Pope orders minor seminary to move out of Vatican May 25, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has ordered the minor seminary that is located inside the Vatican and currently at the center of a criminal sex abuse trial to move to a new location in Rome before classes begin in the fall.
Vatican revises synod process, beginning with local consultation May 21, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Approving the revision of the entire process of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis has asked that it begin with serious, widespread consultations with laypeople on the diocesan level.
U.S. climate envoy meets pope, speaks at Vatican conference May 15, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Kerry said Pope Francis’ moral authority and teaching on the need to address both climate change and poverty can rally more people to make a greater commitment to helping the environment.
Verify before sharing ‘news,’ pope says in Communications Day message May 14, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News In the age of instant communications and fake news, journalists — like everyone else — need to recover the practice of going out and verifying information before they share it, Pope Francis said.
Polish pilgrims mark anniversary of attempt to assassinate St. John Paul May 13, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News “How difficult it is to forget the bang of the would-be assassin’s gunshots, which in a single moment could have put an end to this extraordinary pontificate,” the cardinal said.
With book launch, Jesuits prepare to celebrate Ignatian Year May 12, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The roughly 15,000 members of the Society of Jesus, their collaborators and many people who draw on the spiritual heritage left by St. Ignatius of Loyola are preparing to mark a special Ignatian Year beginning May 20 and lasting until the saint’s feast day, July 31, 2022.
Being a catechist is a vocation, pope says in establishing formal ministry May 11, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Calling for formal recognition of “those lay men and women who feel called by virtue of their baptism to cooperate in the work of catechesis,” Pope Francis has instituted the “ministry of catechist.”
Cardinal Ladaria cautions U.S. bishops on politicians and Communion May 10, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has urged the U.S. bishops to proceed with caution in their discussions about formulating a national policy “to address the situation of Catholics in public office who support legislation allowing abortion, euthanasia or other moral evils.”
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.
