Church in Morocco, pope offer prayers, after deadly quake kills nearly 2,500 people September 11, 2023By Maria-Pia Negro Chin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Rescuers continue to search through the rubble in the hopes of finding survivors after a powerful earthquake struck Morocco the night of Sept. 8, killing close to 2,500 people and causing widespread destruction.
Vatican offers details on how synod will work, media access September 8, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Any limitations and rules regarding media access and communications during the upcoming Synod of Bishops are rooted in the “essence” of a synod and meant to help participants in their process of discernment, said the head of the synod’s communication committee.
Pope calls for literacy in peacemaking, care for the environment September 8, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News If people can learn how to inflict suffering on others with ever more deadly weapons, they also can learn to stop doing so, Pope Francis said.
Document found detailing convents in Rome that hid Jews from the Nazis September 8, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Catholic and Jewish institutions announced Sept. 7 the discovery of a previously unpublished list of several thousand people, mostly Jews, who were hidden in Catholic convents and monasteries in Rome during the Nazi occupation of the city.
Nuncio says polarization occurs when people defend ideas, not people September 7, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The polarization Pope Francis sees in the Catholic Church in the United States is not only a U.S. problem, Cardinal-designate Christophe Pierre, Vatican nuncio in the United States, told Vatican News.
God elects some in order to better reach everyone, pope says September 7, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Bible, Feature, News, Vatican, World News God chooses certain people not to exclude others, but always to include everyone by way of the missionary and social outreach of his disciples, Pope Francis said.
Slum priests celebrate reparation Mass after presidential candidate pours insults on Argentine pope September 6, 2023By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News As Argentines prepare to elect their new president Oct. 22, a group of clergy close to Pope Francis launched an unprecedented intervention in the highly charged political atmosphere in the South American country.
Ukrainian bishops warn pope that his Russia comments feed propaganda September 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News After Pope Francis told young Russian Catholics they were heirs of “the great, educated Russian Empire,” Ukraine’s bishops told him that some of his statements were “painful and difficult for the Ukrainian people” and are used by Russia to justify its invasion of Ukraine.
Pope recounts the joy, goodness, humility he saw in Mongolia September 6, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said he knows people wonder why he traveled close to 6,000 miles to Mongolia to visit a Catholic community of only 1,450 people.
Vatican says Ulma child was born during mother’s execution September 6, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News With a beatification Mass for the Ulma family set for Sept. 10, the Vatican emphasized that all nine members of the Polish family are considered martyrs, including the child that was born during the massacre.
Message from ‘heart of Asia’: Pope’s words go beyond Mongolian borders September 5, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Vatican, World News Visiting Mongolia Sept. 1-4, Pope Francis encouraged the nation’s tiny Catholic community to grow in faith and charity, but the visit also was designed to reassure the government that it has nothing to fear from the Catholic missionaries who arrived in the country in 1992.
Pope says religion and culture can be misused to frighten and oppress September 5, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Papal Trip to Mongolia, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The pope admitted Sept. 4 it was not his best moment when he cited the examples of Peter the Great and Catherine II, who conquered and subjugated neighboring nations and who Russian President Vladimir Putin has evoked as role models in his war on Ukraine.
