According to a Catholic Bishops’ association in Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will see Pope Francis on October 30 during his European journey, which begins later this week. Cardinal George Alencherry, President of the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC), said in a statement that Continue Reading
British Prime Minister David Cameron said that “in a free society, there is a right to cause offense about someone’s religion,” taking issue with Pope Francis’ assertion that there are “limits” to free speech.”I’m a Christian,” Cameron said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “If someone says Continue Reading
Pope Francis on Sunday named new cardinals to the group that will choose his successor, with appointments that strengthened the Catholic Church in Asia, Africa and Latin America and further shifted its power center away from the developed world. It was the second time the 78-year-old Francis has used the appointment of cardinals to put his stamp […]Continue Reading
Scientific theories including the “Big Bang” believed to have brought the universe into being 13.7 billion years ago and the idea that life developed through a process of evolution do not conflict with Catholic teaching, Pope Francis said on Tuesday. Addressing a meeting of the Pontificial Academy of Sciences, an independent body housed in the Vatican […]Continue Reading
Pope Francis, in an annual ceremony held to remember the hundreds of innocent people murdered by the Italian mafia, made a solemn plea for mobsters to change or else “end up in hell”. The mafia continues to plague much of southern Italy: just on Monday, a four-year-old boy was shot dead, along with his mother […]Continue Reading