Pope penned major documents on reform, evangelization, caring for creation March 13, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In documents issued his first 10 years in office, Pope Francis covered topics as diverse as strengthening one’s faith, evangelization, caring for creation, accompanying families and young people, and respecting indigenous peoples.
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.
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 Francis’ pontificate prompts U.S. Catholics to reimagine role in public life, experts say March 13, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ call for the church to serve those on the peripheries should prompt American Catholics to reimagine their role in U.S. public life, Catholics in politics or public life told OSV News shortly before the pontiff’s 10th anniversary as pope.
Let’s make another St. Patrick’s Day Parade memory March 12, 2023By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window For as long as I can remember, the Baltimore St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been part of my world.
10 años como Papa: Impulsando a la Iglesia a llevar el Evangelio al mundo March 12, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español Durante una década, incluso cuando se discute el funcionamiento interno del Vaticano, el Papa Francisco ha insistido en que la Iglesia no es la Iglesia de Cristo si no se extiende, compartiendo la “alegría del Evangelio” y poniendo a los pobres en el centro de su atención.
Pope Francis’ pontificate: A timeline March 12, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News A timeline of some significant events in Pope Francis’ pontificate
10 years as pope: Pushing the church to bring the Gospel to the world March 12, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News For a decade, even when discussing the internal workings of the Vatican, Pope Francis has insisted the church is not the church of Christ if it does not reach out, sharing the “joy of the Gospel” and placing the poor at the center of its attention.
Pope’s anniversary sees Curia reform complete, financial reform ongoing March 11, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News From the beginning of his pontificate 10 years ago, Pope Francis set out to reform the structure and attitudes of the Roman Curia and knew he also had to reform the Vatican’s financial system and stewardship of resources.
High school juniors, seniors invited to enter USCCB religious liberty essay March 11, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty, along with the USCCB Secretariat of Catholic Education and the Our Sunday Visitor Institute, is hosting a religious liberty essay contest for high school juniors and seniors.
Lead NASA spacewalk instructor says Catholic education, faith are foundation of her success March 11, 2023By John Shaughnessy OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News Allissa Battocletti Noffke has one of the coolest nicknames on the face of the earth. She is known as the “Professor of Spacewalking,” reflecting her teaching and training of American astronauts in this rare skill at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Pope from ‘ends of the earth’ brings new style to Rome March 11, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Right from the start, upon his election, Pope Francis presented a whole new style of being pontiff.
