DAY OF PRAYER FOR CATHOLICS IN CHINA
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has invited Catholics around the world to pray on Friday especially for the Church in China ...
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May 2013
Fri 24
THE ROLE OF MEDIA FOR THE CHURCH'S MISSION IN SERBIA
(Vatican Radio) The role of the media in the mission of the Church will be under the spotlight next week ...
BISHOP OF ALEPPO: CONCERN OVER FATE OF TWO SYRIAN ARCHBISHOPS KIDNAPPED ONE MONTH AGO
(Vatican Radio) It’s exactly one month since two Syrian Orthodox archbishops were kidnapped near the city of Aleppo. The ...
THE VENERABLE BEDE AND HIS 'LIFE OF SAINT CUTHBERT'...
(Vatican Radio ) Join our popular 'Latin Lover' Carmelite Father Reginald Foster as he gives us an assessment of the command ...
JOAN KNOWS...
JOAN KNOWS...
POPE FRANCIS AT MASS: BE SALT OF THE EARTH
(Vatican Radio) That Christians might spread the spiritual salt of faith, hope and charity: this was Pope Francis’ exhortation at ...
POPE LEADS ITALIAN BISHOPS IN PROFESSION OF FAITH
(Vatican Radio) On Thursday evening, Pope Francis joined the Bishops of Italy as they gathered in Saint Peter’s Basilica ...
POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES COUNCIL FOR MIGRANTS
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the participants in the Plenary session of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People ...
HOW AN EGYPTIAN SHEIKH IS SAVING TORTURED REFUGEES HELD BY TRAFFICKERS IN THE SINAI
(Vatican Radio) Mohammed Ali Hassan Awwad is an Egyptian Sheikh who has saved the lives of hundreds of refugees who ...
FINE HYMS IN HONOUR OF THE BLESSED TRINITY
(Vatican Radio) Monsignor Philip Whitmore brings us a musical meditation for Trinity Sunday which begins with the words of a ...
QUESTIONS OF FAITH: WHY ANOINT THE SICK?
(Vatican Radio) What is the Catholic Church teaching on suffering? Why do we anoint the sick and why is it ...
POPE FRANCIS MEETS BULGARIAN, MACEDONIAN DELEGATIONS
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday held separate meetings with a delegation from Bulgaria, led by Marin Raykov, Prime Minister ...
AFRICA DAY: SPOTLIGHT ON THE SAHEL
(Vatican Radio) Each year, Africa Day provides an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of the peoples and governments of Africa ...
MEXICO UNCOVERS $151M FRAUD IN TABASCO
(Vatican Radio) Mexico's attorney general is vowing to get to the bottom of a multi-million-dollar fraud, involving a vast-scale ...
FIFTH NIGHT OF RIOTS IN STOCKHOLM
(Vatican Radio) Five consecutive nights of rioting in Stockholm have launched a national debate in Sweden on immigration, unemployment and ...
POPE FRANCIS: SUFFERING DIFFICULTIES WITH PATIENCE AND OVERCOMING OPPRESSION WITH LOVE
(Vatican Radio) “To suffer with patience and to overcome external and internal oppression with love.” That was the prayer of ...
Thu 23
POPE RECEIVES PRESIDENT OF EL SALVADOR
(Vatican Radio) This morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father received in audience His Excellency Mr. Carlos Mauricio ...
1 MILLION SMS OF CATHOLIC TEACHING
(Vatican Radio) Africa is in the midst of a technological revolution, and nothing illustrates that fact better than the proliferation ...
NEW DIRECTOR OF ROME'S ANGLICAN CENTRE
(Vatican Radio) The new director of Rome’s Anglican Centre, former Archbishop of New Zealand David Moxon will be officially ...
MIGRATION PLENARY: SPOTLIGHT ON NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA
(Vatican Radio) Forced migration and how it can be tackled from a pastoral perspective. That is the subject of the ...
BAN KI-MOON VISITS GOMA IN THE CONGO
(Vatican Radio) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the eastern Congo city of Goma on Thursday, hours after a rebel ...
FORCED MIGRATION: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE
(Vatican Radio) The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People is continuing its Plenary Assembly in ...
$2 BILLION WORTH OF DAMAGE CAUSE BY OKLAHOMA TORNADO
(Vatican Radio) It’s estimated that $2 billion worth of damage was caused by the tornado that hit Oklahoma on ...
SUNDAY GOSPEL MAY 26 2013
In this week's edition of There's more in the Gospel than meets the eye, Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick ...
BEES AID LANDMINE DETECTION IN CROATIA
(Vatican Radio) Croatian researchers have trained bees to detect tens of thousands of land mines that are still buried throughout ...
