Relic of Saint John Paul II stolen from historic basilica

Blessed Sacrament Basilica in Buenos Aires, Argentina. / Flickr/Luis Alveart (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov 22, 2021 / 13:07 pm (CNA). The rector of the Polish Catholic Mission in Argentina, Father Jorge Jacek Twarog, reported Sunday that the relic of Saint John Paul II, which was kept in Blessed Sacrament Basilica in Buenos […]

Relic of Saint John Paul II Stolen From Historic Basilica

Flickr/Luis Alveart Blessed Sacrament Basilica in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The relic consists of a drop of the blood of Saint John Paul II held in a small square shaped case with a golden frame and mounted on a metal representation of the pope’s papal coat of arms.

The last Surviving Trappist Monk From Algeria Massacre Has Died at 97

Vatican Media. Pope Francis greeted Father Jean Pierre Schumacher in Morocco March 31, 2019. His martyred community was beatified in December 2018. The seven martyred monks from his community were beatified on Dec. 8, 2018, along with 12 other Christians killed during the Algerian civil war in the 1990s.

Heart surgery scheduled for San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy

Bishop Robert McElroy. / Catholic News Agency San Diego, Calif., Nov 22, 2021 / 11:32 am (CNA). Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego is scheduled for a coronary bypass surgery on Monday. He is expected to make a full recovery, though he will not … […]