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9/21/2017
Pope says church was late fighting abuse, promises 'zero tolerance'

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has endorsed an approach of "zero tolerance" toward all members of the church guilty of sexually abusing minors or vulnerable adults. Having listened to abuse survivors and having made what he described as a mistake in approving a more lenient set of sanctions against an Italian priest abuser, the pope said he has decided whoever has been proven guilty of abuse has no right to an appeal, and he will never grant a papal pardon.
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9/20/2017
Church leaders offer prayers, Mexicans pitch in after earthquake

MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Mexican church leaders offered prayers and urged generosity after an earthquake struck the national capital and its environs, claiming more than 240 lives -- including at least 20 children trapped in a collapsed school.
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9/20/2017
Mother Cabrini's care for immigrants remains relevant, Pope Francis says

Vatican City, Sep 19, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- In a letter Tuesday to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Pope Francis reflected on the role of their foundress, St. Frances Cabrini, explaining how her example is a fitting guide for the challenges of migration we face today.
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9/20/2017
Pope prays for victims of Mexico quake

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As search and rescue operations continued in central Mexico, where more than 200 people died after a strong earthquake Sept. 19, Pope Francis offered his prayers for the victims.
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9/19/2017
Fatima fulfilled: Archbishop celebrates return of Russia to Christ

MOSCOW (CNS) -- Catholics across Russia are celebrating the centenary of the 1917 apparitions of Mary to shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal. According to one of the children, Sister Lucia Dos Santos, Mary asked for a special consecration of Russia to prevent the country from disseminating its "errors throughout the world," a phrase now-retired Pope Benedict XVI interpreted as referring to communism.
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9/19/2017
100 years after Russian revolution, Christianity faces new challenges

MOSCOW (CNS) -- A few blocks from Moscow's Lubyanka Building, which for decades served as the headquarters of the Soviet Union's KGB security agency, the Russian Orthodox patriarch recently consecrated a church memorializing those martyred during communism's reign.
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9/19/2017
Myanmar leader condemns human rights violations in speech on Rohingya

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (CNS) -- Faced with a powerful military keen to have martial law declared in Rakhine state, which nearly half a million people fled in three weeks, Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, avoided any mention of ethnic cleansing of Muslim Rohingya while broadly condemning human rights violations in her first major address on the issue.
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9/19/2017
Pope expands scope of John Paul II institute on marriage, family

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- To better prepare priests and pastoral workers to help meet the challenges families face today, Pope Francis is strengthening the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family and changing its name to the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for the Sciences of Marriage and Family.
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9/19/2017
Pope establishes new theological institute for marriage and family

Vatican City, Sep 19, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- On Tuesday Pope Francis issued a new motu proprio changing the legal status of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, making it a theological institute charged with studying marriage and the family from a scientific perspective.
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9/19/2017
The Brothers of Charity are clear: no euthanasia is possible in our hospitals

Brussels, Belgium, Sep 17, 2017 Church Pop.- Br. René Stockman says it clearly: the path to euthanasia is not viable for a Catholic hospital. After a board of trustees decision to allow euthanasia in Belgian hospitals sponsored by the Brothers of Charity, the community’s general superior spoke with CNA about the issues at stake, and the possibility that the Brothers of Charity might discontinue sponsoring hospitals if things do not change.
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9/19/2017
Remember the witness of your martyrs, Pope tells Japanese bishops

Vatican City, Sep 18, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- In a letter to Japanese bishops, Pope Francis urges his brother prelates to use the example of their country's martyrs as an inspiration to continue their mission of evangelization amid modern-day challenges.
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9/19/2017
Cardinal Gracias: curial reform is nearing the 'end of the tunnel'

Vatican City, Sep 18, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- Nearly four years after the Pope established his Council of Cardinal advisers to help him in the task of reforming the Roman Curia, one member of the group said their work is wrapping up, and that it could take only a few more meetings to finish what they set out to do.
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9/18/2017
Philippine priest, kidnapped in May, freed

MANILA, Philippines (CNS) -- A senior Philippine priest taken hostage by Islamic State-inspired militants in the southern city of Marawi has been freed after almost four months of captivity. Father Teresito Soganub, vicar general of the Prelature of Marawi, told a news conference in Manila that he was doing as well as could be expected following his ordeal, reported ucanews.com.
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9/18/2017
What are the Vatican's next steps in the child porn case?

