Immigration reform cannot be delayed, pope says in message May 12, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Countries around the world must get serious about reforming their immigration policies to respect the rights of migrants and refugees and establish orderly procedures for welcoming newcomers, Pope Francis said.
Religious orders launch initiative to care for sisters with dementia May 11, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Seniors, World News Sister Jane Wakahiu, a member of the Little Sisters of St. Francis and head of the Catholic Sisters Initiative at the Hilton Foundation, announced May 9 that the foundation was providing $5 million to help launch the Catholic Sisters Cognitive Impairment-Alzheimer’s Global Initiative.
Faith, fortitude, martyrdom, miracles: Pope will recognize 10 new saints May 10, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News After a long pandemic pause, Pope Francis is scheduled to celebrate a Mass May 15 for the canonization of 10 men and women: five from Italy, three from France, one from India and one from the Netherlands.
Christian divisions make fertile ground for conflict, pope says May 6, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Doing nothing to overcome the divisions among Christians means allowing tensions to fester and even feed conflict, Pope Francis said.
Pope, using wheelchair, meets superiors of women’s religious orders May 5, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Meeting with superiors general of women’s religious orders, Pope Francis arrived in a wheelchair — the first time he has used one publicly at the Vatican.
‘Embracing vulnerability,’ sisters hope to draw strength, help others April 29, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vocations, World News Nearly 700 superiors general — 520 attending in person — will participate in the UISG plenary assembly May 2-6 in Rome under the theme, “Embracing Vulnerability on the Synodal Journey.”
Polish convent finds new joy — and noise — welcoming Ukrainian orphans April 21, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News Eight children, who range in age from 10 to 15, are orphans living in a group home in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, sponsored by Caritas-Spes, the charitable arm of the Latin-rite Catholic dioceses in Ukraine.
Before washing prisoners’ feet, pope tells them God always forgives April 14, 2022By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Before washing the feet of 12 inmates, Pope Francis told them and other prisoners that God never tires of forgiving anyone who asks.
Church’s mission is not about numbers, but evangelizing, pope says April 14, 2022By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church in Europe and other places will, as retired Pope Benedict XVI had said, be smaller and less influential, but the church’s mission and joy is not to increase numbers but to share the Gospel, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Malta.
Grace of priesthood is given for service, not priests’ glory, pope says April 14, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News With some 1,800 priests concelebrating and renewing the promises made at their ordinations, Pope Francis celebrated the chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica April 14.
Pope says ‘forces of evil’ are at work in war on Ukraine April 12, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News In Russia’s war on Ukraine, “the forces of evil” are clearly at work, leading to “abominable” attacks on innocent people and widescale destruction of their homes, Pope Francis said.
Ukrainians ask Vatican to reconsider plans for Via Crucis at Colosseum April 12, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church asked Pope Francis to scrap plans to have a Ukrainian woman and a Russian woman carry the cross together during the pope’s Way of the Cross service at Rome’s Colosseum April 15.
