Morning Catholic must-reads: 22/09/14
“To kill in the name of God is a grave sacrilege,” Francis has said during his day-long visit to Albania (short videos, full videos, full texts). The Holy Father wept as he heard an elderly priest and...
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Pope Francis paid tribute to the martyrs of Albania at his general audience this morning (full text, short video, full video). There is “a moral imperative to act” on climate change, Vatican secretary...
View ArticleAlbanian furniture maker refuses to sell chair which Pope sat on
The manager of a furniture factory in Albania, who made a chair for the Pope’s visit to his country last September, is refusing to sell the piece of furniture. The chair, on display at Tonin Alia’s...
View ArticleVatican sets date for Albania’s beatification of martyrs
The Catholic Church in Albania says that Vatican has set November 5 as the day of beatification of 38 Albanian religious martyrs killed by the former communist regime. In April, Pope Francis officially...
View ArticleRita Ora to sing for Pope Francis on eve of Mother Teresa’s canonisation
The pop artist Rita Ora will sing for Pope Francis during a concert at St Peter’s Basilica to celebrate the canonisation of Mother Teresa. The singer will take part in the concert the night before...
View ArticleAlbanian president unveils statue of St Teresa in New York
Albanian President Bujar Nishani unveiled a statue of St Teresa of Calcutta in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York. Hundreds gathered for the ceremony outside St Athanasius Catholic Church,...
View ArticleAlbania’s new cardinal: a priest who spent 28 years in labour camps
When Pope Francis visited Albania in 2014, he was brought to tears by a priest’s description of the two decades of imprisonment, torture and forced labour he suffered under Albania’s brutal communist...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 07/11/16
At yesterday’s Angelus, Pope Francis urged authorities to mark the Year of Mercy with “an act of clemency” towards prisoners (full text, full video). The Pope celebrated a Jubilee Mass for prisoners on...
View ArticleAlbanian artist builds Mother Teresa mosaic with staples
An Albanian artist on Monday unveiled a portrait of Mother Teresa using staples, in a call for European countries to stop raising fences to shut their borders to refugees. Built in less than a month,...
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