Day: May 29, 2023

Sister Wilhelmina’s body placed in glass case after solemn rosary procession

Religious sisters of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, sing as the process with the body of their late foundress, Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, on May 29, 2023, at their abbey near Gower, Missouri. The sisters exhumed the nun’s body on May 18 and discovered that it was apparently intact, four years after her death […]

The Holiness of the Church (16): The Virtue of Humility

Humility is not only necessary to obtain the forgiveness of sins, but also to grow in holiness. It is indeed the condition of authentic spiritual growth, without the danger of seeing everything tainted by pride, which has separated angels and rebellious men from God. Likewise, it was the humility of the Virgin who began the […]

Vatican: The Trial of Militant Environmentalists

On August 18, 2022, Italian activists from the Ultima Generazione association glued themselves to the Laocoön statue, with the aim of demonstrating the authorities’ inaction on climate change. This statue is dated to the first or second century AD; it was rediscovered in the 16th century. A very brief first preliminary hearing took place on […]

Nigeria: Abductions of Priests Part of Larger Phenomenon

From 2006 to 2023, 53 priests have been kidnapped, 12 attacked and 16 killed in the country. In seventeen years, 81 priests have been victims of attacks in Nigeria. These are the figures the Nigerian Episcopal Conference communicated to Agenzia Fides. The north of the country is the region where the problem of kidnappings has […]

Germany: Plans for Blessings of Same-sex and Remarried Couples Advance

Martina Kreidler-Kos, head of the Osnabrück pastoral department, contributed to the draft of the document. In an interview, she talks about the prospects of a blessing ceremony for these couples. “The consultations started about three years ago. This was not yet in the context of the synodal process, but following the pastoral experience of couples […]