Around 120,000 people attended St. Mother Teresa’s massive canonization Mass in St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sept. 4, 2016. “Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her life, was a generous dispenser of divine mercy,” Pope Francis said in his homily, connecting the new saint’s life...
Was Pope Pius XII “Hitler’s Pope”? Or was he a determined opponent of Nazism? The debate should be settled for good now that new research shows the Vatican not only saved the lives of thousands of Jews, but also worked to assassinate Hitler. The National Geographic Channel is airing...
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“I have a fun story about Mother Teresa!” began the grinning Fr. David Mary, Minister General of the Franciscan Friars Minor, standing near St. Peter’s Square in Rome the day before the canonization of Mother Teresa. “Many years ago when I was visiting with her in the sacristy and...
It’s the night before the huge canonization ceremony for Mother Teresa in Rome, and they’re taking no chances. Security officials with bomb-sniffing dogs are sweeping the square and surrounding areas looking for bombs. There aren’t any credible reports of an attack, but especially given recent events,...
Of the 12 Apostles appointed by Jesus, 10 of them died as martyrs. Judas, the traitor, took his own life. But the last Apostle to die, John, met a very different fate. Living nearly to the very end of the 1st century, he died of natural causes – and it was...
