Telling them apart: So many Johns, part 3

Friday, October 9, 2020

Kristina Glicksman

Here are three more saints named John. Can you tell them apart? Read about St. John the martyr, St. John Leonardi, and St. John of Capistrano.

Pope Francis concludes the Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Salt + Light Media

At 17.15, the participants of different religions met in Piazza di San Francesco in Assisi for the closing ceremony. The Holy Father arrived on stage together with Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Rector of the Rabbinical Seminary Marshall Meyer (Argentina); Professor Abbas Shuman, Vice-President of Al-Azhar University (Egypt) and the Most Venerable Gijun Sugitani, Supreme Advisor of […]

Pope Francis in Assisi for Day of Prayer for Peace

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Salt + Light Media

Following the common lunch in the Sacred Convent of the Francicans in Assisi, at approximately 15:15, the Pope met individually His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople; His Holiness Ignatius Ephrem II, Patriarch of Antioch Syrian Orthodox His Grace Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Church of England; Professor Zygmut Bauman, […]

Should we care for the Holy Sites?

Friday, February 15, 2013

Deacon Pedro

Should we care for the holy sites? Or should we care about the Holy Sites? Whose responsibility is it to take care of them? Is it the local Church or the universal Church? In the Holy Land, the place where Jesus lived, there are many important and holy sites; as Catholics, is it our duty […]

Pope encourages support of Good Friday collection for Holy Land

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Matthew Harrison

Pope Benedict has repeatedly urged the universal Church to encourage and support Christians in the Holy Land. One way to do this is financially through the collection traditionally taken up on Good Friday. A letter from the prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches Cardinal Leonardo Sandri was released Monday calling on the faithful to […]

CNS Vatican Report: The Crisis in Egypt

Monday, January 31, 2011

Matthew Harrison

The Vatican is among those watching the crisis unfold in Egypt. Nearly 100 people have been killed in a week of political demonstrations. But Catholic News Service’s John Thavis explains the Holy See isn’t likely to offer any immediate comment on the situation: To download Flash Player please click here