Vatican Corner 1-24-16

by | Jan 24, 2016 | Vatican Corner

VATICAN CORNER contuined … In another first, Pope Francis has directly appointed some 800 special missionaries from around the world and given them the power to forgive certain very grave sins normally reserved only for the Va”can to forgive. It was the...

Vatican Corner 1-17-16

by | Jan 17, 2016 | Vatican Corner

VATICAN CORNER continued … Actually the first Holy Door opened by Pope Francis was the simple wooden one to the cathedral in Bangui in the war-ravaged Central African Republic where he was visi ng last November 2015, just before the start of the Year of Mercy. A list...

Vatican Corner 1-10-16

by | Jan 10, 2016 | Vatican Corner

VATICAN CORNER Continued… According to “Mondo Va cano,” a mini-encyclopedia published by the Va can, the origin of the Holy Door may trace back to the ancient Chris an prac ce of public penitence. Sinners were given public penances to be performed before receiving...