Carol Glatz

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Religious leaders must build community, unity, peace, pope says

November 4, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

A true love for the divine Creator means acting on behalf of his children who are neglected by the powerful: the poor, the unborn, the elderly, the infirm and migrants, Pope Francis told representatives of different religious faiths and international leaders.

Pope arrives in Bahrain, promoting peace through dialogue

November 3, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis promised reporters traveling with him to the Gulf nation of Bahrain that his Nov. 3-6 visit would be an “interesting trip.”

St. Francis inspires church to mirror his faith in Christ, pope says

October 31, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News

St. Francis of Assisi is known for loving and celebrating creation and for being a man of peace and poverty, Pope Francis said.

Christians must see others with compassion, not condemnation, pope says

October 31, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

God always sees people’s potential, looking past their mistakes and understanding what they can become, Pope Francis said.

Focus on Dialogue: Papal trip to highlight importance of opening doors

October 29, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, World News

Pope Francis is set to make a four-day visit to Bahrain, a journey that will make him the first pope to visit the Arab kingdom just off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf.

Vatican joins International Olympic Committee’s appeal for peace

October 25, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, Vatican, World News

The challenges and threats facing humanity and the planet can be confronted effectively if all people come together in “a spirit of solidarity,” said Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, in an appeal also supported by three Vatican dicasteries.

Pope wants business executives to work with young people for a new economy

October 21, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis encouraged Christian business leaders to form “a new alliance” with young people to learn and create together an economy for the common good.

‘Forgive me, father’: Vatican seminar looks at why people avoid confession

October 21, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments

Every year, for more than three decades, the Vatican tribunal dealing with matters of conscience has offered a course to help priests in their “ministry of mercy” as confessors.

Vatican movie ‘night’: Popcorn, beer, rosaries and Russell Crowe

October 19, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News

As soon as the lights dimmed for the start of the show in the tiny Vatican movie theater, the crack of beer cans being opened joined the quieter crunch of popcorn.

Prayer revitalizes the soul, pope says at Angelus

October 17, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Prayer is medicine for one’s faith and it reinvigorates the soul, Pope Francis said.

Youth want community, safe spaces in church, council members tell pope

October 13, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry

Young people in the United States are looking for a sense of community and a safe space in the church to express themselves freely, two representatives of Catholic youth told Pope Francis.

Complaints, coupled with inaction, are poison, pope says

October 12, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Complaining can be “a poison to the soul, a poison to life” and “almost a sin” when it prevents people from building and strengthening “the desire to move forward,” he said during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 12.