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World Leaders Must Broker Christmas Peace, Pope Francis Urges During Angelus‍

Pope Francis issued a heartfelt plea for peace dur-ing Angelus on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conce-ption on December 08, urg-ing international leaders to broker ceasefires in conflict zones by Christmas. “I appeal to governments and the international community that a ceasefire may be reached

Christmas Celebratory Again In Holy Land Amid Ongoing War; Patriarch Urges Pilgrims To Return

Christmas this season in the Holy Land will be celebratory, despite ongoing blood-shed and war, the patriarchs of the Holy Land said, as Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa encouraged pilgrims to come back to the birthplace of Jesus. “Pilgrimage is now absolutely safe and also important for society,” Pizzaballa said in Cologne Dec. 3, reported KNA, a […]

Nicaea Anniversary To Witness ‘Growing Communion’ Of Catholic And Orthodox

Pope Francis affirmed his intention to attend next year’s celebration marking 1,700 years since the first Council of Nicaea, in Iznik in north-west Turkey. “I am thinking of going there,” the Pope told participants at the Vati-can’s International Theological Commission last week. In a letter to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, he voiced […]

Church Leaders Express ‘Hope’ That Syrian Regime Will Respect Christian Communities

Catholic Church leaders in the U.S., Rome, and the Middle East have expressed cautious “hope” that the new regime in Syria will respect Christian communities after a lightning offensive by Islamist rebel groups toppled the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Bishop Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon and chairman of […]

Sudanese Bishop Beaten By Paramilitaries ‘Unable To Eat’

Members of the Rapid Su-pport Force (RSF) seized Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali of El-Obeid, subjected him to a beating and threatened to execute him as he travelled back to his diocese from a meeting in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. He had attended a Eucharistic Congress on November 24 and celebrations for […]

Vatican: Former Choir Director, Manager Convicted Of Embezzlement, Abuse Of Office

A pair of former Vatican officials has been found guilty of embezzlement and abuse of office as part of a long-running investigation into financial irregularities at a prominent choir there. Monsignor Massimo Palo-mbella, who previously directed the Sistine Chapel Choir in Vatican City, and Michelangelo Nardella, who was the choir’s manager, were both found guilty […]