Young Edoardo Santini, considered “the most handsome man in Italy,” has decided to leave his promising career as a model and enter a seminary to become a priest. Dancer, swimmer, actor — these were a few of the dreams of Santini, a 21-year-old Italian who in...
Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado of the Mission Society of the Philippines (MSP) as new coadjutor bishop of far-off Rarotonga diocese in the Cook Islands. Getalado has been serving as a MSP missionary to the Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti, the capital island...
VATICAN --- Pope Francis announced Friday that the Catholic Church will celebrate its first World Day of Children in May 2024. Speaking in his Angelus address on Dec. 8 to mark the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the pope shared that...
Pope Francis on Friday appointed appointed three new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, including a priest of Filipino descent. Fr. Efren Esmilla, who was born in Laguna province’s Nagcarlan town, joins priests Keith Chylinski and Christopher Cooke as auxiliary bishops to serve the archdiocese’s...
In an effort to better serve young people, NET Ministries is collaborating with the Juan Diego Network through its founder, José Manuel De Urquidi, to adapt the YDisciple project to the Spanish language and the needs of Latino culture. Based in Minnesota and with a national...
The Vatican has informed German bishops in writing that the ordination of women and changes in the Church’s teaching on homosexuality cannot be subjects of discussion in the upcoming meetings with delegates of the German Synodal Way in Rome. The letter, dated Oct. 23, also reminded...
“Rejoicing in Hope” was the theme for the 2023 Diocesan World Youth Day. Held on Sunday, 26 November, the Feast of Christ the King, the event was celebrated locally in dioceses around the world. In an interview with Vatican News, Agatha Lydia Natania, a member of the...
VATICAN — Pope Francis on Friday met with pilgrims from the southern Philippine archdiocese of Ozamis, encouraging them to spend their lives in the service of others. Led by Archbishop Martin Jomuad, the pilgrims composed of priests and laypeople are on a Marian pilgrimage in Europe...
Pope Francis has invited young people to be a light of hope in a world suffering from war, violence, suffering, and despair. “When we think of human tragedies, especially the suffering of the innocent, we too can echo some of the Psalms and ask the Lord,...
VATICAN— The recently concluded 2023 Synod of Bishops is proposing major changes in Church decision-making processes and the way dioceses and parishes are governed. The word “co-responsibility” is mentioned 16 times in the synthesis report of the first session of the “Synod on Synodality,” convoked by...