Document found detailing convents in Rome that hid Jews from the Nazis September 8, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Catholic and Jewish institutions announced Sept. 7 the discovery of a previously unpublished list of several thousand people, mostly Jews, who were hidden in Catholic convents and monasteries in Rome during the Nazi occupation of the city.
Nuncio says polarization occurs when people defend ideas, not people September 7, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The polarization Pope Francis sees in the Catholic Church in the United States is not only a U.S. problem, Cardinal-designate Christophe Pierre, Vatican nuncio in the United States, told Vatican News.
Pope recounts the joy, goodness, humility he saw in Mongolia September 6, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said he knows people wonder why he traveled close to 6,000 miles to Mongolia to visit a Catholic community of only 1,450 people.
Message from ‘heart of Asia’: Pope’s words go beyond Mongolian borders September 5, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Vatican, World News Visiting Mongolia Sept. 1-4, Pope Francis encouraged the nation’s tiny Catholic community to grow in faith and charity, but the visit also was designed to reassure the government that it has nothing to fear from the Catholic missionaries who arrived in the country in 1992.
Pope says religion and culture can be misused to frighten and oppress September 5, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The pope admitted Sept. 4 it was not his best moment when he cited the examples of Peter the Great and Catherine II, who conquered and subjugated neighboring nations and who Russian President Vladimir Putin has evoked as role models in his war on Ukraine.
Synod assembly won’t be secret, but won’t be open to press, pope says September 5, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Synodality, Vatican, World News The Synod of Bishops is not a television show or a parliamentary debate, and its discussions will not be open to the public or to reporters, Pope Francis said.
Charity is motivated by love, not designed to win converts, pope says September 4, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Vatican, World News Pope Francis ended his four-day visit to Mongolia where Catholic missionaries began — with charity.
Jesus is the answer to human longing, pope says at Mass in Mongolia September 3, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Vatican, World News Like the land struck by a “zud,” the human heart has a thirst and longing that can be alleviated only by the God of love, Pope Francis told Mongolians gathered for Mass in Ulaanbaatar’s Steppe Arena.
Pope, Mongolian religious leaders vow to promote harmony, shun violence September 3, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Vatican, World News The 86-year-old Pope Francis and other religious elders gathered in a ger-shaped theater to speak of the earth and the divine, harmony and beauty, peace and the human family.
Cardinal counts and cots: Limit on number of electors has practical side September 3, 2023By Cindy Wooden OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis continues to make surprise additions to the College of Cardinals with plenty of “firsts,” and perhaps the most surprising of those “firsts” this time is just how many cardinal electors there will be.
Pope encourages little Mongolian flock in faith, unity, witness September 2, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Vatican, World News In a cathedral shaped like a ger, Pope Francis met leaders of Mongolia’s tiny Catholic community, offering them encouragement but also reminding them that faith and unity must be at the center of their lives.
Pope begins Mongolia visit with talk of peace, respect for the Earth September 2, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Vatican, World News In a land bordering both Russia and China, and having deep ties with both, Pope Francis told Mongolian leaders their country can play “a significant role in the heart of the great Asian continent and on the international scene,” particularly in peacemaking.
