Once hostile, Argentine president brings Pope Francis his favorite sweets February 12, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Months after throwing verbal jabs at Pope Francis along the campaign train, Argentine President Javier Milei brought smiles and cookies to the Vatican for his highly anticipated meeting with the pope Feb. 12.
Prayer can change people’s hearts, pope says at canonization Mass February 12, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News St. María Antonia de Paz Figueroa, known as Mama Antula, devoted herself completely to helping others experience God’s closeness and compassion, Pope Francis said after he declared the 18th-century consecrated laywoman a saint.
Pope Francis in new book interview says his predecessor had ‘courage to resign’ February 9, 2024By Magdalena Wolinska-Riedi OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Vatican, World News While memories of the shocking moment when Pope Benedict XVI resigned Feb. 11, 2013, are still fresh for the German pope’s collaborators, it is Pope Francis who reflects on Benedict’s historic decision in a newly published book interview.
Like future saint, share the Gospel with all, pope tells pilgrims February 9, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News In Blessed Maria Antonia de Paz Figueroa, known affectionately as “Mama Antula,” Christians can “find an example and inspiration that revives a preference for the least, for those who society discards and casts aside,” the pope told a group of Argentine pilgrims during a meeting at the Vatican Feb. 9.
‘Feeling omnipotent’ is at root of clerical abuse, pope says February 9, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News All forms of clerical abuse begin with a priest thinking he is better than others and somehow over them, Pope Francis said.
Don’t reduce women’s role in church to question of ministry, pope says February 8, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The importance of women in the Catholic Church cannot be “reduced” to the question of ministry, Pope Francis told members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
‘Welcome’ is at the heart of document on gay blessings, pope says February 7, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News People who act shocked that a priest would bless a gay couple but have no problem with him blessing a crooked businessman are hypocrites, Pope Francis said.
Wallowing in sorrow is a vice, pope says at audience February 7, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Feeling sad, disappointed or ashamed of oneself sometimes is normal and even can lead to conversion, but when people wallow in their sadness it becomes a dangerous vice, Pope Francis said.
Ignorance breeds fear, fear breeds intolerance, pope tells students February 6, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Love and seek the truth, which requires being open to listening to others and sharing in dialogue, Pope Francis told students.
God is close, compassionate, not cold, distant, pope says February 5, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News Christians must let go of the God they think they know and convert every day to the God Jesus presents in the Gospel — the God who is the father of love and compassion, Pope Francis said.
300 parish priests to participate in Vatican synod meeting, meet with pope February 5, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Three hundred parish priests from all over the world will come to Rome and make their contribution to the ongoing Synod of Bishops on synodality by sharing their experiences of parish life, the Vatican said.
Pope tells seminarians to put the Eucharist at the center of formation February 5, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News If seminarians want to advance in their discernment and practice of religious life they must place the Eucharist at the center of their formation, Pope Francis wrote.
