Pope Francis lashed out against the "dictatorship of the economy»
Posted by: fibonnaci
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-05-20 12:19:20 -0700 | political-news
The free market has become a tyranny where people are valued only for their ability to consume, warned Pope St. Francis in the speech, which he held in the Vatican in the afternoon. - We have created new idols. The...
Catholics in the world are 1.214 million, 17.5% of population
Posted by: rsa76
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-05-16 17:33:33 -0700 | education-news
Vatican City - Catholics in the world are 1.214 million people, representing 17.5% of the world population, according to Ecclesiastical Statistical Yearbook 2011, released today by the Pope Francisco Pontifical Yearbook 2013 . Catholics in the world increased from the...
Pope proclaims a Mexican nun and another Colombian
Posted by: rsa76
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-05-13 00:12:41 -0700 | spirituality-religion-news
ope Francisco proclaimed today the first saints of his pontificate: the Colombian nun and Upegui Laura Montoya (1874-1949), the Mexican Guadalupe García Zavala, known as mother Lupita (1878 - 1963) and 800 Italian martyrs killed in 1480 at the hands...
Benedict XVI returned to live in the Vatican.
Posted by: Vicky247
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-05-05 06:07:58 -0700 | political-news
The Pope emeritus returned Thursday to the city that had it as high priest. He arrived aboard a helicopter from Castel Gandolfo. Francisco takes it in person. The old Pope Benedict XVI came to the town of the Vatican Palace...
Pope Francisco, very concerned about situation in Venezuela, calls for peace
Posted by: rsa76
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-04-25 13:51:36 -0700 | political-news
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis made this Sunday in St. Peter's Square Vatican a fiery call for peace in Venezuela after the election as President Hugo Chavez dolphin, Nicolas Maduro, who led the opposition to demand a recount total votes....
Papal Twitter analysis: How Francis and Benedict compare
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Punditty
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-04-29 10:12:22 -0700 | spirituality-religion-news
When the Vatican announced in late 2012 that Pope Benedict XVI would be opening a Twitter account, the online world wasn’t quite sure to expect from the Vicar of Christ when it came to social media. Would he follow Charlie...
Pope sent a message of condolences to Iran and Pakistan for the victims of quake
Posted by: rsa76
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-04-19 21:34:14 -0700 | odd-news
World leader of Catholics, Pope Francisco, in a message, expressed his condolences to the Iranian nation by the strong earthquake in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan, as well as some areas of southern Pakistan. Pope Vatican Radio Francisco appealed...
Pope Francis forms advisory committee to help reform Vatican bureaucracy
Posted by: arkar
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-04-16 11:52:20 -0700 | spirituality-religion-news
Before Pope Benedict XVI had stepped down as pontiff in an announcement that took the world by surprise, top of the agenda for the now pope emeritus was the Vatican’s own bureaucracy known as the Curia. Considered to be "arcane"...
Pope Francis calls for 'decisive action' against sexual abuse within Catholic Church
Posted by: arkar
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-04-08 15:20:56 -0700 | spirituality-religion-news
Pope Benedict XVI’s years as pontiff were largely dogged by the specter of sexual abuse against minors by priests within the Catholic Church, with hundreds of cases from around the world surfacing, tarnishing the reputation of the church. Considered to...
The audience of the Pope on Twitter reached to 5 million
Posted by: rsa76
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-04-08 15:20:56 -0700 | odd-news
Thus, the number of users who have subscribed to the page Francis has doubled in the last seven weeks, according to Italian media. On the Pope published reports in nine languages, including Italian, English, Spanish, Arabic and Latin. Each entry...
Pope calls for peace in the Middle East at Easter
Posted by: rsa76
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-04-03 02:49:18 -0700 | odd-news
ATICAN CITY - Pope Francisco called Sunday on his first Easter message as bishop of Rome, and peaceful and deplored the endless conflict in the Middle East and the Korean peninsula, following celebrate Mass before more than 250,000 people in...
Pope Francis gives Easter Sunday message before thousands, pleads for peace
Posted by: arkar
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-04-03 02:49:18 -0700 | spirituality-religion-news
In his first Easter address, newly appointed Pope Francis called for peace in the world, particularly speaking about the Middle East and civil war-stricken Syria. Pope Francis was elected pontiff in a papal conclave held earlier in March after his...
New pope offers entire church Easter resurrection
Posted by: PJesep
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-04-03 02:49:18 -0700 | spirituality-religion-news
Irony, symbolism and change-with-continuity defined the messages Pope Francis shared with the faithful throughout Holy Week culminating on Easter. Easter Sunday celebrates resurrection underscoring life, rebirth and new beginnings. It is a message to remind everyone of hope for a...
Pope Francis calls for world peace in first Easter Sunday address as pontiff
Posted by: Jennifer Rees
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-04-03 13:31:13 -0700 | spirituality-religion-news
Pope Francis made a passionate plea for world peace while addressing a sea of Catholics drawn together from across the world to greet him on his first Easter Sunday as pontiff. Pope Francis talked about the clashes in Syria and...
Pope Francis Washes Feet of Two Women, First for Catholic Papacy
Posted by: joycesingha
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-04-12 04:57:25 -0700 | political-news
Reuters reports: Two women were among the twelve people whose feet were washed and kissed by Pope Francis at the traditional Holy Thursday ceremony before Good Friday. The Pope traveled to the Casal del Marmo prison on Rome's outskirts for...
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