ZENIT: Pope Francis [celebrated] Mass for Morocco’s small minority of Catholics. He did so during his second day in Morocco, during his 28th Apostolic Visit, 42nd country visited, and third travel to Africa. The Holy Father’s Mass marks the first…

KTF News – 2018 in Review – The Church’s Annus horribilisWatch this video on YouTube Image: Pixabay.com Transcript of this video Source References 2018 in review: the Church’s annus horribilis

The Atlantic: …A conference on “global fraternity” has featured rabbis, imams, swamis, cardinals, and obscure religious officiaries whose titles I had never heard before. …The assembled clerics, seemingly one of every type, were a sort of warm-up crew for the…

CNSNews: According to Vatican observer Edwin Pentin, it [was] “not clear” whether “the role of homosexuality in the abuse crisis” [would] be addressed at the Vatican summit on clergy sexual abuse. . . . One thing is for sure: every…

Fortune: Pope Francis met with Microsoft President Brad Smith on Wednesday at the Vatican to discuss the ethical use of artificial intelligence [AI] and how to bridge the digital divide between rich and poor nations, Reuters reports. The Vatican’s Academy for Life, a research…

Catholic Herald: 2018 has been annus horribilis for the Catholic Church. There’s no point mincing our words. The mere rehearsal of the major disasters would run the length of a volume. An exhaustive list of the missteps and failures starting or ending…

Angelus Guest Editorial by Callista Gingrich: One year ago, on Dec. 22, 2017, I had the honor of presenting my credentials to Pope Francis to serve as the 11th U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. It has been a privilege…

Reuters: The first visit by a pope to the Arabian Peninsula will take place in February when Francis travels to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, the Vatican said on Thursday. The Feb. 3-5 trip, Francis’ latest to a…

KTF News – Leaders of Both North and South Korea Wonder AfterWatch this video on YouTube Photo by Ashwin Vaswani on Unsplash Transcript of this video Source References Kim Jong-un invites Pope Francis to North Korea

UK Independent: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang, saying the religious figure would be “ardently welcomed.” The gesture from the North is a bid to highlight peace efforts being made on the Korean Peninsula, according to South Korea’s…

KTF News – Australian Archbishop Gets One Year SentenceWatch this video on YouTube Image: Honeykanakkary [Public domain], wikimedia.org Transcript of this video Source References Australian archbishop sentenced to year’s detention for not reporting sexual abuse