The Holy Father today received prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela who have just completed their “ad limina” visit:
“The challenges you have to face in your pastoral work”, the Pope told the prelates, “are increasingly numerous and difficult, and have recently been further augmented by a serious worldwide economic crisis. Nonetheless, the present [...]

Our Lady is the Mother of mothers. Pope Pius XII dedicated this feast day to honor Our Lady as our Queen in his decree: “We, by our apostolic power, decree and institute the Feast of Mary as Queen to be celebrated throughout the entire world on May 31, and likewise we command that the same [...]

The Holy Father:
- Appointed Msgr. Timothy C. Senior of the clergy of the archdiocese of Philadelphia, U.S.A., archdiocesan vicar for the clergy, as auxiliary of the same archdiocese (area 5,652, population 3,885,395, Catholics 1,460,758, priests 1,008, permanent deacons 220, religious 3,433). The bishop-elect was born in Philadelphia in 1960 and ordained a priest in [...]