Catholic News
- Vatican newspaper pays tribute to Church's efforts to save Genoa's Jews during Holocaust (L'Osservatore Romano (Italian))The Vatican newspaper devoted a full page in its April 24 edition to the Church’s efforts to save Jews in Genoa during the Holocaust. (April 24 was Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day.) Drawing on archival research, historian Sergio Favretto discussed the collaboration between Cardinal Pietro Boetto, SJ, leading officials of the Vatican’s Secretariat of […]
- Irish, US novelists pay tribute to late Pontiff (CWN)The Vatican newspaper has published tributes to Pope Francis by Jonathan Safran Foer, an American novelist, and Colum McCann, an Irish writer who lives in New York.
- Indonesian Muslim leader praises late Pope's humanity, tolerance (Radio Republik Indonesia)Following the passing of Pope Francis, an Indonesian Muslim leader, Haedar Nashir, said, “We have lost a prominent Catholic leader who dedicated his life to promoting religious humanity, tolerance, and compassion, as well as to upholding peace worldwide.” The Southeast Asian nation of 282 million (map), the world’s fourth most populous, is the largest Muslim-majority […]
- Italian prelates, mayors call for international truce on day of papal funeral (L'Arena (Italian))Mayors and prelates from Verona, Florence, Assisi, and Lampedusa—four places visited by Pope Francis—called for an international day of truce on April 26, the day of the papal funeral. “A day of peace, a sign of truce, is the truest manifestation of condolences,” stated the appeal.