Catholic News
- Turkish government official, Pontiff discuss Mideast peace, threats to family (@DIBAliErbas)Pope Francis received Ali Erbaş, the president of the Turkish government’s Directorate of Religious Affairs, in an April 13 audience. Erbaş tweeted that he handed the Pope a letter from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Erbaş said he told the Pontiff that “permanent peace and stability in the Middle East will not be possible without […]
- Papal tribute to life lessons of past Spaniards (Vatican Press Office)Pope Francis received mayors of Spain’s world heritage cities (Grupo Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad) on April 13. “I think that our interest in heritage cannot be limited to the artistic and cultural sphere, but should have a broader outlook, embracing the entirety of the person who receives this legacy and the peoples who have […]
- Pope makes unannounced visit to catechism class (CNS)Pope Francis made an unannounced visit to a children’s catechism class at San Giovanni Maria Vianney Parish in Rome on April 11. The Pope discussed the importance of prayer and thanksgiving to God. He also gave the children rosaries and chocolate Easter eggs. The papal visit marked the inauguration in the Pope’s diocese of “schools […]
- Malawi's bishops deplore abduction, torture of nun (ACI Africa)The bishops of Malawi deplored “in the strongest terms” the abduction, torture, and assault of a nun in Zomba, a city of 100,000. The nuns was abducted by “unknown occupants of a car that stopped for her, pretending to be good Samaritans,” the bishops said. Malawi, a southeastern African nation of 21.3 million (map), is […]