Sri Lanka: Catholics Commemorate 2019 Easter Massacre

This is explained to Agenzia Fides by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, who in Sri Lanka led the celebrations commemorating the third anniversary of the Easter attacks that left 279 dead and 500 injured, hitting churches and hotels, on April 21, 2019. The cardinal accompanied Catholic families to Rome to meet Pope Francis. “People […]

Neither A Trip to Kyiv Nor a Meeting with Kirill for Pope Francis

“I am ready to do everything to stop the war, everything, do you hear me?” The interview granted by Pope Francis to La Nacion was a rambling one that took place on April 22, 2022. It was an interview carried out despite the fatigue and pain of a pope forced to limp due to a […]

The Vatican Is Not Dropping Mask Requirements

If flexibility in ecclesiastical discipline seems to have become the rule under the current pontificate, the same is not true with health issues, when an examination is made of the system put in place in October 2021 in order to fight against the extension of SARS-CoV-2 in the smallest state in the world. An American […]

Brace for vicious cruelty in Washington, DC.

From a reader… It was announced at Mass this morning that Cardinal Gregory will issue statement on TC this month and it will not be a happy one. Pray for us in the Archdiocese of Washington, DC! One of my … Read More →

Pope Francis weeps at Ukraine suffering, calls for daily rosary for peace

Pope Francis at the Easter Vigil Mass on April 16, 2022. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, May 1, 2022 / 10:57 am (CNA). Pope Francis has again lamented the suffering caused by the invasion of Ukraine and encouraged the faithful to pray a rosary every day for peace. Speaking to the crowd in St. Peter’s […]