Pope to kids: Jesus loves you, wants you to love others December 20, 2021By 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, 2021By 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, 2021By 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, 2021By 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, 2021By 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, 2021By 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, 2021By 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, 2021By 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, 2021By 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.
Pope closes Year of St. Joseph with marginalized young adults December 9, 2021By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Year of St. Joseph Pope Francis closed the Year of St. Joseph with a private visit to a community in Rome that helps people experiencing marginalization, crisis or substance abuse.
Pope donates watch to benefit Wisconsin foundation’s scholarship program December 9, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A dream that Doug LaViolette had for well over a year — something he said a few friends told him was “crazy”– has come true.
Canadian bishops, Indigenous leaders postpone Vatican meeting December 7, 2021By Michael Swan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News The long-planned encounter between Indigenous Canadians and Pope Francis in Rome is being put off while everybody learns more about the omicron variant of COVID-19, according to a joint release from three Indigenous organizations involved in the trip and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
