Vatican reports $3.3 million deficit was significantly less than expected August 8, 2022By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Vatican reported that projections of an expected deficit of 33.4 million euros ($34 million) for 2021 ended in a shortfall of just 3.3 million euros ($3.36 million).
Ambassador says pope will visit Ukraine before Kazakhstan trip August 8, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Pope Francis plans to make his long-awaited visit to Ukraine before his trip to Kazakhstan in September, said Andrii Yurash, Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See.
Be vigilant to God’s presence in life, pope says August 8, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Christians should not only face life’s challenges without fear but also not be overcome by the temptation to remain idle to the Lord’s presence in those moments, Pope Francis said.
Pope says residential-school policy was part of ‘genocide’ plan July 31, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The planned destruction of the families, languages, cultures and traditions of the Indigenous communities of Canada through the residential school system was “genocide,” Pope Francis said.
Pope brings apology to Arctic Indigenous communities July 30, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News On a stage designed to evoke a qammaq — a traditional Inuit summer home built of whale ribs, sod and stone — Pope Francis again apologized to the Indigenous communities of Canada for Catholics’ complicity in breaking up their families and suppressing their languages.
Writing decision to overturn Roe an ‘honor,’ says Supreme Court justice July 29, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, Vatican, World News In his first public comments since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision that legalized abortion, Justice Samuel Alito said writing the ruling was an “honor.”
Despite papal apology, some Native Americans find it hard to forgive July 29, 2022By Barb Fraze Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Pope Francis apologized to Canadian Indigenous for the ways in which many members of the church and of religious communities cooperated in projects of cultural destruction and forced assimilation at residential schools, Native Americans, like many Canadian Indigenous, said forgiveness was hard — despite their Catholic faith.
Church cannot flee failures, but must reconcile with Indigenous, pope says July 28, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News While commentators, politicians and survivors discussed whether Pope Francis’ apology for the Catholic Church’s role in running residential schools was enough, the pope insisted reconciliation requires faith, action and the courage to move forward.
Pope ups calls for care as global consumption keeps outpacing resources July 28, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Among the many environmental issues Pope Francis is concerned about, the one that “has shocked me the most,” he once said, is the way resources are increasingly being consumed faster than they can be regenerated.
Commitment to multicultural Canada needs real effort, pope says July 28, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In a British-built fort on the highest hill in Quebec City, Pope Francis spoke to Canadian government and cultural leaders about the never-ending challenge of multiculturalism.
Venice Film Festival will feature documentary on Pope Francis’ travels July 27, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will be featured in a new documentary premiering at this year’s Venice Film Festival; the film covers his near decade of travel, with visits to almost 60 countries.
Pope joins Indigenous pilgrims at lake known for its healing waters July 27, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis joined Indigenous pilgrims at a lake known for miraculous healings and encouraged them to lay their burdens on the shore.
