Top Vatican official hopes Trump will promote peace, national unity November 7, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican secretary of state said his prayer for Donald J. Trump is that God would grant him wisdom “because that is the main virtue of those who govern according to the Bible.”
Be on the lookout for hope; keep moving forward in faith, pope writes November 7, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News In preparation for the Holy Year 2025, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the Vatican publishing house, prepared collections of Pope Francis’ writing and preaching about Christian virtues with new introductions from the pope.
Pope names another new cardinal for December consistory November 4, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has decided to include Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples among the prelates he will make cardinals Dec. 7, the Vatican press office said.
Pope offers Mass for cardinals and bishops who died in past year November 4, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bishops, News, Vatican, World News Remembering the cardinals and bishops who died in the past year, Pope Francis prayed that after their loving service to the Catholic Church “they may exult in eternal communion with the saints.”
On All Souls, pope prays at graves of children, miscarried infants November 2, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of miscarried babies on the feast of All Souls before concelebrating Mass with several hundred mourners.
Everyone can be a saint by following the Beatitudes, pope says November 1, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News God wants everyone to be a saint, and the clearest path to achieving that goal is loving service to others, Pope Francis said.
Pope asks Vatican media to reduce spending as they share the Gospel October 31, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis told members and staff of the Dicastery for Communication that the Vatican and the Catholic Church need their expertise to share the Gospel, but he also asked them to find creative ways to do it while cutting their expenses.
Pope: Make sure confirmation is not last time parish sees young people October 30, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments, Youth Ministry The Catholic Church must put more effort into ensuring that the sacrament of confirmation is not the “sacrament of goodbye” for young people, who receive it and then do not come to church again until they want to get married, Pope Francis said.
Synod calls for quick steps to involve more people in church life October 26, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Parishes and dioceses must move quickly to give life to the consultative bodies and broad participation in mission and ministry already foreseen by church law if the Catholic Church is to have any hope of becoming a more “synodal” church, members of the Synod of Bishops said.
Publishing synod document, pope says he will not write exhortation October 26, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Synodality, World News After members of the Synod of Bishops approved their final document, Pope Francis announced that he would not write the customary post-synodal apostolic exhortation but would offer the final document to the entire church to implement.
See Christ in the poor, reach out to help, pope tells Diocese of Rome October 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Catholics in the Diocese of Rome must come up with concrete projects to help the tens of thousands of poor people who live in the city and must ensure religious education classes teach the social doctrine of the church, Pope Francis said.
Church must empower women, Cardinal Fernández tells synod members October 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church must take concrete steps — and soon — to recognize and empower women’s leadership and ministry in the church, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, told members of the Synod of Bishops.
