Around the world in 10 years: Pope’s 40 trips reflect his priorities March 14, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Many of the 40 international trips Pope Francis has made over the past 10 years have been to countries where Christians are a minority or where he can draw close to people on the fringes of the world’s attention.
El Papa trae la experiencia católica latinoamericana a la Iglesia universal March 13, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español Cuando el Papa Francisco saludó a los miles de fieles, quienes estaban empapados por la lluvia, reunidos en la Plaza de San Pedro el 13 de marzo de 2013, bromeó diciendo que sus hermanos cardenales buscaron casi “hasta los confines de la tierra” para encontrar un nuevo obispo de Roma.
Pope brings Latin American Catholic experience to the universal church March 13, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Pope Francis greeted the thousands of faithful gathered in a rain-soaked St. Peter’s Square March 13, 2013, he quipped that his brother cardinals looked almost to “the ends of the earth” to find a new bishop of Rome.
Pope to open Lenten prayer, penance service at Rome parish March 7, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will open a Lenten prayer and penance initiative at a Rome parish March 17 rather than in St. Peter’s Basilica as in past years.
Papa: Para ver la belleza de Dios, basta con mirar a tu alrededor March 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español La luz y la belleza de Cristo son una invitación a reconocer el amor de Dios en los momentos ordinarios de la vida, dijo el Papa Francisco.
To see God’s beauty, just look around you, pope says March 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Speaking to some 25,000 visitors gathered to pray the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square March 5, the pope reflected on the day’s Gospel reading from St. Matthew of Jesus’ Transfiguration, in which he appears to the disciples in radiant glory.
Remembering deadly shipwreck, pope prays to end human trafficking March 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Human traffickers must be stopped from risking the lives of migrants traveling in search of a better future, Pope Francis said.
Vatican II’s openness is needed in today’s church, cardinal tells Curia March 3, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News In the first Lenten reflection for the Roman Curia delivered by Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa March 3, the Capuchin friar said that Vatican II showed the church how “to walk through history, alongside humanity, trying to discern the signs of the times.”
El Papa recuerda la ‘profunda preocupación por los pobres’ de difunto obispo de Los Ángeles March 3, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español El Papa Francisco elogió al fallecido Obispo Auxiliar David G. O’Connell de Los Ángeles por su “profunda preocupación por los pobres, los inmigrantes y los necesitados” en un telegrama tras su asesinato.
Faith on the frontlines: How the pope’s support is manifested in Ukraine March 2, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Along with the Our Father sung at the end of his weekly general audience or his Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis has added to these public events for the last year his own heartfelt prayers for the martyred people of Ukraine.
Pope remembers late L.A. bishop’s ‘profound concern for the poor’ March 2, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis praised the late Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell of Los Angeles for his “profound concern for the poor, immigrants and those in need” in a telegram following his murder.
Pope Francis will travel to Hungary at end of April February 27, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will travel to Hungary April 28-30 where he will meet with government officials, refugees, academic scholars and young people in Budapest, the Vatican announced Feb. 27.