Pope: Interreligious dialogue key to peace, youth education November 20, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News As the world faces the persistent threat of nuclear conflict, people of faith must unite in advocating for peace and fostering dialogue, Pope Francis said.
Pope urges young people to be engaged in life, civic society November 19, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Pope Francis urged young people to embrace hope and play an active role in creating a brighter future while countering the pessimism so many of their peers seem to experience.
Pope calls on G20 to work for food equality, end armed conflicts November 18, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News The “silent acceptance” of famine in the world is a “scandalous injustice and a grave offense” that requires the unified attention of the international system, Pope Francis said.
Dioceses should commemorate their own saints each year, pope says November 18, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Starting in the Holy Year 2025, local churches worldwide will annually honor the saints, blesseds and other holy figures connected to their communities, Pope Francis announced.
Pope: Church venerates Christian martyrs from all denominations November 14, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Christian martyrs from across denominations hold a place of honor in the church, Pope Francis said, highlighting their examples of faith and courage that continue to inspire Christians today.
Pope: Catholic education must be committed to service November 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Uncategorized A Catholic institution of higher education is not merely a university with a “distinguished adjective in its name,” Pope Francis said, rather it bears a commitment to teaching and acting in service of others and in line with the Gospels.
Pope asks church organizers to bridge inequality, foster solidarity November 5, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Christians must actively seek ways to bridge the gap between rich and poor created by growing inequality and foster pathways of solidarity, Pope Francis said.
Pope: Love is the most important commandment November 4, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The guiding principle of love extolled by Jesus cuts through confusion around how to uphold God’s commandments to humanity, Pope Francis said.
Vatican opens information point for pilgrims visiting St. Peter’s October 31, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Approximately 40,000 visitors enter St. Peter’s Basilica each day, and now they can gain deeper insights into what they are seeing inside the world’s largest church.
Pope to Catholic educators: Stay resilient despite secularization October 31, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Schools, Vatican, World News Young people need “big-hearted educators” to guide them through the complexities of modernity, Pope Francis told leaders in Catholic education.
Pope to open Holy Door at Rome prison at beginning of Jubilee 2025 October 28, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Two days after opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica to inaugurate the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis will travel to a Rome prison to open a Holy Door as a “tangible sign of the message of hope” for people in prisons around the world, the Vatican announced.
Pope warns against becoming a ‘sedentary’ church after synod’s close October 27, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Three years after he asked the world’s Catholics to walk together in faith on a synodal journey, Pope Francis said that the church cannot risk becoming “static” but must continue as a “missionary church that walks with her Lord through the streets of the world.”
