Sin will not keep Jesus away, pope pens in preface to Father Martin’s book June 4, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, News, Vatican, World News Jesus considers all the baptized to be his friends and will always try to restore them to life and health as he did with his friend Lazarus in the Gospel, Pope Francis wrote.
Pope: Church must understand financial systems, not just criticize them June 4, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Catholics will not positively influence fiscal policy unless they also develop an intricate knowledge of the financial system’s weaknesses and flaws, Pope Francis said.
Interreligious friendships are consolation amid wars, pope says June 3, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis began a meeting with participants in a Focolare-sponsored conference by telling the movement’s president, “I pray for your homeland; I pray so much for your homeland, which is suffering at this time.”
Workers must develop sense of belonging, pope says June 3, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News Workers need spaces in which they can come together, form a sense of community and advocate for the marginalized, Pope Francis said.
Encountering a migrant is encountering Christ, pope says in message June 3, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Every encounter with people on the move as migrants or refugees is an encounter with Christ, Pope Francis said.
Corpus Christi procession is not sign of pride but invitation, pope says June 3, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Vatican, World News When Catholics carry the Eucharist through the streets, “we are not doing this to show off or to flaunt our faith” but to invite others to share in the life that Jesus gives by making himself a gift, Pope Francis said.
First visit to Poland led to Iron Curtain’s fall, historians say 45 years after St. John Paul II landmark trip June 3, 2024By Filip Mazurczak OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Forty-five years ago, on June 2, St. John Paul II started his first papal pilgrimage to his native Poland, then shackled by a communist dictatorship. The visit had not only an enormous impact on the spiritual renewal of the Polish nation, paving the way for democratic changes, but it also inspired future freedom fighters in other parts of the Soviet empire.
Pope Francis’ CBS interview is surprisingly and refreshingly clear June 2, 2024By Gretchen R. Crowe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Vatican Stressing openness and mercy, Francis’ emphasis has been on welcoming everyone into the church, and if a mess is made along the way, so be it.
U.S. ambassador to Holy See to step down in July May 31, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Joe Donnelly will leave his post in July, the embassy announced.
Pope encourages young priests to rely on each other in times of crisis May 30, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The first years of priesthood are challenging, and the best way to survive and thrive is through closeness to God, to one’s bishop, one’s fellow priests and to one’s parishioners, Pope Francis told priests who have been ordained less than 10 years.
‘Whoever welcomes a migrant welcomes Christ,’ pope says May 30, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Christians cannot share a vision that sees migrants as threats to society or as a cause for fear, Pope Francis said in a video meditation.
Look inward to resolve war, famine, injustice, pope says May 29, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The social and political problems plaguing modern society can be resolved only by allowing the Holy Spirit to heal humanity’s inner turmoil, Pope Francis said.
