left three elderly Italian nuns sexually assaulted and dead: Three Italian nuns were found murdered over the weekend in the north of Burundi’s capital, officials and a priest in the African state said on ...
