Church’s mission is seen in care for the sick, pope says in message January 10, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Vatican, World News The way individual Catholics and their parishes care for the sick offers a precise measure of just how much they either are part of or are fighting the “throwaway culture” that ignores or discards anyone seen as flawed or weak, Pope Francis said in his message for the World Day of the Sick.
In a turn of history, Poland is country that will miss German pope the most January 9, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Hundreds of Polish priests dropped everything and came to Rome to pay tribute to the pope emeritus.
Peace requires a ‘defense of life,’ pope tells ambassadors January 9, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News “Peace requires before all else the defense of life,” which is threatened by the “alleged ‘right to abortion,'” Pope Francis told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See.
Pope baptizes babies, urges parents to teach them to pray January 9, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Worship & Sacraments – Telling parents and godparents to teach their little ones to pray from the time they are small, Pope Francis baptized 13 babies in the Sistine Chapel as their older brothers and sisters looked on — or got away and ran around.
Pope’s tribute to predecessor ‘refined and profound,’ says Benedict aide January 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Father Federico Lombardi said that the pope’s message was a “very refined and profound” tribute to his predecessor that respected the liturgy of a funeral Mass.
Pope reorganizes Rome vicariate to be more collegial, accountable January 6, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News With the same spirit and aims that behind his recent reform and reorganization of the Roman Curia, Pope Francis, as Bishop of Rome, has overhauled the Vicariate of Rome.
Faith involves questioning, risks, adoring Jesus, pope says on Epiphany January 6, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Faith is a journey inspired by restless questioning, fraught with risk, powered by perseverance in prayer and charity, and culminating in the awe, wonder and worship of the Lord, Pope Francis said.
Pope Benedict XVI laid to rest today where two canonized popes were buried January 5, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News In what looks like a continuation of pontifical legacy, Pope Benedict XVI was buried in the crypt where his Polish predecessor, St. John Paul II, was first buried.
Archbishop Lori call’s Pope Benedict’s funeral ‘noble simplicity’ January 5, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican Among the more than 50,000 people in St. Peter’s Square Jan. 5 for the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, who said the subdued nature of the liturgy was at the request of the retired pontiff, the first to resign the papacy in more than 600 years.
Mourners see pope’s funeral as celebration of life and legacy January 5, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News The mood in St. Peter’s Square in the hours leading up to the historic funeral for Pope Benedict XVI was much more festive than somber.
Scroll in Benedict’s casket briefly summarizes his life and ministry January 5, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Pope Benedict XVI was a renowned theologian, a “recognized authority,” who left “a rich legacy of studies and research on the fundamental truths of the faith,” said the official summary of his life and papacy.
At funeral, pope remembers Benedict’s ‘wisdom, tenderness, devotion’ January 5, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News Pope Benedict XVI “spread and testified to” the Gospel his entire life, Pope Francis told tens of thousands of people gathered Jan. 5 for his predecessor’s funeral Mass.
