Vatican City, 06 January, 2022 / 8:00 pm (ACI Africa). On the feast of the Epiphany 400 years ago, Pope Gregory XV founded a Vatican congregation dedicated to spreading the Gospel: Propaganda Fide.

Over the course of the next two months, Pope Leo XIV will preside at liturgies for the feasts of the Conversion of St Paul, the Presentation of the Lord, and Ash Wednesday, according to the calendar ...

Do popes get honeymoons? Not the traditional kind, obviously. But do they get the political kind? Friday, I looked at some of Pope Leo XIV's comments in his first month in office and what they tell us ...

Catholic nuns attend a nightly rosary prayer service for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.) Listen ROME – Since his election twelve ...

The absence of women in any capacity has characterised the Catholic Church from its inception. Pope Francis seeks to portray himself as a progressive leader, and his recent appointment of Sister ...

NEW DELHI – This week, two significant announcements impacting women’s empowerment deserve attention on a global scale. The first is a groundbreaking move from the Vatican, which has appointed Sister ...

This week, two significant announcements impacting women’s empowerment deserve attention on a global scale. The first is a groundbreaking move from the Vatican, which has appointed Sister Simona ...

ROME – Pope Francis this week made the novel decision to appoint the first-ever woman as prefect of a Vatican department, naming Italian Consolata Sister Simona Brambilla as head of the Dicastery for ...

INVESTIGATIONS of predicate offen­ces can be more complex than solving mystery puzzles. Predicate offences are camouflaged in the darkness of a criminal env­­i­­ronment. For example, tax evasion can ...

The Supreme Court on Friday underscored that offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) are “parasitic,” requiring predicate offences to exist. Without a predicate offence, the top ...