Christians are called to spread ‘fragrance of Christ,’ pope says August 21, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Cleansed from original sin by baptism, Christians are called to spread the “good fragrance of Christ” throughout the world by their kind actions and joyful attitudes, Pope Francis said.
Pope discusses climate change with Jeff Bezos August 20, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis met with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, at the Vatican to discuss climate change.
Death penalty fuels ‘poison’ of revenge in society, pope says August 19, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Capital punishment promotes a deadly attitude of revenge and denies the possibility of change in the lives of incarcerated people, Pope Francis said.
‘No, but…’: Despite papal denial, dialogue on women diaconate continues July 19, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: deacons, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Conversations about the role of women in the church and their ministerial functions are still being held at the highest levels of the Vatican.
Vatican approval of apparitions would now be ‘exceptional,’ doctrine chief says July 17, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Vatican rulings on allegedly supernatural phenomena, such as Marian apparitions, will continue to be released publicly, but official validation of an event’s supernatural status — as has happened at Lourdes, Fatima and Guadalupe — would be “exceptional,” the Vatican’s doctrine chief said.
Faith in democracy: Participation in government long a papal priority July 15, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Vatican, World News More than 2 billion people in over 50 countries were set to go to the polls in 2024, according to the Center for American Progress, but Pope Francis has said he is worried that people are more disconnected than ever from the governments that are meant to provide for their well-being.
Pope meets senior Russian Orthodox official at Vatican July 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis met July 11 with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external church relations for the Moscow Patriarchate, the Vatican announced.
Vatican publishes 1974 decision denying alleged Amsterdam apparitions July 11, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Vatican has made public its 1974 decision denying the authenticity of Marian apparitions alleged to have occurred in Amsterdam between 1945 and 1959.
Pope asks world’s religions to push for ethical AI development July 10, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis called on representatives from the world’s religions to unite behind the defense of human dignity in an age that will be defined by artificial intelligence.
In synod process, church is listening to God, not ‘polls,’ cardinal says July 9, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church can only teach the faithful if it is an institution that listens, but that does not mean it should take to heart every opinion uttered, according to the head of the church’s synod.
Pope: Indifference is a ‘cancer of democracy’ July 8, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Catholics are called to be active participants in political life and be a force against the decline of democracy worldwide, Pope Francis said.
Lourdes bishop says Rupnik mosaics ‘need to be removed’ from sanctuary July 3, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News The mosaics prominently featured in the Marian sanctuary in Lourdes, France, created by Father Marko Rupnik — accused of abusing dozens of women over his decades of ministry — must eventually be removed from the basilica where they are currently displayed, the bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes said.
