Confession, indulgences express and strengthen communion, speakers say March 22, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments The Catholic Church’s ministry of granting absolution for sins and indulgences to remove the punishments those sins deserve is a ministry that builds communion, said speakers at a Vatican course.
Pope: Without power of Holy Spirit, evangelization is empty advertising March 22, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News To evangelize well, the faithful need to dialogue with God, let the Holy Spirit renew their hearts and lives, and then dialogue with today’s world, Pope Francis said.
Papal message to focus on people’s right not to migrate March 21, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Reflecting on people’s right to remain in their country of origin, share in the common good and live in dignity will be the focus of Pope Francis’ next message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
Pope Francis is praised in U.N. talks for efforts to combat anti-Muslim prejudice March 21, 2023By James Martone OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis and his efforts to promote interreligious harmony featured prominently in United Nations discussions focusing on what could be done about rising hatred, discrimination and violence against Muslims.
Do not be afraid to be a witness to God’s love, pope says March 20, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Before praying the Angelus with some 25,000 visitors gathered in St. Peter’s Square March 19, the pope reflected on the day’s Gospel reading from St. John in which Jesus gives sight to a blind man on the Sabbath.
Welcoming migrants, refugees is first step toward peace, pope says March 20, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Safe, organized, legal and sustainable migration is in the interest of all countries, Pope Francis wrote.
Good politics brings people together, generates care for others, pope says March 20, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Meeting participants at the Vatican March 18, Pope Francis told them to “wage war, but another kind of war, an inner one, a war on ourselves to work for peace.”
A heart filled with scorn, vain presumption is a ticket to hell, pope says March 17, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News The faithful must set aside their egos and sense of superiority over others to make room for God and his tender mercy, Pope Francis said at a Lenten penance service.
Accept God’s love, share it with others, pope tells Josephites March 17, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The secret to lovingly ministering to others is first allowing oneself to experience the overwhelming love of God, Pope Francis told priests belonging to the Josephites of Murialdo, the Murialdine Sisters of St. Joseph and the laypeople who work with them.
Commission focuses on ensuring synod will be prayerful experience March 17, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News At the end of their first meeting, three members of the preparatory commission for the assembly of the Synod of Bishops said they know some Catholics have very high expectations for the process while others have intense anxiety.
Synod vigil to be expression of ‘ecumenism of solidarity,’ pastor says March 15, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Planning an ecumenical prayer vigil for the Catholic Church’s Synod of Bishops and making a commitment to participating in it is an expression of “an ecumenism of solidarity,” said the Rev. Anne-Laure Danet, ecumenical officer for the French Protestant Federation.
Liturgical elements must foster prayer, sense of communion, pope says March 15, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The aesthetic and artistic elements surrounding the liturgy must foster prayer and a sense of communion, Pope Francis said.