Washington D.C., Sep 15, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- What happens when Vatican City State diplomats commit crimes? The recent recall of a Vatican diplomat from the U.S. Nunciature in Washington, following suspicions of child pornography possession brings together both the workings of the criminal justice system at the Vatican and international diplomatic law.
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9/15/2017
Guatemalan bishops condemn congress' attempt at imposing impunity

GUATEMALA CITY (CNS) -- The Guatemalan bishops' conference has condemned the country's congress for gutting campaign finance laws at a time when accusations of corruption and electoral irregularities are implicating the president and others in the political class.
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9/15/2017
London cardinal calls Tube incident 'another cowardly attack'

LONDON (CNS) -- Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster described the attempted bombing of a rush hour Tube train in London as "yet another cowardly attack" and said he was praying for the 22 people being treated for burns and other injuries.
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9/15/2017
Mary was a 'courageous woman' up to the end, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Mary was a courageous woman who stood by Jesus even when the crowds turned against him and even though she knew he would face a tragic death, Pope Francis said. "At the very end, she is there, standing, looking at her son" on the cross. "Maybe she heard comments: 'Look, there is the mother of one of the three delinquents.' But she remains. Silent. She is the mother, she does not deny her son," the pope said Sept. 15 in his homily during a morning Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae.
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9/15/2017
Local responsibility, not disunity: Pope moves toward decentralization

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis talks about the need for a "healthy decentralization" in the Catholic Church, but how that should look and work has been a topic of debate since the Second Vatican Council.
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9/15/2017
Vatican diplomat recalled from U.S. during child-porn investigation

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A member of the Vatican diplomatic corps serving in Washington has been recalled to the Vatican where he is involved in a criminal investigation involving child pornography, the Vatican said.
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9/14/2017
Australian bishops call for month of prayer ahead of same-sex marriage vote

Sydney, Australia, Sep 14, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- At the start of a voter survey being conducted on same-sex marriage in Australia, the country’s bishops have called for a month of prayer and fasting for the strengthening of marriage and the family.
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9/14/2017
Indian bishop asks prime minister to stop hatred against Christians

THRISSUR, India (CNS) -- The secretary-general of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi "to intervene to stop hatred" in the eastern state of Jharkhand. Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas charged in a letter to Modi that "spiraling hatred" was being perpetuated by Raghubar Das, chief minister of Jharkhand and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is known for pursuing a Hindu nationalist legislative agenda.
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9/14/2017
Bishops called to be humble shepherds, not lonely masters, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A bishop cannot truly discern God's will by lording over his flock; rather he must listen to and participate in the lives of those entrusted to his care, Pope Francis told some 120 new bishops.
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9/13/2017
Belgian brothers group to keep offering euthanasia at psych facilities

OXFORD, England (CNS) -- Belgium's Brothers of Charity Group, which runs 15 centers for psychiatric patients, has rejected a Vatican order to stop offering euthanasia. In a Sept. 12 statement, the organization said it had not been given a chance to explain its "vision statement and argumentation."
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9/13/2017
Freed Indian Salesian meets Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- One day after his release from captivity, Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil met with Pope Francis. According to the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, the pope welcomed Father Uzhunnalil at his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, Sept. 13.
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9/13/2017
Witness of Colombian people a wealth for the church, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Colombia's long and arduous path toward reconciliation and a lasting peace after nearly half a century of war is a sign of hope for all Christians, Pope Francis said. Speaking to pilgrims Sept. 13 at his weekly general audience, the pope said the motto of his visit Sept. 6-10 -- "Demos el primer paso" ("Let's take the first step") -- referred to the process of reconciliation that, while difficult, is "underway with the help of God."
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9/13/2017
Pope names new nuncio to Israel

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has named Italian Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli to be the new Vatican nuncio to Israel and apostolic delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine. The 64-year-old Vatican diplomat succeeds Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, who retired in August at the age of 75. He had served in the Holy Land for five years.
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9/12/2017
Full text of Pope Francis' in-flight press conference from Colombia

Aboard the papal plane, Sep 11, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- In his conversation with journalists on the return flight from Cartagena to Rome on Monday, Pope Francis touched on a variety of topics, notably the US government's decision to end DACA and the crisis in Venezuela.
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9/11/2017
Grandparents say their role has never been more crucial than today

KNOCK, Ireland (CNS) -- Catherine Wiley, 71-year-old grandmother of 10, believes the role of grandparents has never been more crucial than today. "Today we are faced with considerations that our parents and grandparents could never ever have imagined," Wiley told more than 5,000 grandparents at the national shrine in Knock.
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9/11/2017
Aid workers see humanitarian crisis as Rohingya flee to Bangladesh

