Carlo Acutis was beautified five years ago The first millennial saint has been made. Announced by Pope Leo XIV, the late Carlo Acutis has been canonised this morning almost two decades since passing away from leukaemia aged just 15. Acutis, whose body has been preserved for the last 19 years, was initially set to be […]

7 months ago

Carlo Acutis was beautified five years ago The first millennial saint is due to finally be canonised on September 7, 2025. Announced by Pope Leo XIV, it’ll see the late Carlo Acutis get his saintly dues almost two decades since passing away from leukaemia aged just 15. Acutis, whose body has been preserved for the […]

7 months ago

The gaffe was made live-on-air News anchors at CBS News in the US have been slammed after claiming that cardinals are ‘rawdogging’ the conclave. CBS co-host Tony Dokoupil was discussing the rules of the conclave with the outlet’s papal contributor John Allen. During the conclave, cardinals are not allowed to use their mobile phones. “Most of […]

11 months ago

Pope Benedict had been ill for some time. Former Pope Benedict XVI has died aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. Benedict passed away at his Vatican residence, the Mater Ecclesiae monastery, where he had spent his final years. He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years […]

3 years ago

Faith palm. Did you hear the one about when the pope got stuck in the lift? What? This isn’t the set up to a joke? Oh… Apparently Pope Francis was late for his weekly Sunday Angelus mass, and it was because he was, well, stuck in the lift in the Vatican. The 82-year-old said (via […]

7 years ago

He has stated that it is up to Catholics to fight the devil back. A month after Pope Francis wrote an open letter to all Catholics regarding the “the abuse of power and of conscience at the hands of priests over a period of approximately seventy years” within the church, he has now laid the […]

8 years ago