Doctors begin planning pope’s discharge from hospital June 14, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A week after undergoing abdominal surgery, Pope Francis’ recovery is going well enough that his doctors are making plans to discharge him from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican press office said.
Pope insists Christian politicians promote human dignity, common good June 12, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News While the Catholic Church does not promote a single political party or legislative agenda, it does insist that Christian politicians always work to promote human dignity and advance the common good, Pope Francis said in a message to the European People’s Party.
Pope has named two-thirds of cardinals eligible to elect his successor June 6, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News With Cardinal Sepe’s birthday, just over two-thirds of the currently eligible voters were made cardinals by Pope Francis.
Act of reparation performed on altar of St. Peter’s Basilica June 5, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, celebrated a penitential rite at the basilica’s main altar June 3 after a man climbed up on it naked before being apprehended.
A host of sacramental statistics: Vatican tracks practice of the faith June 1, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Central Office of Church Statistics, a department of the Vatican Secretariat of State, keeps track of baptisms, first Communions, confirmations and Catholic marriages reported by dioceses around the world.
Pope asks poets, filmmakers to challenge people, help them see beauty June 1, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Catholic artists, poets, writers and filmmakers serve the church not by trying to “domesticate” Christ but by helping people challenge and expand their knowledge of the Lord, Pope Francis said.
Promote Christian values, not divisions, on social media, Vatican says May 31, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Catholics should make an “examination of conscience” about how they use social media, how they allow it to influence them and about the opportunities it provides them to share the Gospel, build community and care for others, said the Vatican Dicastery for Communication.
A church of the many: Pope addresses some synod questions, fears May 25, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News While the release of the working document for the Synod of Bishops on synodality is expected sometime in early June, Pope Francis tried to respond to some of the questions and concerns about the synod process that already have been raised.
Pray at Pentecost for courage to evangelize, pope says May 24, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians should pray on Pentecost that the Holy Spirit would give them the courage and strength to share the Gospel, Pope Francis said.
Pope prays Chinese Catholics can practice faith fully, freely May 24, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News At a time when Vatican-Chinese relations are strained because of apparent differences over an agreement to name bishops, the pope publicly marked the annual World Day of Prayer for the Catholic Church in China May 24, the feast of Mary, Help of Christians, “venerated and invoked at the Shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan in Shanghai.”
Cardinal Zuppi, pope’s peace envoy, talks about war in Ukraine May 23, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News “War is a pandemic. It involves us all,” said Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the Italian prelate chosen by Pope Francis to lead an initiative for peace in Ukraine.
Pope praises Julian of Norwich as example of faith and service May 21, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Although she died centuries ago, the English mystic Julian of Norwich continues to remind people of the importance of “faith in God’s loving providence and holiness of life expressed in generous service to our brothers and sisters in need,” Pope Francis said.
