This is my final blog as the doctors and the respiratory team have advised that I do not have much time left to live due to the fact of being in the end stages of COPD as well as cancer of the lung. I am hopeful that I shall be admitted to Our Lady’s Hospice… Read More Farewell with request for prayers

26/10/2016 14:34SHARE: (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday reminded the faithful that the month of October is dedicated to the Rosary and invited all believers to recite the Marian prayer. In a tweet, just a few days ago, on the day when the Church celebrates the feast of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary, the… Read More Pope Francis: ‘the Rosary is the prayer of my heart’

Share The ashes of cremated Catholics cannot be kept at home, scattered or divided among family members, the Vatican has announced in new guidelines. The two-page instruction by the Vatican’s department on doctrine said ashes of the dead must be kept in “sacred places” such as cemeteries. It also stressed that the  Catholic Church still… Read More Vatican bans cremation ashes scattering in new guidelines

Pope Francis’s edict on climate change has fallen on closed ears, study finds Hailed as a significant call for action, the pope’s encyclical has not had the anticipated rallying effect on public opinion, researchers have found Knowledge of the pope’s encyclical, called’ Laudato Si, did not appear to be linked to higher levels of concern… Read More Knowledge of the pope’s encyclical, Laudato S seems to have fallen on closed ears.

Have courage! Embrace your mission. Pope Francis stressed this during his Angelus address in St. Peter’s Square, as he reflected on today’s readings, especially St. Paul’s Letter to Timothy, in which he encourages his disciple to remember that as Christians we are called to set out and evangelize. Francis observed how St. Paul’s autobiographical account… Read More Pope: ‘Today Is a Time of Mission and Courage’

  21/10/2016 12:40  SHARE: (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said humility, gentleness and magnanimity are the three key attitudes to build unity within the Church and urged Christians to reject envy, jealousy and conflicts. He was speaking at his Mass celebrated on Friday in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence. Taking his inspiration from the… Read More Pope: urges Christians to reject envy and conflicts and work for unity:humility, gentleness and magnanimity are the three key attitudes to build unity within the Church

Forward s Today’s world mythicizes power and looks, and thus the elderly have a special mission, Pope Francis says: To give witness to what really matters — the values that remain forever. The Pope said this Saturday when he addressed some 7,000 elderly, including many grandparents, in Paul VI Hall. The Holy Father emphasized that… Read More Pope to Elderly: Power and Looks Are Mythicized; You Must Show What Truly Matters

Pope Francis celebrates Mass to canonize seven new Saints – AP Pope Francis celebrates Mass to canonize seven new Saints – AP 16/10/2016 13:21SHARE: (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday canonized seven new Saints including Argentina’s “gaucho priest” Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero. Know as “Cura Brochero”, the Argentinian who made it his mission to… Read More Pope Francis canonizes seven new Saints CHURCH AND HOLY SPIRIT SUPPORT US WHEN WE TIRE PRAYING

“I am a poor priest and my only richness is Christ,” are the words that his Italian biographer, Mimmo Muolo, retains of Cardinal-designate Ernest Simoni, hero of the Gospel under the Albanian Communist regimes, who endured condemnation to death and was a slave labourer for almost 30 years. Father Ernest Simoni is the only non-bishop… Read More Father Ernest Simoni is the only non-bishop on the list of 17 who will receive the red hat in November.

Pope Francis: Look to the model of Mary Pope Francis presides over Mass for Marian Jubilee – AFP 09/10/2016 10:55 SHARE: Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the Marian Jubilee on Sunday as part of the celebrations for the Year of Mercy. In his homily he told the faithful present in St Peter’s Square that, “we are… Read More Pope Francis: Look to the model of Mary: Pope Francis presides over Sunday Mass for Marian Jubilee – homily