With trip planned, ailing pope cancels appointments to rest September 23, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Saying Pope Francis had “a mild flu-like condition,” the Vatican press office announced he had canceled his scheduled audiences Sept. 23.
Pope encourages ecumenical efforts to find common date for Easter September 21, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Easter belongs to Christ, not to people deciding where it falls on a calendar, Pope Francis said.
Pope tells students to build a ‘fraternal world’ in and out of class September 20, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Young people play a pivotal role in promoting social justice and advancing human development, Pope Francis said.
Swedish cardinal ‘stupefied,’ annoyed by papabile speculation September 20, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Swedish Cardinal Anders Arborelius, a Carmelite, has often been lauded for his level-headedness and is liked by both conservatives and progressives in his country.
Vatican sees spiritual value of Medjugorje, doesn’t judge it supernatural September 19, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News With some prudence, Catholics can benefit spiritually from the messages and spiritual practices associated with the alleged apparitions of Mary in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, said the Vatican Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Church leaders have been studying Medjugorje phenomenon for decades September 19, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Six young people, aged 10 to 16, said Mary began appearing to them in June 1981 in Medjugorje, a town in what was then Yugoslavia and is now Bosnia-Herzegovina.
French bishops urge the Vatican, broader society to help investigate Abbé Pierre September 19, 2024By Caroline de Sury OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News As the Emmaus Community for the poor investigates accusations of sexual abuse against its once-iconic, now disgraced, founder Abbé Pierre, the case made international headlines as Pope Francis commented on it while on his return voyage to Rome from Asia last week.
‘Old pope’ thanks God for his four-nation trip to Asia and the Pacific September 18, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The 87-year-old Pope Francis publicly thanked God for allowing him “to do as an old pope what I would have liked to do as a young Jesuit,” and that is to travel to Asia to preach the Gospel.
Indifference kills; be signs of hope, pope tells young people September 17, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Young Adult Ministry Young people must reject indifference and embrace their role as a generation of hope and unity to build a better future for the world, Pope Francis said.
Second synod session to open with penitential liturgy September 17, 2024By Justin McLellan OSV News Filed Under: News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The second session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality, set to bring 368 bishops, priests, religious and laypeople to the Vatican, will begin by asking forgiveness for various sins on behalf of all the baptized.
Cardinal: Stamp shows importance of diplomatic relations with US September 17, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Issuing a Vatican postage stamp celebrating the 40th anniversary of full diplomatic relations between the United States and the Holy See is a sign of the importance the Vatican attributes to their relationship, said the president of the commission governing Vatican City State.
Pope recalls Israeli-American killed in Gaza, calls for hostages’ release September 16, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis lamented the death of an Israeli-American hostage abducted by Hamas and called for the immediate release of all hostages being held in Gaza.
