Philippines bomb blast kills at least 4 during Christian Mass
A powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed at least four people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a predominantly Muslim city…
Pura Luka Vega: drag queen arrested after Jesus performance sparks backlash in the Philippines
CNN — A drag queen who dressed as Jesus Christ and performed a rock rendition of The Lord’s Prayer has been arrested in the Philippines under the country’s obscenity laws,…
Wartime Pope Pius XII probably knew about Holocaust early on, letters show
CNN — Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a letter found in the Vatican…
Catholic Church honors Polish family persecuted for sheltering Jews in unprecedented beatification
CNN — The Catholic Church beatified on Sunday a Polish family of nine, including a new-born baby, who died at the hands of Nazi Germans during World War Two for…
Pope tells Chinese Catholics to be ‘good citizens’ as he hosts mass in neighboring Mongolia
CNN — Pope Francis urged Chinese Catholics to be “good citizens” and “good Christians,” a rare instance of the Holy Father publicly addressing the issue of religion in China. Francis’…
Pope Francis makes historic trip to Mongolia amid tensions with neighboring China and Russia
CNN — Pope Francis formally began his 8,000-kilometer trip to Mongolia on Saturday, a country sandwiched between Russia and China that has a tiny Catholic population. Catholics from Mongolia and…
Ukraine blasts Pope Francis’ address to Russian youth as ‘imperialist propaganda’
CNN — Ukrainian officials have criticized Pope Francis’ recent address to Russian youth, calling his remarks “imperialist propaganda.” The pontiff made a video address to the 10th All-Russian Catholic Youth…
Nova Scotia floods: 3 months’ worth of rain at once forces evacuations and leaves at least 4 people missing
CNN — Three months’ worth of rain over the course of one day has flooded the Canadian province of Nova Scotia since Friday night, inundating streets, forcing evacuations and leaving…
Emanuela Orlandi: Vatican to hand over evidence in 1983 disappearance of employee’s daughter
CNN — The Vatican said Thursday it will hand over evidence in the disappearance of a 15-year-old daughter of one of its employees 40 years ago to the Rome city…
Pope Francis in ‘better’ shape than before, surgeon says
Rome CNN — Pope Francis was discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital Friday where the 86-year-old was recovering from abdominal surgery, after the procedure sparked renewed concerns over his health. The…