Wed 22
KAICIID DIALOGUE CENTRE HOLDING CONFERENCE SERIES ON "THE IMAGE OF THE OTHER"
(Vatican Radio) The King Abdullah International Center for Inter-religious and Inter-cultural Dialogue, KAICIID, of which the Holy See is a ...
POPE FRANCIS: CALL TO PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH IN CHINA
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has called Christians worldwide to prayer this Friday for our brothers and sisters in China. Speaking ...
VATICAN'S FINANCIAL INFORMATION AUTHORITY RELEASES ANNUAL REPORT
(Vatican Radio) The Holy See Press Office on Wednesday hosted the launch of the Annual Report of the Financial Information ...
SYRIA: CHRISTIANS MARK 1 MONTH SINCE BISHOPS' KIDNAPPING
(Vatican Radio) Below we publish the statement issues by the Christians of Aleppo, Syria who are marking one month since ...
POPE AT MASS: CULTURE OF ENCOUNTER IS THE FOUNDATION OF PEACE
(Vatican Radio) “Doing good” is a principle that unites all humanity, beyond the diversity of ideologies and religions, and creates ...
POPE FRANCIS VISITS VATICAN SOUP KITCHEN
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis visited the "Gift of Mary" soup kitchen and women’s shelter run by the Missionaries of ...
AUDIENCE: THE HOLY SPIRIT, UNITY AND COMMUNION [FULL TEXT]
(Vatican Radio) Below a Vatican Radio translation of Pope Francis’ General Audience catechesis, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. [Original text Italian ...
Tue 21
POPE PRAYS FOR STRENGTH AND HOPE IN WAKE OF OKLAHOMA TRAGEDY
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegram to Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City to express his deep ...
LEGAL CASE AGAINST FORMER DICTATOR "REWOUND"
(Vatican Radio) The legal procedure against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, has been plunged into chaos, after Guatemala's Constitutional ...
ARCHBISHOP OF OKLAHOMA: WITH THE PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA THROUGH THEIR RECOVERY
(Vatican Radio) From May 19 through May 20, 2013, a series of devastating tornadoes ripped through central Oklahoma, culminating in ...
PONTIFICAL COUNCIL ON CHALLENGES OF REACHING OUT TO VICTIMS OF FORCED MIGRATION
(Vatican Radio) How can the Church boost its pastoral assistance to the victims of forced migration, especially at a time ...
POPE AT MASS: TRUE POWER, EVEN IN THE CHURCH, IS IN SERVING OTHERS
(Vatican Radio) For a Christian, true progress lies in humbling ourselves as Jesus did. This was the focus of Pope ...
POPE CALLS FOR PRAYERS FOR OKLAHOMA TORNADO VICTIMS
(Vatican Radio) In the aftermath of the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma on Monday, Pope Francis sent out a tweet ...
FR LOMBARDI SJ: POPE DID NOT PERFORM EXORCISM
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ decision to place his hands on the head of a sick child and pray over him ...
TORNADOS DEVASTATE OKLAHOMA NEIGHBOURHOODS
(Vatican Radio) At least 91 people are now known to have died, including 20 children, when a massive tornado swept ...
CONDITION OF FORMER PERUVIAN PRESIDENT WORSENS
(Vatican Radio) The Family of ailing former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, are appealing to current President Ollanta Humala to officially ...
Mon 20
CHINESE PREMIER PAYS FIRST VISIT TO INDIA
(Vatican Radio) As Tibetans protesting against the visit of the Chinese prime minister to New Delhi were held off by ...
NORTH KOREA CONTINUES TO DEFY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
(Vatican Radio) South Korea said the North fired a further two missiles which apparently flew about 120 kilometres before falling ...
POPE'S MESSAGE TO MEETING MARKING EDICT OF MILAN ANNIVERSARY
(Vatican Radio) In a message sent to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew 1st, Pope Francis says he is ...
REGINA CAELI : A GIFT AND A TREASURE FOR THE CHURCH
(Vatican Radio) Ahead of reciting the Easter Marian hymn, Regina Caeli, for the last time this year on Pentecost Sunday ...
POPE AT MASS: COURAGEOUS, HUMBLE PRAYER CAN WORK WONDERS
(Vatican Radio) Courageous, humble and strong prayer can accomplish miracles: this was Pope Francis’ message at morning Mass in Casa ...
BURMA'S PRESIDENT IN WHITE HOUSE VISIT
(Vatican Radio) President Thein Sein of Burma is scheduled Monday to meet US President Barack Obama. The former General becomes ...
SYRIAN TROOPS TAKE REBEL-HELD QUSAIR
(Vatican Radio) Syrian forces launched a major offensive on Sunday on the rebel-held town of Qusair, near the Lebanese border ...