• Mexico protests to Vatican over pope’s drug comments

  

  Feb 25, 2015 2:08

  (AFP) Mexico has registered a rare diplomatic protest with the Vatican over comments by Pope Francis warning that his native...

   

• Philippine bishops call for prayer in response to coup allegations

  

  Feb 25, 2015 1:34

  (UCAN) Philippine bishops on Tuesday issued an “Oratio Imperata”, or obligatory prayer for peace, amid accusations...

   

• Christians up in arms over Hindu leader’s Blessed Teresa remarks

  

  Feb 25, 2015 0:24

  (UCAN) Christians across India have expressed outrage over remarks from a Hindu leader suggesting that the main objective...

   

• Paraguay confirms Pope Francis will visit in July on trip that will include Bolivia, Ecuador

  

  Feb 25, 2015 0:08

  (EFE) Pope Francis will visit Paraguay from July 10-12 on a brief trip to South America that will also include stops in Bolivia...

   

• Merkel and Pope discuss Ukraine at Vatican meeting

  

  Feb 22, 2015 22:24

  (AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a visit to the Vatican on Saturday met with Pope Francis and discussed efforts to...

   

• German Catholic archdiocese reveals it’s richer than Vatican

  

  Feb 20, 2015 4:45

  (Reuters) The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Cologne in Germany has disclosed it is worth 3.35 billion euros ($3.82 billion),...

   

• Priests reject nomination of bishop in Chile

  

  Feb 20, 2015 4:43

  (AP) A group of Chilean priests on Thursday demanded the resignation of a bishop, accusing him of covering up for a prominent...

   

• Spanish judge drops charges against 9 priests in sexual abuse case

  

  Feb 18, 2015 3:38

  (NYT) A Spanish judge leading an investigation into accusations of sexual abuse against priests in the southern city of Granada...

   

• Tonga’s King talks climate change with Pope Francis

  

  Feb 18, 2015 3:34

  (RTCC) Tonga’s King has taken the environmental challenges facing the small island states in the Pacific to the Vatican. King...

   

• Egypt launches air strikes against the Islamic State in Libya, after the beheading of 21 Copts

  

  Feb 17, 2015 1:35

  (AsiaNews) – The Egyptian Air Force carried out dawn raids on Islamic State (IS) positions in Libya. State television...