Vatican statistics: Baptisms down, but first Communions, confirmations up March 26, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2023, while the number of seminarians, priests, men and women in religious orders, and baptisms all declined, according to Vatican statistics.
Safeguarding is essential to being faithful to Gospel, papal message says March 25, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Those who work to keep children and vulnerable adults safe are serving and honoring Christ, Pope Francis said in a written message.
Love unites the faithful, helps them grow together, pope’s message says March 24, 2025By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News In his last written message from Rome’s Gemelli hospital before returning to the Vatican, Pope Francis greeted bishops and the faithful from the Archdiocese of Naples on their Holy Year pilgrimage.
Pope’s days are marked by small improvements, work, prayer March 21, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis continues to show small signs of improvement and spends his days following through on all his therapies, doing some light work and praying, according to the Vatican press office.
Speakers: Church has role in fight against AI-generated exploitation March 21, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church needs to expand its safeguarding efforts to include the new threats and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence, top organizers of a Vatican conference said.
St. Peter’s Basilica becomes a ‘fixable,’ explorable Minecraft world March 21, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Students around the world now have a chance to be an explorer-restorer of the 519-year-old basilica thanks to a new online educational opportunity created by Minecraft Education, Microsoft’s game-based learning platform, and with the help of St. Peter’s Basilica and Vatican City State.
Facing fear with Jesus can set faithful free, pope’s catechesis says March 19, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Change can be frightening, but the Holy Spirit encourages the faithful to face their fears, follow Jesus’ light and be “born again,” Pope Francis said in a prepared text.
Pope appeals to communicators to assist peacemakers by disarming words March 18, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Journalism, News, Vatican, World News People in the world of news and communications need to understand the full importance of words, Pope Francis wrote.
Improved condition means pope can briefly go without supplemental oxygen March 17, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has been able to spend brief moments of the day without any supplemental oxygen, which is yet another sign of the gradual improvement in his condition, the Vatican press office said.
After a monthlong hospitalization, pope’s condition considered stable March 14, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News After one full month of being hospitalized and treated for double pneumonia and other respiratory infections, Pope Francis’ medical condition has decidedly stabilized, the Vatican press office said.
Mass, Communion are sources of strength, papal preacher says March 13, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News, Worship & Sacraments Going to Mass and receiving Communion are signs of putting one’s trust in God and understanding he is the one who gives the courage and strength to live life to the fullest no matter how little one has, the preacher of the papal household told members of the Roman Curia.
El Papa sigue el retiro de Cuaresma desde el hospital; su estado se mantiene estable March 10, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español Ya que la condición del Papa Francisco se mantiene estable, lo que es un signo de continua mejoría, el Santo Padre siguió el inicio del retiro de Cuaresma para la Curia Romana por videoconferencia y se reunió de nuevo con dos altos funcionarios del Vaticano para mantenerse al tanto de los acontecimientos de actualidad, dijo la oficina de prensa del Vaticano.
