Card. Christoph Schönborn has clarified his views on female ordination, saying that women priests would be “too profound a change.” However, he signalled his support for the introduction of deaconesses. In an interview with Austrian news site OE24, the Archbishop of...
Pope Francis was interviewed by Philip Pullella of Reuters. In the tête-à-tête, the pontiff said that with respect to the dialogue with China, “We are at a good point.” In addition to diplomatic channels there are friendships and cultural exchanges. The Chinese people...
More than 100 parishioners of Lahore’s Sacred Heart Cathedral were treated at a free medical camp organized by an imam. Qari Abdul Qayyum Zaheer, a televangelist, and his team of four doctors offered full body check-ups and food supplements at the health camp at St...
Leading bishops of the Catho-lic Church criticized President Rodrigo Duterte for calling God stupid, as they issued rare state-ments that singled out the chief executive who now faces rising public outrage. How can he be a President for all Filipinos if he does not...
After four years “there is still a climate of uncertainty” among the refugees from Mosul and the Nineveh Plain, because the reconstruction work “continues but slowly.” In addition to the houses “we must guarantee a future through work,” said Fr Paul Thabit Mekko who...
