Pope Francis on Pentecost, June 8, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA. By Hannah Brockhaus   Pope Francis has approved the inclusion of three additional invocations in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Litany of Loreto. In a June 20 letter to the presidents of bishops’ conferences, Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for the Divine Liturgy ...

Sister Maria Laura Mainetti. Public domain Pope Francis declared Friday that Sister Maria Laura Mainetti, an Italian religious sister killed by three teenage girls in a Satanic sacrifice, was a martyr for the Catholic faith. The 60-year-old Sister of the Cross was in 2000 stabbed to death by three teenage girls in a park in Chiavenna, Italy. Mainetti’s killers were ...

The Church of St. Benedict the Moor in Pittsburgh, Pa. Credit: Ronald Woan via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0. Black Catholics in Pittsburgh will have a personal parish to respond to their specific needs, Bishop David Zubik has said in response to local requests and a listening session held in early 2020. “Along with their sincere enthusiasm and passion for their ...

Members of the African American, African & Caribbean Apostolate hand the Evangelion to Deacon Rick Fortune at an Enduring Love service June 19 2020. Credit Gerald Wutkowski Jr./Diocese of Metuchen. The Bishop of Metuchen led a prayer service for racial harmony and justice Friday, urging Catholics to focus on the eradication of racism. Bishop James Checchio held the prayer service ...

By Courtney Mares At his baptism at a Catholic church in Shanghai, Dalù said that he “cried like a baby” knowing that his sins were being washed away. His journey to faith began with singing Christmas carols in 2009, and eventually led him to seek asylum in Rome. “I am a music lover. Once I saw on a website that ...

Sister Stan Mumuni, founder of the Marian Sisters of Eucharistic Love. Courtesy of the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See. By Courtney Mares   Sister Stan Mumuni dedicates her life to caring for abandoned children with birth defects in Ghana. When the coronavirus pandemic spread to West Africa, she said that she ran to the market to buy soap and ...

Alex Zanardi competes in the Rome Marathon with his handcycle April 2, 2017. Credit: Alextype/Shutterstock Pope Francis has written a letter of encouragement to Alex Zanardi, a Formula One driver turned Paralympic champion who is in a coma following a collision last Friday. In the letter, published June 24 in the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, the pope ...

The statue of the Roman Catholic Spanish priest Junipero Serra is pictured in Palma de Mallorca on June 22, 2020, after it was daubed with graffiti reading “Racist.” Credit: Jaime Reina AFP/Getty By Jonah McKeown As rioters across the United States target statues depicting historical figures, the Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin on Tuesday denounced that destruction, along with calls to ...

By Mercy Hills Yvonne Mary introduces herself: My name is Ekeoma YvonneMary Ahumaraeze, a native of Umuaka Orlu, Njaba, LGA of Imo state. I am a graduate of Accounting Education from the prestigious Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. I also got my second degree in Accounting from the same university. My parents used to have this skill for drawing, because I ...

-AIRS, Emblem Reps, Clear Air … By Chioma Ndife, Mercy Hills, Alexander Johnson Adejoh and Precious Ukeje As Anambra State embarks on Tax Awareness Week, TAW, citizens, home and abroad, have raised concerns over what they termed the illegal payment of tax, revenue and other payments in the state. Fides, however, gathered that the 2020 Tax Awareness Week organized by ...