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (CNS) -- Bangladesh is bracing for a massive humanitarian crisis because of a lack of food, sanitation, medicines and even basic housing following the exodus of as many as 350,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, fleeing violence in which at least 1,000 were killed in just two weeks.
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9/11/2017
Cardinal who led reform of Legionaries, Regnum Christi dead at 81

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Italian cardinal who oversaw the Vatican-led reform and reorganization of the Legionaries of Christ died in Rome just several days before his 82nd birthday. Cardinal Velasio De Paolis died of cancer Sept. 9 at the age of 81.
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9/11/2017
Vatican: Pope Francis 'is fine' after hitting face on popemobile

Vatican City, Sep 10, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis is fine after a mishap on the popemobile in Colombia, when he slipped and hit himself trying to reach a child, prompting a wave of concern on social media.
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9/11/2017
Bruised, not broken: Pope encourages Colombians to pursue peace

CARTAGENA, Colombia (CNS) -- Pope Francis said he had no magic words or special recipes for Colombians seeking peace, but rather he wanted to listen to them, learn from them and travel a bit of the road with them.
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9/11/2017
Pope says he hopes Trump reconsiders DACA decision

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM COLOMBIA (CNS) -- Politicians who call themselves pro-life must be pro-family and not enact policies that divide families and rob young people of a future, Pope Francis said.
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9/11/2017
Vatican reform process 'nearly complete,' C9 member says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' international Council of Cardinals -- the so-called C9 -- is nearly done with its work of advising the pope on a major reform of the Vatican bureaucracy, the secretary of the council said.
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9/10/2017
At final Mass in Colombia, pope calls for change of culture

CARTAGENA, Colombia (CNS) -- Pope Francis capped a five-day trip to Colombia with a call for culture change in a country attempting to pursue a path of peace and reconciliation after decades of armed conflict and centuries of social exclusion.
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9/9/2017
Be brave in finding new ways to live, share the faith, pope says

MEDELLIN, Colombia (CNS) -- In a city many think of as being synonymous with new directions for the Catholic Church, Pope Francis told Colombian Catholics faith is not measured by how well they follow rules, but by the depth of their prayer life and the degree to which it pushes them to share the Gospel.
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9/9/2017
Pope amends church law on Mass translations, highlights bishops' role

MEDELLIN, Colombia (CNS) -- In changes to the Code of Canon Law regarding translations of the Mass and other liturgical texts, Pope Francis highlighted respect for the responsibility of national and regional bishops' conferences.
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9/8/2017
Text of Pope Francis remarks on earthquake, Hurricane Irma

VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (CNS) -- Here is the Catholic News Service translation of Pope Francis' remarks in Spanish at the end of Mass Sept. 8 in Villavicencio: At this moment, I want to show my spiritual closeness to all those who are suffering the consequences of the earthquake that struck Mexico yesterday, leading to many deaths and great material damage. My prayer is for those who have lost their lives and for their families.
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9/8/2017
Media guide: Interview with pope reveals his communication philosophy

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When Pope Francis sat down with an expert in media and communication for a yearlong series of interviews, those discussions offered some fascinating insight into the pope's philosophy of communication and suggested guidelines for the media.
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9/8/2017
Church leaders pray for victims of quake off Mexican coast

CARTAGENA, Colombia (CNS) -- Church leaders prayed for Mexicans and Guatemalans affected by the magnitude 8.1 earthquake that struck the Pacific Coast. At the end of Mass in Villavicencio, Colombia, Sept. 8, Pope Francis prayed "for all the people who are suffering because of the earthquake last night in Mexico."
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9/8/2017
On 'sacred ground' of suffering, pope prays for reconciliation

VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (CNS) -- In a raw, honest prayer service where victims and perpetrators of violence stood under the gaze of a bomb-damaged crucifix, Pope Francis urged Colombians to summon the courage to make peace.
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9/7/2017
Defend life, equality, unity, pope tells Colombians

BOGOTA, Colombia (CNS) -- Consolidating peace in Colombia will mean overcoming "the darkness" of inequality and a lack of respect for human life, Pope Francis said. "Here, as in other places, there is a thick darkness which threatens and destroys life," the pope said in his homily at a late-afternoon Mass Sept. 7 in Bogota's Simon Bolivar Park.
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9/7/2017
Pope urges bishops to contribute to peace as pastors, not politicians

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Quoting celebrated Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pope Francis told the country's bishops he knows "it is easier to begin a war than to end one" and that, to succeed, Colombia needs bishops who are pastors, not politicians.
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9/7/2017
Irma cuts deadly path in Caribbean as church officials prepare response

