Pope says no trip to Kyiv, meeting with Russian patriarch canceled April 22, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The meeting between Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow planned for June has been canceled out of concern it could cause “confusion,” and there will be no papal visit to Kyiv while war rages.
Honor, protect dignity of elderly, pope says at audience April 20, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News The fourth commandment does not only imply honoring one’s father and mother, but also the respect and care for the dignity of older generations, Pope Francis said.
Ukrainian Marine to pope: Mariupol ‘what hell on earth looks like’ April 19, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News A Ukrainian Marine commander pleaded with Pope Francis to do everything to save the city of Mariupol, which is close to being captured by Russian forces.
Light of risen Christ dispels darkness of fear, pope tells young people April 19, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Young people should not allow the darkness of fear to overwhelm them and instead allow the light of Easter to illuminate their lives and give them courage, Pope Francis said.
Temptation of power, money can obscure Easter joy, pope says April 19, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The allure of power and money can be used to proclaim falsehoods and obscure the joyous announcement of Christ’s victory over death, Pope Francis said.
Christ’s resurrection brings hope amid ‘Easter of war,’ pope says April 17, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The joy of Christ’s resurrection is needed now more than ever in a time when war in Ukraine and other parts of the world makes the hope for peace seem like an illusion, Pope Francis said before giving his Easter blessing.
Risen Christ brings peace to broken world, pope says at Easter Vigil April 16, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News he joy of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead gives joy and strength to those who are called to bring peace, reconciliation and justice to the suffering and the downtrodden, Pope Francis said.
Ukraine’s Way of the Cross: Papal almoner prays at mass grave April 16, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Mass graves and the deceased still lying along the roadside became a kind of “Way of the Cross” where Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, and Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, stopped and prayed.
Ukrainian, Russian women hold cross together at Rome’s Via Crucis April 15, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Jesus invites everyone to repent and to turn swords into plowshares and missiles into factories and homes, the papal preacher said.
Before washing prisoners’ feet, pope tells them God always forgives April 14, 2022By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Before washing the feet of 12 inmates, Pope Francis told them and other prisoners that God never tires of forgiving anyone who asks.
Church’s mission is not about numbers, but evangelizing, pope says April 14, 2022By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church in Europe and other places will, as retired Pope Benedict XVI had said, be smaller and less influential, but the church’s mission and joy is not to increase numbers but to share the Gospel, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Malta.
Grace of priesthood is given for service, not priests’ glory, pope says April 14, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News With some 1,800 priests concelebrating and renewing the promises made at their ordinations, Pope Francis celebrated the chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica April 14.
