The meeting between Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow planned for June has been canceled out of concern it could cause “confusion,” and there will be no papal visit to Kyiv while war rages.
Ukraine’s Way of the Cross: Papal almoner prays at mass grave
Mass graves and the deceased still lying along the roadside became a kind of “Way of the Cross” where Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, and Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, stopped and prayed.
Ukrainian, Russian women hold cross together at Rome’s Via Crucis
Jesus invites everyone to repent and to turn swords into plowshares and missiles into factories and homes, the papal preacher said.
Papa: Victoria no es izar una bandera sobre un montón de escombros
Jesús obedeció el más desafiante de los mandamientos: amar a los enemigos; e invita a la humanidad a hacer lo mismo rompiendo un círculo vicioso de maldad, dolor y odio con amor y perdón, dijo el papa Francisco durante su homilía de Domingo de Ramos.
Victory is not raising a flag on pile of rubble, pope says on Palm Sunday
Jesus obeyed the most challenging of commandments: to love one’s enemies; and he invites humanity to do the same by breaking a vicious cycle of evil, sorrow and hatred with love and forgiveness, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday.
One in 10 Ukrainians is a refugee, half are children, U.N. agencies say
More than 4 million people have fled Ukraine in the past five weeks, and half of them are children, said two U.N. agencies.
Ukrainian president speaks with pope before addressing Italian leaders
Pope Francis telephoned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before the president addressed the Italian parliament via video link March 22.
Women speakers emphasize need for ‘reciprocity’ in church’s ministry
Promoting better collaboration between women and men in the Catholic Church is not primarily about equality but about allowing the church to fulfill the mission given to it by God, said women speakers at a Vatican conference on priesthood.
Cancel Crusade: How gossip, scandal ruined a rare Renaissance treasure
During a lecture Feb. 15 in Rome, Francesco Buranelli, president of the Commission for the Protection of Monuments of the Holy See and former director of the Vatican Museums, presented a picture of what can happen when fierce family rivalries, a Counter-Reformation “cancel culture” and 500 years of “fake news” find the perfect target in a problematic pope.
Pope restructures the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
As part of ongoing measures to reform the Roman Curia, Pope Francis has approved restructuring the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the oldest of the congregations.
Retired pope has full support of Pope Francis, aide says
Pope Francis was among those showing their support for retired Pope Benedict XVI, sending his predecessor “a beautiful letter,” according to the former pope’s secretary.
Cardinal O’Malley: Retired pope’s statement on abuse should galvanize all
The head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said retired Pope Benedict’s “witness and profound honesty should galvanize all of us to defend survivors of abuse and to protect all those entrusted to our care.”