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS) -- Hurricane Irma cut a deadly path through the Caribbean, leveling entire islands as it moved toward Florida Sept. 7, while Haiti prepared for a potential disaster. Whipping winds of up to 185 mph, dropping a foot or more of rain and causing potentially life-threatening storm surges, Irma posed a particularly grave risk to disaster-prone Haiti's northern coast, said Beth Carroll, emergency response coordinator in Haiti for Catholic Relief Services.
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9/7/2017
Colombia youths must teach elders to forgive, to move on, pope says

BOGOTA, Colombia (CNS) -- As Colombia strives to build a lasting peace, the country's elders need the encouragement and insistence of young people, who believe with all their hearts that forgiveness is possible and grudges don't have to last for decades, Pope Francis said.
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9/7/2017
Pursue peace through social inclusion, pope tells Colombian officials

BOGOTA, Colombia (CNS) -- Pope Francis urged Colombians to put aside prejudice and pursue peace through social inclusion, fighting inequality and paying attention to the plight of the country's most marginalized populations, such as campesinos, Afro-Colombians and indigenous peoples.
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9/7/2017
Pope arrives to help promote healing in Colombia, scarred by war

BOGOTA, Colombia (CNS) -- Pope Francis arrived in Colombia Sept. 6 for a five-day visit to promote reconciliation in a deeply Catholic country scarred and reticent to offer forgiveness after decades of war.
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9/6/2017
Flying to Colombia, pope asks prayers for Venezuela

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO COLOMBIA (CNS) -- Flying to Colombia, with a flight plan changed to avoid Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean Sea, Pope Francis told reporters that Colombia and its neighbor, Venezuela, were in his prayers.
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9/6/2017
Cardinal Caffarra, outspoken defender of marriage, family, dead at 79

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Italian Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, retired archbishop of Bologna and founder of the Pope John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, died Sept. 6 at the age of 79.
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9/5/2017
New data from Britain: 53 percent of adults say they have 'no religion'

MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- More than half of the people in Britain say they no longer belong to a religion, said data released Sept. 5 by NatCen Social Research. Fifty-three percent of nearly 3,000 adults interviewed for the British Social Attitudes survey said they had "no religion," NatCen reported.
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9/5/2017
Pope tells youth to 'break the mirror' of narcissism, focus on others

Vatican City, Sep 4, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- On Monday Pope Francis told youth to steer clear of modern society's narcissistic tendencies, which he referred to as a vain “illness.” He said they should instead concentrate on helping others and on developing a healthy ability to laugh at oneself.
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9/5/2017
Pope's Colombia trip about faith, not politics, Vatican official says

Vatican City, Sep 3, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- Pope Francis' upcoming visit to the South American country of Colombia Sept. 6-11 isn't a political statement a Vatican official said, but about the renewal of the Catholic faith of Colombians in order that violence may be combatted at its root.
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9/5/2017
Hong Kong bishop talks Church-state relations, hopes for the future

Hong Kong, China, Sep 3, 2017 CNA.- The challenges endured by Catholics in China are complex, said Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung of Hong Kong, but there are reasons to be hopeful about the future of the Church in China.
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9/5/2017
Grave of Cameroonian bishop who died under suspicious circumstances desecrated

Bacolod, Philippines, Sep 2, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- The grave of Bishop Jean Marie Benoît Bala of Bafia, whom the Cameroonian bishops’ conference claims was murdered, was found desecrated with traces of blood on Monday, prompting the temporary closing of the cathedral where his body rests.
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9/5/2017
Break mirror of narcissistic culture, pope tells Shalom community

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Today's narcissistic culture leads to sad souls who worry more about keeping up appearances than caring for others, Pope Francis said. Speaking to young people of the Shalom community, Pope Francis warned them of the sadness caused by narcissism, when "you live worried about putting makeup on your soul, about looking better than you are, about contemplating whether you're more beautiful than others."
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9/1/2017
In new book, pope upholds traditional marriage, need to help sinners

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- By virtue of its very definition, marriage can only be between a man and a woman, Pope Francis said in a new book-length interview. "We cannot change it. This is the nature of things," not just in the church, but in human history, he said in a series of interviews with Dominique Wolton, a 70-year-old French sociologist and expert in media and political communication.
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9/1/2017
Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, ecumenical leader, dies at 85

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- English Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, a longtime leader in Catholic-Anglican relations and former archbishop of Westminster, died Sept. 1 at the age of 85. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster issued a statement saying his predecessor "died peacefully this afternoon, surrounded by his family and friends." Cardinal Murphy O'Connor had been hospitalized in mid-August.
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9/1/2017
Pope to focus on values needed for peace, Colombian archbishop says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will help Colombians celebrate the official end of the country's 52-year civil war by urging the country to cultivate true peace, said Archbishop Jose Octavio Ruiz Arenas, a Colombian who serves as secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization.
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9/1/2017
'Hear the cry of the earth,' pope and patriarch urge in ecology message

