Eighty-one percent of respondents declared that John Paul II is a moral authority for them, including 58 percent who stated this strongly. Fourteen percent of respondents held the opposite view, according to a new CBOS poll.more
The UK public are now among the least likely internationally to believe in God, following a long-term decline in belief since the 1980s, according to new study by the Policy Institute at King’s College London.
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Yesterday, the U.S. State Department released the 2022 International Religious Freedom Report. Of the countries where it is being violated, the document singled out Russia and China, among others.more
The government's illegal immigration bill is "morally unacceptable and politically impractical," Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby told the House of Lords, adding that it was damaging Britain's reputation.more
Pope Francis told reporters on a flight from Budapest to Rome yesterday that a mission for peace in Ukraine is underway, which is not yet publicly announced. He assured that it will be made public when possible.more
In Spain, the memoirs of the late former Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls about the last years of the life of St. John Paul II. The book is entitled My Years with John Paul II (Mis anos con Juan Pablo II).more
The Holy Father was very firm about the recent attacks on St. John Paul II. He said that the accusations of the brother of the Vatican citizen Emanuela Orlandi who disappeared 40 years ago are stupid. The words of Pope Francis are also quoted by foreign media, as well as the official Vatican website Vatican News.more
Pope Francis told Argentine daily La Nacion that "John Paul II was a saint during his lifetime and is formally so now after his death." "No one can honestly doubt Pope Wojtyla" - he added.more
Donated by Pope Francis, two small fragments from the cross on which Jesus was crucified have been placed in the new Cross of Wales to lead the coronation procession of Charles III at Westminster Abbey, it has been announced.more
The American military conducted a helicopter operation this morning against one of the key leaders of the terrorist organization, the so-called of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, who was believed to have died as a result, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Twitter.more
The reconstruction of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris will be completed on time - President Emmanuel Macron assured today, who together with his wife Brigitte and Minister of Culture Rima Abdul-Malak visited the cathedral and met with the reconstructors.more
Cameras in Iran used to record and detect women who do not cover their heads under Iranian law "very likely" come from China, where advanced technology is used to identify faces, Craig Singleton of the US Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) told Euronews.more
Pope Francis, who is in the hospital, has bronchitis, the medical team taking care of him announced yesterday evening. Tomorrow, the sovereign of the Vatican City State is to leave the Gemelli clinic as he gradually recovers, but it is possible that he will be forced to resign from presiding over Holy Week celebrations.more
The number of people who regularly attend church in France is higher than is commonly believed, according to a study by the Harris Interactive institute for the French Radio and Television Committee (CFRT) and reported by the French daily La Croix.more
Pope Francis has been in the Gemelli clinic in Rome since yesterday because of heart and breathing problems, the Corriere della Sera newspaper reported, citing hospital sources. Earlier, the Vatican reported that the pope is undergoing scheduled examinations.more
On June 10, a satellite will send the text of Pope Francis' prayer for the cessation of the pandemic into space. The prayer was delivered by the Pope three years ago, when he stood alone in an empty St. Peter's Square. The Spei satellite will be launched from California.more
Pope Francis has definitively approved procedures to prevent and combat sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. The Vatican today published an updated version of Francis' apostolic letter "Vos estis lux mundi" (You are the light of the world), issued in 2019.more
For 70 percent of respondents, Pope John Paul II remains an authority, according to a poll conducted by the Pollster Research Institute for "Super Express".more
The Church of England yesterday allowed single-sex couples in civil unions to give blessings. Such couples, however, are not allowed to marry in churches.more
Britain's de-radicalization program too often treats terrorism as a mental disorder, and those who end up there as vulnerable rather than ideological and threatening, according to the Daily Telegraph.more
The Church of England is considering whether to stop referring to God as “he” after priests asked to be allowed to use gender-neutral terms instead. The Church said it would launch a new project on the matter in the spring to decide whether to propose changes or not.more