3+ hour, 24+ min ago  (450+ words) Mullally, whose appointment has split the already divided Anglican Communion, arrived early to meet with Leo in his library. Later, they were to go to into the Urban VIII Chapel inside the Apostolic palace for what the Vatican said would…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (749+ words) Winnipeg 19" C, Cloudy with wind He left Equatorial Guinea in 2002 to take refuge in Spain, blaming what he said was the government's abuse of minority groups and decades of systemic oppression from the ruling family. According to Vatican data, about…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (810+ words) Winnipeg 17" C, Windy "We thank the Lord for the great gift of the life of Francis, to the church and the world," Leo said. The American pope delivered the tribute in Italian while speaking with reporters aboard the papal plane…...

6+ day, 57+ min ago  (659+ words) Winnipeg 16" C, Sunny President Donald Trump and many of his leading Christian supporters and top Republicans are taking part this week in a marathon reading of the Bible in an America 250-themed event billed as encouraging a "return to the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (463+ words) Jerusalem's police said on Wednesday that they would lift restrictions on all holy sites and deploy hundreds of officers and volunteers in the city. Access had been prohibited altogether, or restricted to a few dozen faithful at a time, at…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (345+ words) Winnipeg 3" C, Partly cloudy with wind Easter for Christians commemorates Christ's triumph over death with his resurrection following his crucifixion. Lighting the candle before he entered the basilica, the pope intoned: "The light of Christ who rises in glory." Candle…...

4+ week, 20+ hour ago  (302+ words) Winnipeg 1" C, Windy After singing a hymn inside the church of Saint John, Banderas, dressed in a traditional penitent's robe in bright beige with dark green detailing, gave the order to set in motion the float on which the bearers…...

1+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (744+ words) Winnipeg -9" C, Snow Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said the visit would provide the American pope with his first real chance to speak to all of Europe. "In the Bible, it is precisely the small ones who play a significant role,…...

1+ mon, 17+ hour ago  (842+ words) Winnipeg -10" C, Partly cloudy with wind (RNS) " When the helicopter delivering Pope John Paul II to a Catholic youth festival descended into Denver's Mile High Stadium 32 years ago, the crowd's roar, the pilot later told papal biographer George Weigel, created…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (257+ words) Winnipeg -1" C, Blowing snow Bishop Anthony Randazzo, bishop of Broken Bay, was named prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts. The office is responsible for writing and interpreting the Catholic Church's in-house canon law, and also provides legal advice on…...