Italian leader says pope will join G7 discussion on AI April 26, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that Pope Francis would participate in a G7 “outreach” discussion on artificial intelligence when the leaders of the world’s leading industrialized nations countries meet in southern Italy in mid-June.
Pope suggests playing checkers to keep the mind sharp April 26, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News While misusing modern forms of media dulls the mind, games like checkers are a simple way to stimulate one’s intellect and foster community, Pope Francis said.
Top Vatican cardinal says Pope Francis’ reforms will continue April 25, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The reform projects launched by Pope Francis — reforming not just institutions like the Roman Curia, but attitudes and pastoral approaches — will not be reversed, even though some may take different forms in the future, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
Pope calls for peace in Gaza and Ukraine, laments plight of children in war in CBS interview April 25, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News, Youth Ministry Pope Francis sat down exclusively with “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell on April 24 for an interview ahead of the Vatican’s inaugural “World Children’s Day.” The CBS interview marks the first time a pope has given an in-depth, one-on-one interview to a U.S. broadcast network, according to the network.
People decide whether to bring peace to the world or not, pope says April 25, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Peace begins when each person decides to accept it as a gift and live at peace with everyone throughout the day, Pope Francis said.
Georgia senator says he prayed with and spoke to pope about peace April 24, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, U.S. Congress, Vatican, World News U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat from Georgia, said he and Pope Francis prayed together when they met at the Vatican April 20.
Faith, hope, love are antidote to pride, pope says at audience April 24, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News While the virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance are the marks of a righteous individual, the virtues of faith, hope and love emphasize a connection to other people fueled by belief in God and reliance on prayer, Pope Francis said.
Pope tells seminarians to integrate spiritual, intellectual lives April 23, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Candidates to the priesthood must integrate their spiritual, intellectual and community lives so they become pastors who can respond to the needs of their communities, Pope Francis said.
Historians’ work should lead to dialogue, truth, pope says April 23, 2024By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Historians serve the common good when they seek historical truth and not an ideological interpretation of events, Pope Francis said.
Build church unity, favor reconciliation, pope tells pilgrims April 22, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Pius VII, a prisoner of Napoleon from 1809 to 1814, endured humiliation but successfully resisted all attempts to fracture the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis said.
Jesus laid down his life out of love for each person, pope says April 22, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News When Jesus called himself the “good shepherd,” he was telling people not only that he was their guide, but that they were important to him and “that he thinks of each of us as the love of his life,” Pope Francis said.
Pope’s representative to U.S. warns of ‘auto-referential’ church April 22, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church in the United States is grappling with a tendency to become more “auto-referential” and withdraw itself from the international stage and universal church, Pope Francis’ representative to the United States said.
