Pope writes to Holy Land Catholics living under ‘dark clouds of Good Friday’ March 27, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis told Catholics in the Holy Land that he knows Holy Week this year is “so overshadowed by the Passion and, as yet, so little by the Resurrection.”
Pope writes meditations for Via Crucis at Colosseum, Vatican says March 27, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News For the first time in his 11-year papacy, Pope Francis has chosen to write his own meditations for the Good Friday Way of the Cross service at Rome’s Colosseum, the head of the Vatican press office said.
Pope: Government is complicit if not fighting both drug supply, demand March 26, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The fight against illegal drugs and narcotrafficking must target not just drug supplies, but also the demand for drugs through prevention programs and assistance, Pope Francis said.
Young people are the living hope of a missionary church, pope says March 26, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News – Young people need to understand how much Christ loves them unconditionally and how much the church needs their voices and presence, Pope Francis said.
Pope asks Nigerians in Rome to be models of dialogue March 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Meeting hundreds of Nigerian Catholics who live, work and study in Rome, Pope Francis asked them to make their Rome parishes places where cultural, ethnic and linguistic differences are respected and shared.
Pope asks broadcasters to share the truth, not spread ideology March 25, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Media outlets have a responsibility to share the truth, not spread ideologies, Pope Francis said.
On Palm Sunday, pope prays people open hearts to God, quell all hatred March 25, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments Dressed in red vestments, the color of the Passion, Pope Francis presided over the Mass, the solemn beginning of Holy Week, but he skipped the homily and did not have an aide read any prepared remarks.
Vatican Palm Sunday recalls early Christian martyrs, brave sea captain March 25, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Palm Sunday procession at the foot of an 85-foot-tall Egyptian obelisk in St. Peter’s Square recalls the martyrdom of many early Christians and the fast-thinking foresight of an Italian Renaissance sea captain.
Discernment is essential to discipleship, papal preacher says March 22, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The Holy Spirit is like a line prompter at a theater, behind the scenes and constantly whispering to Christians the words of Jesus, said the preacher of the papal household.
Church must rethink its ‘anachronistic’ sexual ethic, priest says March 22, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The Catholic Church’s “established, dogmatic models of the theological approach to sexuality have become anachronistic,” a moral theologian told a conference on sexuality and culture at the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in Rome.
Major Archbishop Shevchuk discusses pope’s primacy, Ukraine’s faith and Russian terror March 22, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church has insisted his countrymen will “never surrender” to Russia’s invasion and that the pope’s recent call for a negotiation of terms with Moscow was “deeply hurtful” for his nation.
Pope calls for pastors to walk alongside migrants in the Americas March 21, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church needs people and pastors capable of walking alongside refugees to respond to the reality of forced migration across the Americas, Pope Francis said.
