Here is the English translation of Pope Francis' Testament, Miserando Atque Eligendo, which he wrote on June 29, 2022: In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity. Amen. Feeling that the end of my earthly life is approaching, and with a deep hope in Eternal Life, I wish to express my testamentary will only regarding the [...]
Pope Francis, Requiescat in Pace December 17, 1936 – April 21, 2025 He was in many ways a "Pope of the Heart" – but the heart has its own paradoxes By Christina Deardurff Pope Francis embraces Vinicio Riva, a disfigured man who attended the Pope’s general audience November 6, 2013 When the Cardinal Archbishop [...]
My visit to the Pope, lying in death at the Casa Santa Marta, was the closest I had ever come to this man of contradictions By Aurelio Porfiri It may seem strange to some, but yesterday, April 22, was the occasion in which I was closest to him. While for my “Vatican predecessors” I had more [...]
February Tuesday 11 Holy See calls for digital responsibility to curb anti-Semitism in Europe Father Domenico Vitolo, Secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature to the Nordic Countries, delivered the statement at the annual conference on addressing anti-Semitism in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) region on February 11. He expressed the Holy See’s conviction [...]
By Michael Hichborn* A Plenary Meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Orlando, Florida, June 16, 2023 (Photo - Vatican News). The relationship between the Catholic bishops of the United States and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) started almost as soon as USAID came into existence. USAID was established [...]
Among his last words were a simple “Thank you” to the nurse who stayed continually by his side By Salvatore Cernuzio (Vatican News) Pope Francis appears from the Loggia of Benedictions of St. Peters Basilica on Easter Sunday to participate in the Easter message and “Urbi et Orbi” blessing. Vatican City, 20 April 2025. In [...]
More than a century ago, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson foresaw the rise of secular humanism, the contraction of the Catholic Church, and the coming of the Antichrist By ITV staff Editor’s Note: The passage below is from the novel Lord of the World, written by the English Catholic convert Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson (the son of [...]
By Matthew Trojacek Forcibly mobilized Ukrainian priest released after a week A priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was released after being forcibly drafted for Ukraine’s army. On December 21, on his way home from visiting his wife in the hospital where she had just given birth to their second child, Father Evgeny Rozhdestvensky was taken [...]
By Peter Anderson Patriarch John X, the head of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in Syria. On December 8, 2024, the Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad suddenly and unexpectedly collapsed. The Assad family had ruled Syria through oppressive measures since 1971. The collapse occurred as the result of an offensive launched on [...]
Since the dawn of moving pictures on celluloid, filmmakers have been trying to tell “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” recognizing, each in their own way, how universally compelling is the narrative of our salvation accomplished by one Man. Current news has it that American-Australian film actor, producer and director of 2004’s record-breaking The Passion of the [...]
