Rome, Dec 30 (IANS/AKI) Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s latest album has sold more than five million copies around the world since its release last month.
Bocelli’s album ‘My Christmas’ was the second biggest selling album in the US, behind the British singing sensation Susan Boyle who swept the Christmas album charts with her new CD.
According to [...]
Vatican City, Dec 24 (IANS/AKI) The Vatican has defended its moves towards making Pope Pius XII a saint saying that they reflected the controversial wartime pontiff’s piety, not his ‘historical impact’.
Responding to widespread Jewish criticism over the moves, the Vatican Wednesday said Pius XII would not be beatified at the same time as Pope John [...]
Melbourne, December 20 (ANI): Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed Mary MacKillop’s second miracle paving way for her to become Australia’s first saint.
Mother Mary had founded the Sisters of St Joseph in 1866.
“At long last, Australia has a saint,” News.com.au quoted Mary MacKillop Heritage Centre chief executive Garry McLean, as saying.
He added: “She was an extraordinary [...]
London, Dec 19 (ANI): Late Pope John Paul II is set to be declared “venerable” by Pope Benedict XVI in the first of three official stages that the previous pontiff will take on his fast-track journey towards sainthood.
Pope Benedict XVI will be making the announcement [...]
Outspoken Irish singer SINEAD O’CONNOR has called for POPE BENEDICT XVI to step down, amid reports church leaders covered up the widespread sexual abuse of children for three decades.
Just last month (Nov09), allegations the Vatican had “obsessively” hidden child abuse from 1975 to 2004 were released.
The findings appeared in The Murphy Commission Report – the [...]
Forte dei Marmi (Italy), Nov 26 (IANS/AKI) Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will have even more to celebrate during this year’s holiday season. His latest album, ‘My Christmas’, is the number one album on Billboard’s holiday and classical chart in the US and is number two on Billboard’s top 200.
Bocelli’s album which was released in the [...]
London, Nov 23 (ANI): Pope John Paul II used to regularly whip himself in a sign of “remorse for his sins,” a nun has claimed.
Five years after his death, the Catholic Church is considering the Pope for sainthood.
As part of the Vatican’s investigation, thousands of documents have [...]
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Welcoming the Indian government’s statement that Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen, the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) Tuesday said the church would want her remains to be in the country.
Rejecting the Albanian government’s demand for the remains of Mother Teresa, an external affairs ministry official told IANS that [...]
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The government should consult the church and the Missionaries of Charity before taking a decision on the Albanian government’s request for Mother Teresa’s remains, the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) said Monday.
‘As and when such a request comes to us, we will take a considered decision in consultation with [...]
Havana, Sep 21 (DPA) Hundreds of thousands of Cubans gathered at the Revolution Plaza in Havana Sunday for a ‘Peace Without Borders’ concert headlined by popular Colombian singer Juanes.
An estimated 650,000 people attended the concert making this the biggest event in Havana since Pope John Paul II’s visit in 1998, CNN reported.
Most people wore white [...]
