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Jesus’ humble birth a reminder of God’s love for humanity, pope says

December 22, 2021
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The birth of the son of God in a humble stable, in the presence of both lowly shepherds and majestic Magi, is a “universal event that concerns all of humanity,” Pope Francis said.

‘Stories of a Generation With Pope Francis,’ Dec. 25, Netflix

December 22, 2021
By Sister Hosea Rupprecht
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Anyone who has followed the pontificate of Pope Francis will know that he consistently encourages the young to learn from their elders and to remember their roots.

Pope: Eat, give gifts, be ‘merry’ this Christmas, but don’t forget Jesus

December 20, 2021
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis asked people to celebrate a “real Christmas” by recognizing Jesus in their lives and cultivating peace in their hearts.

Pope to kids: Jesus loves you, wants you to love others

December 20, 2021
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

At a rather formal meeting in the Apostolic Palace and a more relaxed one with balloons and silly hats in the Vatican audience hall, Pope Francis told children that Christmas is a sign of how much God loves them, and they are called to share that love.

Vatican answers questions on limits regarding pre-Vatican II Mass

December 18, 2021
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Responding to 11 questions it said had been raised about Pope Francis’ document restricting celebrations of the pre-Vatican II Mass, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments offered a few concessions to bishops but insisted the entire Latin-rite Catholic Church must move toward celebrating only one form of the Mass and sacraments.

Second chances: Vatican Christmas stamps feature work of homeless artist

December 18, 2021
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Adam Piekarski, a homeless man from Lódz, Poland, never imagined that the sketches he would draw in his free time while waiting for the public showers near Bernini’s Colonnade would lead to the opportunity of a lifetime.

Pope welcomes first group of asylum-seekers from Cyprus

December 18, 2021
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

With many “thanks” and “best wishes,” a group of 10 asylum-seekers greeted Pope Francis on his birthday Dec. 17.

Decline in vocations is a call to be humble, pope tells Jesuits

December 16, 2021
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News

The decrease of vocations to religious life, including in the Society of Jesus, is a lesson in humility and a reminder that a calling to religious life depends on God, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Greece.

Pope establishes ‘Fratelli Tutti’ Foundation

December 15, 2021
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis established a new Vatican foundation that will promote initiatives based on the principles set out in his encyclical “Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship.”

Vatican releases text for installing catechists, explains ministry

December 13, 2021
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Catholic men and women formally installed in the new ministry of catechists are not simply religious education teachers but are engaged in “the proclamation and transmission of the faith, carrying out this role in collaboration with the ordained ministers and under their guidance,” said a letter accompanying the Latin text of the Rite of Institution of Catechists.

Pope invites Catholics to join Caritas campaign to care for poor, creation

December 13, 2021
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis encouraged people to take part in a new global campaign launched by Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based umbrella organization for national Catholic charities.

Christmas is time for sharing, not commercialism, pope says

December 10, 2021
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

The Christmas tree and Nativity crèche should evoke the joy and the peace of God’s love and not the selfish indulgence of consumerism and indifference, Pope Francis said.

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