War defeats human dignity, avoids finding solution, Vatican cardinal says October 10, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Terrorism, violence, barbarism and extremism undermine the legitimate aspirations of Palestinians and Israelis, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
In book given at synod, Pope warns against idolatry camouflaged as sacred October 6, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Christian life is a battle each person must fight against the temptation to be self-sufficient and against a paganism disguised as sacredness, Pope Francis said in an introduction to a small book distributed to participants at the synod on synodality.
Pope, in document on climate crisis, criticizes science ‘deniers’ October 4, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News After warning the world against ignoring the cries of the earth and the poor with his 2015 encyclical, “Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home,” Pope Francis intensified his critique with “Laudate Deum” (“Praise God”), warning against the selfish obsession with human power and the “irresponsible derision” of the reality of climate change.
Bishops must promote communion, unity with pope, new U.S. cardinal says October 2, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Every bishop in the world has made a promise to live and work in communion with the pope, a promise that includes obedience, said new U.S. Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the first of 20 cardinals to receive his red hat from Pope Francis at a consistory Sept. 30.
New cardinals have great hopes for synod on synodality September 30, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News – Many of the prelates Pope Francis will make cardinals Sept. 30 will be taking part in the synod on synodality or have been very active in its preparatory phases as leaders of their dioceses.
Papal commission asks synod make safeguarding a bigger priority September 28, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Synodality, World News The synod on synodality should dedicate substantial discussion to addressing sexual abuse in the church and include the voices of survivors, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said.
Hope must be restored in communities, young people, pope says September 27, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Hope and fraternity must be kept alive, organized and coordinated into concrete action so every crisis can be read as an opportunity and dealt with positively, Pope Francis said.
Message in Marseille: Welcoming the ‘stranger’ is a global mandate September 26, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News In a visit of under 30 hours to Marseille, France, Pope Francis highlighted his key appeals and positions concerning migration and the mandate for people of faith to care for the “stranger” in one’s land.
Take leap of faith and dare to love your family, those in need, pope says September 25, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The world and the Catholic Church today need to take a leap forward “in faith, charity and hope,” Pope Francis said in his homily at a late afternoon Mass in Marseille’s open-air stadium.
Vatican astronomer helps NASA in historic mission to study asteroid September 23, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Jesuit Brother Bob Macke, a Vatican astronomer and meteorite expert, has built a custom device for studying material from the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid.
People have a duty to save migrants in danger of drowning, pope says September 22, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News At a moving ceremony at the edge of a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, Pope Francis led a moment of silence for the countless lives lost in its blue but treacherous waters.
Arriving in Marseille, pope prepares to speak up for protecting migrants September 22, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis arrived in the ancient port city of Marseille Sept. 22 for a two-day visit that was to focus on the plight of migrants and other opportunities and threats facing the Mediterranean Sea and the nations along its shores.
