Pope extols Native American saint as model for responding to God’s call August 31, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Like St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first native North American woman to be canonized, all Christians must embrace their unique call to service of God and neighbor as well as the personal crosses that come with it, Pope Francis said.
Pope confirms ‘second Laudato Si” will be an apostolic exhortation August 30, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis confirmed plans to publish a “second Laudato Si’,” which is expected to update and expand on his 2015 encyclical on the environment.
Synod is ‘truly important’ for the church, pope says August 29, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News Pope Francis asked a group of Italian journalists to shun fake news and a love of scandal, including when covering the Catholic Church and the upcoming assembly of the Synod of Bishops.
Pope asks prayers for his trip to Mongolia August 29, 2023By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis asked people to accompany him to “the heart of Asia,” Mongolia, with their prayers.
Pope, urging young Russians to be proud of their heritage, stirs controversy August 28, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Although Russia’s continuing war on Ukraine may make peace seem an impossible dream, Pope Francis urged young Russian Catholics to sow seeds of reconciliation and peace however they can.
World needs politicians who uphold Catholic social teaching, pope says August 28, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis prayed that God would raise up a new generation of “well-educated and faithful Catholics leaders committed to promoting the church’s social and ethical teachings” through public service, especially in politics.
Jesus, the living God, helps believers on path to holiness, pope says August 28, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News If Jesus were just a great teacher or prophet or even hero from the past, imitating him and following him on the path to holiness would be impossible, Pope Francis said.
Pope says there is a ‘strong reactionary’ element in U.S. Catholic Church August 28, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church in the United States has “a very strong reactionary” element that is well-organized and refuses to see how Catholic doctrine can and must grow and mature, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Portugal.
Laudato Si’ 2.0: Pope announces new document ahead of ‘Season of Creation’ August 25, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Ahead of the ecumenical celebrations of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation Sept. 1 and the monthlong “Season of Creation,” Pope Francis said he is writing a follow-up document to his 2015 encyclical on the environment.
Adoration awakens love for the poor, commitment to justice, pope says August 25, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News – In the eyes of the world it would appear “absurd” to begin helping the poor and struggling for justice by spending time in adoration before the Eucharist, Pope Francis said, but that is precisely what an Italy-based religious order has been doing for 100 years.
Pope asks renewed prayers for Ukraine on eve of its Independence Day August 24, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Acknowledging Ukraine’s celebration of Independence Day Aug. 24, Pope Francis pleaded with thousands of visitors at his weekly general audience to keep praying for peace in the country.
Guadalupe shows how faith is shared simply, with respect, pope says August 23, 2023By Cindy Wooden OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Our Lady of Guadalupe and other recognized Marian apparitions show clearly how evangelization does not require complicated plans and elaborate theological explanations but sharing the faith in “a language suitable for all, a language that is comprehensible, like that of Jesus,” Pope Francis said.
