Dec 28, 2024 · In late November, during a brief audience with motorcycle racing enthusiasts, Pope Francis asked for prayers, joking that "my work is very accelerated, and my bike has aged and doesn't work properly!" Pope Francis, who celebrated his 88th birthday Dec. 17, mostly uses a wheelchair instead of walking ...

Nov 5, 2024 · The Vatican recently unveiled the 2025 Jubilee mascot, Luce, together with her friends, Fe, Xin, and Sky, and her dog, Santino, and guardian angel.

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Nov 14, 2024 · Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, whom Pope Francis removed from pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, in 2023, read an open letter Nov. 13 in Baltimore asking "what it will take for more than a few bishops to finally speak up against the false messages constantly flowing from the Vatican under the leadership of Pope Francis?"

Jan 6, 2025 · Our own age isn’t religious in the same way that the medieval centuries were. Medieval man was passionately and publicly faithful to his beliefs, but was a rabid bigot where the beliefs of others were concerned. This is rarely encountered today, unless a government is totalitarian. Modern ...

Dec 3, 2024 · On Dec. 6, the film, Mary, will be released on Netflix, two days before the celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in the Catholic Church. The official synopsis of the movie states, “Through Mary’s eyes, this coming-of-age biblical epic tells the story of one of history’s most profound figures and the remarkable journey that led to the birth of Jesus.”

Oct 18, 2024 · Clerical celibacy is an issue that the ongoing final sessions of the Synod on Synodality should have discussed. However, the hierarchy continues to peripheralize it, despite its deleterious impacts on witnessing Christ and evangelizing.

Nov 12, 2024 · In 2015, as the world celebrated Myanmar's seemingly democratic shift, United States Ambassador Derek Mitchell made a historic visit to Chin State, a remote region bordering India.. It was the first time a US official of such rank had set foot in the area since Myanmar gained independence from Britain in 1948.

Oct 23, 2024 · Flooding triggered by tropical storm Trami killed at least three people and displaced about 382,300 people in central Philippines, prompting the government and aid groups to rush with aid for the victims.. Trami, the 11th typhoon to hit the Catholic-majority nation this year, disrupted classes, work and public transport in Bicol, Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Eastern Visayas region ...

Bishop's House, 41 Lantana St., Cubao, 1111 Quezon City, Philippines Phone: (02)8723-5113/5 Fax :8723-7847 Pope Francis appointed Father Elias Lumayog Ayuban Jr., CMF, as bishop of Cubao diocese on Oct. 4, 2024. His episcopal ordination was on Dec. 3, 2024. Bishop Ayuban Jr. was born on Jan. 1, 1968, in Parang in Maguindanao.