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Vatican

On flight to Rome, pope responds to questions about abuse, his health

August 7, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023

After a five-day trip to Portugal, which recently came to terms with its own clerical sex abuse crisis, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must abandon its practice of covering up abuse and instead be “very open” about how it is confronting the crime.

Pope calls for new Marian devotion at Fátima: ‘Our Lady in a Hurry’

August 5, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023

Before 200,000 pilgrims at Fátima, many of them with tears in their eyes, Pope Francis called for a new Marian devotional title — “Our Lady in a Hurry” — to describe how Mary hastens to care for all her children.

‘Do you cry?’ pope asks 800,000 young people at WYD; so does Jesus, he says

August 5, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023

When feelings of suffering, anxiety and loneliness bring young people to tears, Jesus cries with them and walks alongside them on the way of the cross, Pope Francis said.

In interview, pope hints at future trips, next steps in peace mission

August 5, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023

While Pope Francis was visiting Portugal for World Youth Day, talk of future papal trips — including to Kosovo and Argentina — was making headlines as were some of his thoughts about the need for the Catholic Church to be open to all.

Pope talks abortion, euthanasia at lunch with WYD pilgrims

August 4, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023

Over a three-course meal with young people, Pope Francis cracked jokes and talked soccer but also addressed the tough topics that young Catholics are grappling with today, such as abortion and euthanasia.

Citing vision problems, pope puts aside text, says love must be concrete

August 4, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023

Saying his glasses “aren’t working,” Pope Francis put aside his prepared text and told representatives of Portuguese charities to make their love “concrete” and leave a mark on the world with their lives.

Pope hears young people’s confessions in WYD ‘Reconciliation Park’

August 4, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023

Young people were going to confession on street corners and park benches throughout Lisbon during World Youth Day, but in the 150 plywood confessionals set up in Vasco da Gama Garden three of them found themselves face to face with Pope Francis.

Renewal in Rome: Jubilee years encourage holier heart, prettier city

August 4, 2023
By Carol Glatz
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Typically observed every 25 years, a Holy Year or jubilee can draw millions of pilgrims to Rome — a 2,775-year-old city of 2.9 million people that already infamously copes with an average of 7 to 10 million tourists a year.

Pope to young people at WYD: God calls your authentic, not virtual, self

August 3, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023

Before a sea of waving flags representing countries large and small from across the globe, Pope Francis told some 500,000 singing, shouting and swaying young people that God has called each person to him by name, not their social media handle.

Don’t close yourself off from crisis, pope tells Portuguese students

August 3, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023

Meeting in a makeshift “Sistine Chapel” painted floor-to ceiling by students, Pope Francis, paintbrush in hand, left a mark on the hearts of young people by telling them not to shy away from the personal crises that come with a life of faith.

Pope meets WYD pilgrims from Ukraine, hears their stories

August 3, 2023
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023

Fifteen World Youth Day pilgrims from Ukraine, most of whom had lost a father or other close relative in the war, had a private meeting with Pope Francis Aug. 3.

Awaken the ‘weary’ church by becoming ‘restless,’ pope says in Portugal

August 2, 2023
By Justin McLellan
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023

A Catholic Church that has grown weary in countries shaken by the clerical sexual abuse crisis and cultural trends toward secularism must look anew to Jesus to revive their “restless” enthusiasm for sharing the Gospel, Pope Francis said.

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