Kidnapped Iraqi Christian’s death prompt widespread outrage.

The May 16 discovery of a kidnapped Iraqi Christian’s decapitated body has outraged local Catholics, who are now trying to understand what might have led to his death. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil believes that 29-year-old Ashur Yacob Issa, who disappeared in Kirkuk between May 13 and 14, fell victim to terrorists driven [...]

Pope asks Christians to pray for Church in China

Pope Benedict XVI has urged Catholics around the world to join him next week in praying for the Church in China. “All Catholics throughout the world have a duty to pray for the Church in China: those members of the Faithful have a right to our prayers, they need our prayers,” the Pope said May [...]

Pope invites Catholics to pray the Rosary during May

Pope Benedict XVIissued a special call to pray the Rosary during May, the month dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The pontiff spoke at the conclusion of his May 11 General Audience. He exhorted “everyone to intensify the pious practice of the Holy Rosary, especially in this month of May dedicated to the Mother of God.” [...]

John Paul II Recognized as Communication Master

 Compilation of Media Day Messages Seen as 15th Encyclical ROME, MAY 2, 2011 – Blessed John Paul II was tuned into the “complexity of communication” and up to his last days on earth, he mastered communication in its many forms. This observation was made last Wednesday by the president of the Pontifical Council for Social [...]