Leadership is distorted by thirst for power, betraying charism, pope says September 16, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis praised Catholic lay movements and associations for living out the Gospel in their everyday lives and for promoting education, social support and evangelization in the world’s peripheries.
Vatican publishes letters to rabbis emphasizing pope’s respect for Judaism September 15, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has not devalued the Torah and does not question the fact that the Torah is crucial for modern Judaism, Cardinal Kurt Koch told two prominent Jewish leaders.
El Vaticano publica guía para que diócesis comiencen camino sinodal September 15, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español El Vaticano ha publicado un documento preparatorio y un “manual” para las diócesis, como parte de la preparación de la iglesia mundial para la asamblea del Sínodo de los Obispos de 2023, abordando el tema “Por una Iglesia sinodal: comunión, participación y misión”.
New Swiss Guard barracks will allow room for families, maybe female guards September 14, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Swiss Guard’s main duties are providing security services, protecting the pope and his residence and offering honor guard duty at the main entrances to Vatican City State, at public audiences, Masses and diplomatic receptions.
Denounce violence, inflammatory preaching, pope tells religious leaders September 14, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Religious leaders must courageously cooperate in supporting each other in opposing hatred and promoting peace, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis says Benedict rightly warned against not respecting life September 13, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Pope Francis praised his predecessor’s courage in denouncing the danger of people no longer respecting or understanding the sacredness of human life.
Vatican releases guidance for dioceses to begin synodal path September 8, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The Vatican has issued the preparatory document and a “handbook” for dioceses as part of the global church’s preparation for the 2023 assembly of the Synod of Bishops, discussing the theme, “For a synodal church: communion, participation and mission.”
Where Peter is: Canonists tackle regulating papal resignation, impeded See September 4, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News “I don’t know where they got it from … that I was going to resign,” said the pope.
Afghanistan: Pope launches appeal for fasting, prayers for God’s mercy August 30, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Afghanistan, Feature, News, Vatican, World News With increased violence unfolding in Afghanistan, Pope Francis appealed to all Christians to fast and intensify their prayers.
Pope meets with genocide survivor who inspired his Iraq trip August 28, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis held a private audience with Nadia Murad, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and survivor of the Islamic State-led genocide in Iraq, Aug. 26 at the Vatican.
Make sure evacuated kids will be reunited with parents, Vatican paper says August 25, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Afghanistan, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Heartbreaking images of mothers and fathers handing their infants and toddlers to U.S. soldiers during the evacuation of Kabul were like seeing the desperation of Jochebed, Moses’ mother, as she put him in a basket in the Nile River to save him, said an editorial in the Vatican newspaper.
Hypocrisy in the church is ‘detestable,’ pope says at audience August 25, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Hypocrites are afraid of the truth, fearful of who they really are and incapable of truly loving, Pope Francis said during his weekly general audience.
