Superpowers at war add to the world’s poor, pope says in message November 5, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Social Justice, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News The World Day of the Poor — marked each year on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time — will be celebrated Nov. 13 this year with the theme: “For your sakes Christ became poor.”
Source of evil is rejecting God, one’s neighbor, pope tells Muslim scholars November 4, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Conflicts and evil in the world are all rooted in people rejecting God and their brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said to international Islamic scholars and experts.
Religious leaders must build community, unity, peace, pope says November 4, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News A true love for the divine Creator means acting on behalf of his children who are neglected by the powerful: the poor, the unborn, the elderly, the infirm and migrants, Pope Francis told representatives of different religious faiths and international leaders.
Pope arrives in Bahrain, promoting peace through dialogue November 3, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis promised reporters traveling with him to the Gulf nation of Bahrain that his Nov. 3-6 visit would be an “interesting trip.”
Showing love, mercy are key to entering heaven, pope says on All Souls’ Day November 2, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News As Christians await their death and the final judgment of God, the Gospel tells them what they must do to be welcomed into heaven: love others because God is love, Pope Francis said.
Saints were revolutionaries who lived the beatitudes, pope says November 1, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The multitude of men and women honored on the feast of All Saints lived according to the Eight Beatitudes, which made them decidedly out of place in the world, Pope Francis said Nov. 1 before reciting the Angelus prayer.
Pope’s November prayer intention: ‘For children who suffer’ October 31, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News During the month of November, Pope Francis is asking people to pray for children who are suffering because of poverty, war and exploitation.
St. Francis inspires church to mirror his faith in Christ, pope says October 31, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News St. Francis of Assisi is known for loving and celebrating creation and for being a man of peace and poverty, Pope Francis said.
Pope: Parishes are essential places for growing in faith, community October 31, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The COVID-19 pandemic has weakened many parishes, but that community “in the midst of homes, in the midst of people,” is still an essential place for nourishing and sharing faith, Pope Francis told Italian young adults.
Christians must see others with compassion, not condemnation, pope says October 31, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News God always sees people’s potential, looking past their mistakes and understanding what they can become, Pope Francis said.
Commission starts planning global report on child protection efforts October 31, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News With a renewed membership, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors met at the Vatican in late October and laid the groundwork for devising an annual report on child protection efforts by the Catholic Church globally.
Vatican announces plans for Christmas tree, Nativity scene, stamps October 28, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Nativity scene that will sit under a 98-feet-tall silver fir tree in the middle of St. Peter’s Square this year will feature 19 life-sized figures carved in cedar by artisans in the northeastern Italian town of Sutrio.
