By Matthew Trojacek with Grzegorz Galazka Photos Authoress Gives Pope Leo Copy of New Book on Castel Gandolfo Italian Maura Mauro, a secretary by profession, gave Pope Leo a copy of her new book, Castel Gandolfo: Summer Residence of the Popes Over the Centuries on August 15 at the town on Lake Albano where Leo now [...]
Pakistan’s first sainthood candidate remains a little-known figure Akash Bashir was just 20 years old when he was killed on March 15, 2015, while preventing a suicide bomber from entering a packed Saint John’s Catholic Church during Sunday Mass. Both Bashir and the bomber were killed when the bomb exploded outside the church. Despite Bashir’s heroism [...]
By Matthew Trojacek with Grzegorz Galazka photos Pope’s preacher speaks on his humanity, return to faith, and being a Bible “expert” Franciscan Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini (photo) is very comfortable with public speaking — it’s basically his job as a Scripture expert called on to give talks and lead retreats around Italy. On November 9 last [...]
Church leaders speak up for freedom of Catholic education The archbishop of Paris spoke out in favor of freedom of Catholic education in France, amid weeks of tensions and protests after the principal of a Catholic school was fired by the state school-supervising body for “breaching secularism.” The principal of a high school in southern France [...]
By Matthew Trojacek with G. Galazka photos Swiss Guards send supplies to Ukraine The Pope’s charity has arrived once again at the epicenter of the conflict in Ukraine, extending his solidarity to the devastated region of Kharkiv, one of the areas most stricken by Russian bombings. On August 12, after an arduous four-day trip from Rome, [...]
Parolin Chooses Cheaper Option when Flying to Vilnius A recent photo shows Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, as he arrives at the Vilnius airport of Lithuania by a Ryan Air flight. While journeying to Lithuania to serve as a “papal legate” for the National Congress of Mercy, Parolin chose a cheap flight. Of course, [...]
Mother Angelica lies in repose March 29 at the the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama (CNS photo/Jeff Bruno, EWTN) The Vatican Remembers the “Unconventionally Angelic” Mother Angelica After the death of Mother Angelica, founder of EWTN, on March 27 (Easter Sunday), many in and around the Vatican praised the bold [...]
Correggio's "Noli Me Tangere" in the Prado Art in Parma in the 16th Century For the general exhibition-going public, Italian Renaissance art — and especially the art of the 16th century — tends to revolve around three great centers: Florence, Venice, and Rome. Instead, “Correggio and Parmigianino” — on at Rome’s Scuderie until June [...]
Vatican Paper Lauds Spotlight as Brave, Not Anti-Catholic The film Spotlight, which won the Oscar for best picture on February 28, is a courageous movie that is not anti-Catholic, the Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano said in two articles commenting on the Oscars. Spotlight Italian historian and journalist Lucetta Scaraffia (photo), in an op-ed titled [...]
Pope Francis has announced that Blessed Mother Teresa, along with three others, will be canonized later in the year, after miracles were recognized for each of them. Mother Teresa was, in her own lifetime, and still remains, one of the most famous people in the world. But who was she, really? And how did she come [...]
