A majority of Catholic priests and religious polled in the United States believe that the new English translation of the Mass “urgently needs to be revised”. Priests in 539 parishes nationwide responded to a survey undertaken by the Centre for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University on the Mass translation which came…

Pope Francis has sent a message to followers of the Chaldean Church on the passing of Patriarch Emeritus Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, who died April 9 at the age of 87. In a message delivered to the Church’s current leader, Patriarch, Raphael Louis Sako I, the Pope stated: “I offer you, the clergy, men and…

A Catholic priest has been killed in an apparent murder/suicide in Nicaragua.According to investigators, 42-year-old Fr Juan Francisco Blandon Meza was in conversation with two women of his parish of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in Jinotega when the husband of one of the women opened fire on the group, killing his wife and the…

Censors in Egypt have ruled that the latest Russell Crowe film, Noah, does not offend Islam and have passed it for screening in the country. Having been banned by Muslim authorities in Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the basis that any portrayal of a prophet’s face is insulting to Islamic tradition, there…

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