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Environmental destruction is a sign of a "morally decaying scenario" in which too many people ignore or deny that, from the beginning, "God intended humanity to cooperate in the preservation and protection of the natural environment," said the leaders of the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
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9/1/2017
European basilicas amp up security after recent terror attacks

Barcelona, Spain (CNA) -- From Spain's revered Sagrada Familia basilica to Germany and even the Vatican, churches across Europe are taking measures to increase security following several acts of terrorism in recent weeks.
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8/31/2017
Pope offers early new year greetings to world's Jewish communities

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis praised the increasingly friendly and fruitful relations between the Catholic Church and Jewish leaders as he also wished the world's Jewish communities a happy Rosh Hashanah a few weeks early.
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8/31/2017
Integral ecology: Care for creation means caring for the poor

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholic social teaching has developed over the past century as new problems -- human, social, economic and environmental -- come clearer into focus and call out for a faith-based response.
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8/31/2017
St. Rose of Lima grew as a 'lily among thorns,' pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Like other great women in the Catholic Church's past, St. Rose of Lima dedicated her life to marginalized people and gained eternal life through prayer and penance, Pope Francis said.
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8/31/2017
Pope offers prayers for victims of flooding in Texas, Louisiana

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis offered his prayers for the people of Texas and Louisiana struggling to cope with the devastating impact of Hurricane Harvey and he praised all those engaged in rescuing and caring for the thousands of people forced out of their homes.
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8/31/2017
After three years of ISIS occupation, the Mass returns to Mosul

Mosul, Iraq, Aug 30, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- Following the liberation of Mosul, Iraq, from the hands of the Islamic State, Christians are cautiously returning to the city. And as they return, so does the Mass.
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8/30/2017
Pope: God wants people to dream big, not listen to cynics

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- God wants people to live with hope and joy -- not bitterness -- and to dream with him of a better world, Pope Francis said. "Please, make sure we do not pay attention to disappointed and unhappy people; let us not listen to those who cynically plead not to cultivate hope in life," he said Aug. 30 during his weekly general audience.
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8/29/2017
Pope names Arizona Jesuit head of church jurisdiction in Kyrgyzstan

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has named a 54-year-old Arizona-born Jesuit to be the new head of the church's Apostolic Administration of Kyrgyzstan. Jesuit Father Anthony J. Corcoran, who was born in Tucson, has been serving as superior of the Jesuits' Russia region since 2009 and has been working in Russia for the past 20 years.
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8/29/2017
Oldest Latin commentary on the Gospels rediscovered, translated

Birmingham, England, Aug 29, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- Missing for more than 1,500 years, the earliest known Latin commentary on the Gospels has been rediscovered at the Cologne Cathedral Library and was published in English this week.
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8/29/2017
Venezuelan bishops' conference headquarters ransacked

Caracas, Venezuela, Aug 28, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- Unidentified persons attacked the headquarters of the Venezuelan bishops' conference on Friday, stealing several items. The bishops' conference reported in two tweets Aug. 25 that “the headquarters of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference were the victim of the mob this morning.”
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8/29/2017
Pope: Catholic social teaching can contribute to building just society

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholic politicians should be guided by the church's moral and social teachings when crafting legislation, Pope Francis said. Meeting with participants in the annual meeting of the International Catholic Legislators Network Aug. 27, the pope said that church teaching can contribute to a more humane and just society, but only if the church is allowed a voice in answering "the great questions of society in our time."
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8/28/2017
Top Vatican official discusses terrorist threat, immigration debate

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican obviously is concerned about terrorist threats, "especially for the senseless hatred" it represents, and will continue to remain vigilant, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
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8/28/2017
Vatican confirms pope's visit to Myanmar, Bangladesh in late November

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A day after appealing for an end the violent persecution of the Rohingya people, a Muslim minority in Myanmar, the Vatican announced Pope Francis will visit the country in late November.
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8/28/2017
Video shows ISIS destroying Catholic church, threatening Rome

Marawi, Philippines, Aug 25, 2017 CNA/EWTN News.- A new video has been released showing ISIS militants in the Philippines threatening to come to Rome as they desecrate a Catholic church. Filmed in the Philippine city of Marawi, the video shows militants shooting and setting fires within a church, as they destroy a crucifix and statues of Mary and St. Joseph.
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