VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Five conservative cardinals urged Pope Francis to reaffirm traditional Catholic doctrine in a document made public Monday, two days before a major gathering on the Church's future. Pope Francis (AFP) The cardinals, from four different continents, asked...
Pope Francis headed Friday to Marseille for a two-day visit focused on the Mediterranean and migration, bringing a message of tolerance amid bitter debate over how Europe manages asylum seekers. Marseille was decked out in the yellow and white colours of the Vatican for the first visit by a pope to...
The resignation of Diocese of San Pablo Bishop Buenaventura Famadico due to health condition was accepted by Pope Francis on Thursday, Sept. 21. Bishop Buenaventura Famadico and Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara (Photo courtesy of CBCP News) As stated by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Pope Francis has dismissed a priest from the Diocese of Borongan due to alleged involvement in sexual abuse of children. Borongan Bishop Crispin Varquez announced on Sunday, September 17, that Father Pio Cultura Aclon has been removed from the clerical state. "He is, therefore, no...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis revealed Wednesday he will publish an update to his seminal 2015 thesis on the environment in October, just weeks before the next round of UN climate talks. The 86-year-old pontiff earlier this month mentioned plans to write a second part of "Laudato Si" but...
Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles John Brown has requested the Filipino faithful to keep on praying for the health and continuous recovery of Pope Francis. Pope Francis (Manila Bulletin file photo) The 86-year-old Church leader was discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday, June 16, nine...
ROME, Italy - Pope Francis will undergo an operation for a painful abdominal hernia on Wednesday, reviving concerns over the 86-year-old's increasingly fragile health. Francis was admitted mid-morning to the Gemelli hospital in Rome, where he is expected to stay for several days. The 86-year-old,...
ROME, Italy -Pope Francis visited a Rome hospital for a medical check-up on Tuesday, the Vatican said, just over two months after he was hospitalised with bronchitis. "This morning Pope Francis went to the Gemelli Polyclinic to undergo some clinical tests and returned to the Vatican before noon,"...
Marian Shrines from the Philippines will join a global prayer for Synod on Synodality on Wednesday, May 31. The International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo City. (Photo credit: ANTIPOLO CATHEDRAL FACEBOOK PAGE / CBCP) Pope Francis declared in his Regina Caeli address...
STRASBOURG- Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Archbishop of Strasbourg Luc Ravel, who stepped down last month following complaints about his management, the Bishops' Conference of France said on Saturday. The diocese of the eastern French city is unusual in the Catholic Church, as...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis returned to work Saturday after taking a day off with a fever, the Vatican said, with the pontiff set to hold several private audiences. The 86-year-old, who was hospitalised with bronchitis nearly two months ago, had a full calendar of meetings lined up, it...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis has a fever that caused him to clear his schedule on Friday morning, the Vatican said, nearly two months after the 86-year-old pontiff was hospitalised with bronchitis. "Due to a feverish state, Pope Francis did not receive an audience this morning," said...
