Pope prays newly beatified martyrs inspire greater fidelity to God April 19, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church’s newest blesseds are six “meek disciples of Christ,” who showed heroic courage defending the Eucharist from profanation when French troops sacked their Italian monastery in 1799 and scattered the Blessed Sacrament on the floor while searching for any valuables they could carry away, Pope Francis said.
Pope accepts resignation of bishop who heads Minnesota’s Crookston Diocese April 13, 2021By Maria Wiering Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner, 71, who has headed the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, since 2007.
Cardinal unveils major Vatican conference on priesthood slated for 2022 April 13, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the request for ordination are all possible outcomes of a major symposium being planned by the Vatican in February 2022.
Italy issues arrest warrant for broker in Vatican property deal April 13, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Italian authorities issued an arrest warrant for Gianluigi Torzi, an Italian broker who served as the middleman in the Vatican’s majority stake purchase of a property in London’s posh Chelsea district.
Pope calls all Catholics to be missionaries of God’s mercy April 11, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Missionary Disciples, News, Vatican, World News Like the disciples, who experienced Jesus’ divine mercy after the resurrection, all Christians are called to become missionaries, sharing the Gospel of God’s love and mercy with others, Pope Francis said.
Cardinal Cassidy, Vatican’s former top ecumenist, dies at 96 April 11, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Vatican, World News Australian Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, a longtime Vatican diplomat and former president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, died April 10 at the age of 96 in Newcastle, Australia.
Pope ‘moved’ by registry of nighttime adoration he attended April 8, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Year of the Eucharist Pope Francis said he was “moved” by a photo of an old registry that showed his participation as a young man at sessions of overnight eucharistic adoration at a basilica in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Christ’s victory over death proclaims a second chance for all, pope says April 4, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Uncategorized, Vatican, World News “It is always possible to begin anew, because there is a new life that God can awaken in us in spite of all our failures,” the pope said April 3 during his celebration of the Easter Vigil.
Pope leads Via Crucis with young people in torch-lit St. Peter’s Square April 2, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News For the second year in a row, Pope Francis led the Way of the Cross from St. Peter’s Square rather than Rome’s Colosseum because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Cardinal, at pope’s Good Friday service, decries divisions within church April 2, 2021By Cindy Wooden Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News As Pope Francis presided over the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion, the preacher of the papal household called on bishops and all Catholics to examine their consciences for ways they may be harming the unity of the Catholic Church.
Further measures needed to combat financial crime at Vatican, pope says March 30, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Signaling further reforms of the Vatican City State penal code, particularly when it comes to financial crimes, Pope Francis said the laws must reflect “the equality of all members of the church” by doing away with “privileges that go back in time and are no longer in keeping with the responsibility of each for building up of the church.”
Vatican sanctions retired Polish bishops over abuse cover-up March 29, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican has imposed sanctions on two Polish Catholic bishops, who resigned in 2020 after being accused of ignoring sexual abuse by their clergy.
