Article Archive
Please click below to view any of the articles in our archive.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- John Glenn's trailblazing legacy took flight Tuesday as a cargo ship bearing his name rocketed toward the International Space Station....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump heads to the politically important state of Wisconsin Tuesday to sign an order aimed at curbing abuses in a visa program used by technology companies that rely on high-skilled foreign workers....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some ailing veterans can now use their federal health care benefits at CVS "MinuteClinics" to treat minor illnesses and injuries, under a pilot program announced Tuesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The man who randomly killed a Cleveland retiree and posted video of the crime on Facebook shot himself to death on Tuesday in Pennsylvania, police said....
Vatican Radio) “Jesus is risen!” – “He is truly risen, as he said!”Those were Pope Francis’ words as he delivered his traditional Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) message from the central loggia of St Peter’s Basilica on a sunny Easter Sunday.Listen to our report: The Pope said that “by his resurrection, Jesus Christ has set us free from the slavery of sin and death, and has opened before us the way to eternal life.”In every age, the Holy Father underlined, “the Risen Shepherd tirelessly seeks us, his brothers and sisters, wandering in the deserts of this world. He goes in search of all those lost in the labyrinths of loneliness and marginalization. He takes upon himself all those victimized by old and new forms of slavery,… and takes upon himself children and adolescents deprived of their carefree innocence…”The Risen Shepherd continued Pope Francis walks beside all tho...
(Vatican Radio) Members of St Peter’s Cricket Club take off for Fatima in Portugal on Wednesday for an interfaith tournament, as well as a visit to the world famous Marian shrine.The four day sporting tour takes place just ahead of Pope Francis' visit to Fatima on May 12th and 13th to mark the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions there. St. Peter’s players, comprised of priests and seminarians studying for the priesthood in Rome, travel to Lisbon and will spend the first day at the shrine in Fatima. Throughout this third ‘Light of Faith’ tour, they’ll be hosted by the municipal council and people of Miranda do Corvo, near the historic university city of Coimbra.One of the goals of the 'Vatican' Cricket Club, established in 2013 under the auspices of the Pontifical Council for Culture, is to build bridges with people of other Christian Churches and other faith communities.Seminarian Jose Mathew from India is one of the...
To express the Easter joy, Nigeria’s Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah with the diocese’s Legion of Mary Society, on Easter Sunday, visited patients in two health centres: Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Kware LGA and Amanawa Leprosarium.The annual Easter visit which witnessed its fourth year was led by Bishop Kukah and Bro Emmanuel Igono, City of Refuge Comitium President.The team which was well received at both hospitals donated relief items to the patients.Bishop Kukah prayed for the sick and urged them to keep faith in God for their healing and restoration.The clinic administration appreciated the Bishop and his team for choosing to celebrate Easter with them and for the items donated to the patients.(Richie Nabuk, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria)
Pakistan’s military, security and intelligence agencies have foiled a possible terrorist attack on Christians in Lahore planned for Easter. The army said on Monday they captured a female medical student, identified as Noreen Leghari, who admitted she was part of a planned attack on an unnamed church during Easter. At a news briefing on Monday, Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, the director general of the army's public relations wing showed part of a video in which the woman said she had travelled from her hometown of Hyderabad to Lahore and was working with two other men to carry out the attack.Security remained tight on all churches of Lahore where 72 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a recreational park in Lahore on Easter 2016. More than 25 police officials aided by 30 youth volunteers remained on guard during five Easter Masses at the Catholic cathedral.Archbishop Sebastian Shah of Lahore exchanged bouquets with police officials amid...
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will visit the northern Italian cities of Cesena and Bologna on Sunday, 1 October 2017.His pastoral visit coincides with the 300th anniversary of the birth of Pope Pius VI in 1717, who reigned as Pope from 15 February 1775 until his death on 29 August 1799.Pope Francis will make the trip at the invitation of Archbishop Matteo Maria Zuppi of Bologna and Bishop Douglas Regattieri of Cesena-Sarsina.A communique released by the Archdiocese of Bologna says the Pope’s pastoral visit occurs on “the occasion of the Diocesan Eucharistic Congress”, at which event the faithful are invited to renew their “efforts towards the diffusion, knowledge, and understanding of Sacred Scripture”.Archbishop Zuppi goes on to thank Pope Francis for his “kind acceptance of the invitation”.Please find below the full programme of Pope Francis’ visit:07.00 &...
Fire partially damaged priest’s residence and part of Assumption Cathedral in Kathmandu, Nepal Arson attack on April 18. Arsonists attempted to set on fire Assumption Cathedral, the first public Catholic worship place in Hindu-majority Nepal.Father Ignatius Rai, pastor of the cathedral parish said the incident occurred around 3 a.m. on April 18 when "unknown persons" broke into the church premises. "This is shocking. The local Christian community is now living under threat," said, Father Rai.They started a fire that partially damaged the priest’s residence and the western part of the church. A car and two motorbikes were also completely burnt. No casualties were reported. The incident took place two days after Easter. Police are currently investigating the case.This is the second time the church has been targeted. A bomb exploded there in 2009, claiming three lives including a schoo...
