During ‘Vax Live’ concert, pope says to put health before profits by making vaccine more available May 10, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis called for a global fight against the virus of “closed nationalism” and lack of concern for the poor by supporting “the temporary suspension of intellectual property rights” that prevent the widespread manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines.
Welcoming migrants, refugees is opportunity for growth, pope says May 6, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News As countries become more culturally and ethnically diverse, their Catholic communities become more “catholic” and their societies can increasingly reflect the fact that all people are brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said.
Pope to institute formal ‘ministry of catechist’ May 5, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News While millions of laypeople around the world are recognized as catechists in their parish or diocese, Pope Francis is preparing to formally institute the “ministry of catechist.”
At rosary, pope prays resources move from military to pandemic prevention May 2, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, Video, World News Under the gaze of a seventh-century icon of Mary, Pope Francis launched a monthlong, global recitation of the rosary, pleading for Mary’s intercession for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vatican approves new invocations for Litany of St. Joseph May 2, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Year of St. Joseph Updating the Litany of St. Joseph, approved in 1909, the Vatican has added seven invocations, including two that address the guardian of Jesus and husband of Mary as “support in difficulty” and “patron of refugees.”
Pray, be poor, be close to the people, pope tells new priests April 26, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, Vocations, World News The priesthood “is not a career, it is a service,” Pope Francis told nine men just before ordaining them to the priesthood for the Diocese of Rome.
Pope celebrates name day at Vatican vaccination clinic April 23, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Celebrating his name day, the feast of St. George, Pope Francis was serenaded by hundreds of Rome’s most vulnerable residents and the people who assist them.
Papa llama a los católicos a ser misioneros de la misericordia de Dios April 13, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español Como los discípulos, que experimentaron la divina misericordia de Jesús después de la resurrección, todos los cristianos están llamados a convertirse en misioneros, compartiendo el Evangelio del amor y la misericordia de Dios con los demás, expresó el papa Francisco.
Cardinal unveils major Vatican conference on priesthood slated for 2022 April 13, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the request for ordination are all possible outcomes of a major symposium being planned by the Vatican in February 2022.
Pope calls all Catholics to be missionaries of God’s mercy April 11, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Missionary Disciples, News, Vatican, World News Like the disciples, who experienced Jesus’ divine mercy after the resurrection, all Christians are called to become missionaries, sharing the Gospel of God’s love and mercy with others, Pope Francis said.
Cardinal Cassidy, Vatican’s former top ecumenist, dies at 96 April 11, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News Australian Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, a longtime Vatican diplomat and former president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, died April 10 at the age of 96 in Newcastle, Australia.
Cardinal, at pope’s Good Friday service, decries divisions within church April 2, 2021By Cindy Wooden Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News As Pope Francis presided over the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, the preacher of the papal household called on bishops and all Catholics to examine their consciences for ways they may be harming the unity of the Catholic Church.
