Pope Francis welcomed the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to the Vatican on Monday. The Vatican Press Office reported the Popeís delight at greeting Ms Suu Kyi, "one of the most significant personalities in Asia in the area of peace, democracy and peaceful coexistence", a woman who spent 15 years under house arrest…

False impression given that religious schools better funded

Pope Francis is calling us to look at the world in a new way, writes Phil Lawler

Germany – The Vatican has announced that the Vicar General of the German Diocese of Limburg will administer the troubled diocese following the removal of Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, whose €31 million spend on his house caused uproar in the country. According to the Vatican press office, Pope Francis authorised "a period of leave outside…

Fr Gerry Campbell ran Dublin marathon for Trócaire

Persecuted Christians around the world should serve as a warning to others to “become better, stronger Christians” a prelate in Iraq has said. In a message to Christians in the Western world, Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona of the Chaldean Archeparchy of Mosul, said that in the role he has held only since January of this…

Britain – A Christian care worker has taken her employers to court to force them to respect her belief in Sunday as a rest day. Celestine Mba (pictured), a Baptist, has taken her action after her employers, who offer 24-hour disability care for children, refused to guarantee that she would never be rostered for a…

Head of Little Sisters of the Poor makes pastoral visit

Israel has declared an Italian Catholic nun ‘Righteous Among Nations’ for her life-risking efforts to save Jews during World War II. Mother Josephine Biviglia was abbess of the Sisters of Saint Quirico in Assisi during the war and is reported to have used her position to direct the community convent’s use as a place of…

Joint declaration decries oppressive laws