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Cardinal Parolin to EWTN: Truth must be ‘fearlessly upheld’

The Vatican’s Secretary of State told employees and colla-borators of EWTN this week that the truth must be “fearlessly upheld” with a merciful and list-ening style. Speaking at a dinner in Fra-scati, Italy, Oct. 19, Cardinal Pietro Parolin recalled the words of Mother Angelica, the founder of EWTN, who said, “You can-not go to heaven […]

Macron at Sant’Egidio meeting: Ukraine to decide time, terms of peace with Russia

French President Emmanuel Macron said October 23 it’s up to Ukraine to decide the time and terms of peace with Russia, and he cautioned that the end of war “can’t be the consecration of the law of the strongest.” Speaking at the opening of a three-day peace conference in Rome, Macron said the international community […]

Syriac monastery in Turkey reopens after 100 years

The Monastery of Mor Efrem (St Ephrem) in Mardin, southern Turkey, an area which was once the heartland of Syriac Christia-nity, has once again opened its doors to believers. Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, head of the Syriac Ca-tholic Church, presided over the re-consecration of the building, and celebrated its first Divine Liturgy in a […]

New synod doc highlights challenges, but offers few solutions

On October 27 the Vatican released the working document for the next stage in Pope Francis’s ongoing Synod of Bishops on Synodality, which offered a global view of what faithful at all levels of the Church believe needs to happen for it to be a true place of inclusion. The document, published Oct. 27 and […]

80 years of Vatican ties with the Republic of China

Oct. 23 marks the 80th anniversary of diplomatic re-lations between the Holy See and the Republic of China, which exists today in Taiwan. As surprising as it may seem to many, in Via della Conciliazione 4 in Rome there is the embassy of the Republic of China. Its red flag with a white sun amid […]

Myanmar blacklisted, Russia side-lined by global watchdog

Myanmar was added on October 21 to a global financial blacklist while Russia was sidelined by the international money-laundering watchdog FATF. The move by the Financial Action Task Force puts Myanmar alongside North Korea and Iran as outcasts of the global financial system. Citing a “continued lack of progress” and the fact the majority of […]

Bangkok’s Priest to the Poor Finds His Fit Among Fellow Outcasts

Born in Longview, Wash., on Oct. 31, 1939, he was abandoned by his father, a house painter and farmer, whom his mother repeatedly took to court in fruitless attempts to gain child support. “He wasn’t abusive; he just left us, and it hurts so badly,” he said. “That’s the essence of it all: I wanted […]

Bishops want Asian Church to respond to social realities

Catholic bishops in Asia are working on a pastoral plan for the Church in Asia, taking into consideration the emerging so-cial, economic, religious and po-litical realities on a continent whe-re Christians are a minority. “What exactly is the reality? How should the Church respond? What priority should we have in the next few years? What […]