Vatican confirms papal ‘staycation’ in July June 27, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News As has been his practice since becoming pope in 2013, Pope Francis will take most of the month of July off as a sort of “staycation.”
Pope names Cardinal Farrell next head of Vatican City high court June 2, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has named U.S. Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, to be the next president of the supreme court of Vatican City State.
Profit-at-all-costs is not a good business model, pope says June 2, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Business leaders must fight the temptation to seek financial gain above all else and instead promote a “culture of encounter” that improves their balance sheet and the lives of their employees and communities at the same time, Pope Francis said.
Pope, Council of Cardinals look at church peacemaking efforts April 27, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Seven weeks after announcing the new composition of his international Council of Cardinals, Pope Francis led a two-day meeting of the council focused on situations of conflict in the world and on progress in implementing his reform of the Roman Curia.
Vatican announces theme for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly April 16, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has chosen “His mercy is from age to age,” a passage from the Gospel of Luke, as the theme for the 2023 celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.
Jerry Filteau, longtime CNS reporter known to ‘speak the truth in love,’ dies at 78 April 6, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, World News Jerry Filteau, who was a reporter for Catholic News Service for nearly 40 years before his 2007 retirement, died April 4 after a long illness. He was 78.
Pope penned major documents on reform, evangelization, caring for creation March 13, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In documents issued his first 10 years in office, Pope Francis covered topics as diverse as strengthening one’s faith, evangelization, caring for creation, accompanying families and young people, and respecting indigenous peoples.
Pope Francis’ pontificate: A timeline March 12, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News A timeline of some significant events in Pope Francis’ pontificate
Pope prays God will strengthen commitment to defending all human life January 20, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News As the Biden administration and state governments look at ways to expand or restrict access to abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, Pope Francis prayed that God would strengthen people’s commitment to protecting human life at every stage.
Pope to confer ministries of lector, catechist at Mass Jan. 22 January 17, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Pope Francis will celebrate the fourth annual Sunday of the Word of God Jan. 22 and, like he did last year, will confer the ministries of lector and catechist on several lay people, according to the Dicastery for Evangelization.
Pope remembers predecessor as a ‘great teacher of catechesis’ January 4, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Pope Benedict XVI was a “great teacher of catechesis” whose “sharp and gentle thinking” led others to encounter Jesus, Pope Francis said.
Parish serves up food for the hungry with food truck, message of hope December 31, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, World News The goal of the used food truck — named “Holy CHOW,” for Christian Hospitality on Wheels — is to improve the lives of the hungry in the Manville, N.J., area.