The challenges facing the Church in Puerto Rico were under the spotlight in the Vatican on Monday as Pope Francis met with the bishops of the Caribbean archipelago.

Among the difficulties facing people there, the Pope mentioned the serious economic situation leading to widespread migration, unemployment, corruption, drugs trafficking and domestic violence.

Stressing the need to focus on the pastoral care of the family, Pope Francis also spoke of the challenge of gender ideology in his prepared remarks which were handed to the bishops during the audience …

Pope Francis spoke with reporters on the return flight from Sarajevo to Rome on Saturday. In response to the journalists’ questions, the Holy Father touched on a number of topics ranging from global peace and security to the need for prudence in choosing what television programmes to watch and how much time to spend on-line.

“There are two different elements here: method and content…

Il-Ħadd 7 ta’ Ġunju 2015, l-Arċisqof iċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali fil-festa Solenni tal-Ġisem u d-Demm Imqaddes ta’ Kristu (Corpus Domini), fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Wara l-Quddiesa huwa mexxa purċissjoni qasira bl-Ewkaristija Mqaddsa.
 

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