Charity must be backed by faith, pope tells Caritas delegates May 12, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Meeting with delegates to the general assembly of Caritas Internationalis May 11, the pope underscored the dual nature of the church’s charitable arm as a service of charity and a Catholic institution dedicated to pastoral care.
Pope to pope: Let our churches be united by Christ’s love May 10, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt, was at the Vatican to mark the 50th anniversary of a joint declaration signed by St. Paul VI and Pope Shenouda III in 1973 outlining the beliefs shared by their churches.
Every moment is a chance to live the Gospel, pope tells new Swiss Guards May 8, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis asked 23 new members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard to draw close to the sacraments, read Scripture and meditate on spiritual texts, including during calm shifts on guard.
Catholic universities must be missionary in spirit, pope says May 7, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Catholic universities must be outward looking and prepare their students to engage with the world’s problems rather than teaching rigid ideas, Pope Francis said.
World Youth Day prep advice from pope: speak to your grandparents May 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023, Youth Ministry Just under three months before World Youth Day gets underway in Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis said young people should consult their grandparents about how to prepare.
Kremlin denies working with Vatican on peace talks May 2, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Moscow is not working with the Vatican to end the war in Ukraine, said a Kremlin spokesperson.
Over the pope’s shoulder: An ‘explosion’ of spirituality in bronze April 30, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Through five pontificates, popes have instructed the faithful at their weekly general audiences, condemned war, called for peace and even celebrated birthdays in the Vatican audience hall under the gaze of a giant bronze sculpture of Jesus.
Vatican to bring pope’s encyclicals to life in architecture exhibit April 23, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Commemorating 10 years since the election of Pope Francis, the Vatican will physically represent the teachings of his encyclicals at the Venice Biennale international architecture exhibition May 20 to Nov. 26.
Church must be united but not uniform, say synod organizers April 21, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, World News Catholics gathered at the continental level say the Catholic Church must be united, not uniform, and embrace its many forms of expression throughout the world, said members of the synod preparatory commission after a weeklong meeting at the Vatican.
Pope asks mentally disabled, caretakers to be missionaries of God’s love April 17, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Everyone has gifts and talents that can be a public witness to God’s love and mercy, Pope Francis told a group of people with intellectual disabilities and their teachers.
Pope defends St. John Paul from ‘offensive’ insinuations in Vatican case April 17, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis called insinuations that St. John Paul II played a role in the 1983 disappearance of Vatican schoolgirl Emanuela Orlandi “offensive and unfounded.”
St. John Paul II’s secretary denies pope’s role in missing ‘Vatican girl’ April 14, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News St. John Paul II’s longtime aide denied the “vile insinuations” that the former pope was maliciously involved in the case of Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican schoolgirl whose 1983 disappearance is the focus of an ongoing Vatican investigation.
