Good vs. evil: Exorcism becomes hot topic for film, books this Eastertide April 13, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News Just as Catholics worldwide commemorated Jesus’ resurrection and his triumph of good over evil on Easter Sunday, theaters across the United States were preparing for the release April 14 of the latest “supernatural horror thriller” of good versus evil with “The Pope’s Exorcist.”
North American Catholics identify harm of polarization, bishop says April 13, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News In their discussions about the life of the church and “synodality,” or walking together, Catholics in United States and Canada noted the negative impact “polarization” is having on the church, said Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas.
‘Keyboard warriors’ don’t evangelize, pope says, they just argue April 12, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Sharing the Gospel requires literally “going out,” witnessing to the joy of faith in person and not just sitting at home, being “keyboard warriors” who argue with others online, Pope Francis said.
Pope wants truth out on missing Vatican girl, says lead prosecutor April 12, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican’s chief prosecutor said Pope Francis has given him free rein to investigate the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old Vatican resident.
Share Easter joy with others, pope urges April 11, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The women disciples, who were the first to meet the risen Jesus, offer a lesson to all Christians: “We encounter Jesus by giving witness to him,” Pope Francis said.
Pope prays that Easter joy would break through gloom of sin, war, strife April 9, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ’s resurrection to be “the light that illumines the darkness and the gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped.”
Pope at Easter: Roll away the stone of sadness, encounter the Risen Lord April 8, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Easter is the time “to roll away the stone of the tombs in which we often imprison our hope and to look with confidence to the future, for Christ is risen and has changed the direction of history,” Pope Francis said as he celebrated the Easter Vigil Mass.
Papal preacher: Nihilism is the ‘black hole’ of the spiritual universe April 7, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Alone, without God, humanity is nothing, the papal preacher told Pope Francis and thousands of people gathered for the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion.
Pope tells priests: Be agents of harmony, not division April 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Celebrating the chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica April 6, the pope addressed his homily to about 1,800 concelebrating priests in the basilica on what he called “the birthday of the priesthood,” the institution of the Eucharist that is celebrated on Holy Thursday.
Pope says using Tinder is ‘normal,’ talks inclusivity in Disney documentary April 5, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ conversation with young people was filmed in June 2022 for a documentary titled “The Pope: Answers,” released on the streaming service Disney+ April 5.
Holy Week is time for spring cleaning, including spiritually, pope says April 5, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News During Lent this year, residents of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope Francis lives, decided to clean out their closets and give away things other people could use. “You can’t imagine how much stuff there was,” the pope said.
Pope names Dominican sister to lead Academy of Social Sciences April 3, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has named Dominican Sister Helen Alford, dean of the faculty of social sciences at the Angelicum University in Rome, to be president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
