Stepping down: Experts draft proposed laws on status of a retired pope August 11, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In the more than 700 years that have passed since St. Celestine established the legal precedent, the right of a pope to resign remains ensured in church law.
Cardinal Tomko, oldest member of College of Cardinals, dies at 98 August 8, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News The oldest member of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Jozef Tomko, died Aug. 8 in Rome at the age of 98.
Vatican reports $3.3 million deficit was significantly less than expected August 8, 2022By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican reported that projections of an expected deficit of 33.4 million euros ($34 million) for 2021 ended in a shortfall of just 3.3 million euros ($3.36 million).
Pope ups calls for care as global consumption keeps outpacing resources July 28, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Among the many environmental issues Pope Francis is concerned about, the one that “has shocked me the most,” he once said, is the way resources are increasingly being consumed faster than they can be regenerated.
Venice Film Festival will feature documentary on Pope Francis’ travels July 27, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will be featured in a new documentary premiering at this year’s Venice Film Festival; the film covers his near decade of travel, with visits to almost 60 countries.
Superpowers at war add to the world’s poor, pope says in message June 14, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The war in Ukraine is now one of several regional wars that “for years have taken a heavy toll of death and destruction,” the pope said in the message dated June 13, the feast of St. Anthony of Padua, patron saint of the poor.
The church’s joy and mission is evangelization, pope says June 13, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Evangelization is the mission and joy of the church, Pope Francis told members of the Missionaries of Africa.
People are not islands, they need each other, pope says at Angelus June 13, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Holy Trinity shows how to be open to others and to be good, generous and gentle, Pope Francis said.
Surrogacy, pornography both threaten human dignity, pope says June 10, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Pornography is a danger to public health, and it threatens the dignity of all men and women, Pope Francis said.
Pope: People expect priests to be models, guides June 9, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News People have high expectations for priests to be good spiritual and moral guides, to be active in helping the community and families, and to be someone young people can look up to, Pope Francis told bishops and priests from Sicily.
Holy Spirit pushes people to repent, change, love, pope says June 6, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Holy Spirit shows everyone where to begin, what paths to take and how to walk the great journey of life, Pope Francis said.
Pope urges world leaders to help end war in Ukraine June 6, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis appealed to world leaders to start “real negotiations” to end to the war on Ukraine and avoid bringing the world to ruin.
