U.S. cardinal announces pope’s death to the world April 21, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, the “camerlengo” or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, announced to the world that Pope Francis had died April 21 at the age of 88.
With pastor’s touch, Pope Francis preached mercy, embraced ‘peripheries’ April 21, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Remembering Pope Francis, Vatican, World News Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88 gave new energy to millions of Catholics — and caused concern for some — as he transformed the image of the papacy into a pastoral ministry based on personal encounters and strong convictions about mission, poverty, immigration and dialogue.
Americans going to Acutis canonization inspired by relatable teen’s love for Eucharist April 20, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News The Glamuzinas are among the multitude of Americans planning to attend the canonization of the church’s first “millennial” saint. The canonization Mass, scheduled to be held in St. Peter’s Square, coincides with Divine Mercy Sunday and the 2025 Holy Year’s Jubilee of Teenagers April 25-27.
Pope on Easter: Jesus’ resurrection makes Christians pilgrims of hope April 20, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the resurrection of Jesus clearly shows, Pope Francis wrote in his Easter message.
Christ’s light breaks through world’s darkness, pope says in vigil message April 19, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News As the lights of St. Peter’s Basilica were extinguished and silence settled through the sprawling interior, a single flame — the paschal candle — pierced through the gloom, representing the light of the risen Christ which “quietly shines forth, even though we are in darkness,” Pope Francis said.
Religious freedom, migration on agenda as Vance meets Cardinal Parolin April 19, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News Against the backdrop of deep differences with the Trump administration over migration and foreign aid as well as concerns for Ukraine and for Gaza, the Vatican secretary of state welcomed U.S. Vice President JD Vance to the Vatican.
Rice Bowl a call to ‘stand in solidarity with global family,’ CRS says April 19, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Giving, News, World News With Easter celebrations hours away, the U.S. bishops’ humanitarian agency is urging the faithful to “stand in solidarity with our global family” by turning in their Lenten Rice Bowl contributions.
Changing the world demands changing direction, pope writes for Way of Cross April 19, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Today’s “builders of Babel” are constructing a hell on earth, rejecting everyone they decide are “losers,” Pope Francis wrote in the meditations for the Way of the Cross.
Barcelona rejoices as famed architect Antoni Gaudí is declared venerable April 19, 2025By Rocio Franch Oviedo OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Saints, World News In a a joyful milestone for the church and lovers of sacred art, Pope Francis declared famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí venerable April 14, recognizing his heroic virtues in a decree announced during a Vatican audience with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro.
In historic move, burgeoning Phoenix Diocese opens new Nazareth Seminary April 19, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vocations, World News In an era of vocations undeniably impacted by a statistically declining priesthood, it’s perhaps among the rarest of Catholic news headlines: Seminary opens.
Love, not power saves the world, papal preacher says at service with Vance April 18, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Jesus, who redeemed humanity by giving up his life on the cross, shows that it is not strength that saves the world, but the “weakness” of boundless love, the papal preacher told thousands of people gathered for the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, including U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
Campus Catholic ministry shelters students amid mass shooting at Florida State University April 18, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Gun Violence, News, World News The Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee is calling for prayers following an April 17 mass shooting at Florida State University’s main campus in Tallahassee, while a campus Catholic ministry is sheltering students and staff amid the lockdown.
