‘Why, Lord?’ is appropriate prayer for grieving parents, pope says March 5, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Crying out to God and demanding answers when one’s child dies is anything but a sign of a lack of faith, Pope Francis told a group of grieving Italian parents.
Pope calls for cease-fire in Gaza; calls disarmament ‘moral duty’ March 4, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis repeated his call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and said the international community has a “moral duty” to pursue disarmament worldwide.
Relationship with God should be intimate, not transactional, pope says March 4, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Just as Jesus drove out merchants from the temple in Jerusalem, Christians should cleanse themselves from a transactional relationship with God by developing an intimacy with him like that of a family in their home, Pope Francis said.
Pope asks children to make the world better, one little step at a time March 4, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Making the world a better place for everyone starts with prayer and little steps like saying hello, sorry or thank you, Pope Francis said in a letter to the world’s children.
Courage needed to seek truth, levy sanctions, pope tells Vatican judges March 4, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Holy Spirit sparks the inner outrage and courage needed to confront injustice and unacceptable situations, and to try to change them, Pope Francis said.
Prayerful listening combats clericalism, promotes synodality, speakers say March 3, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News The first assembly of the synod on synodality demonstrated that an effective way to break the chains of clericalism and highlight the voices and experience of women in the church is to begin by listening and praying together before discussing issues, said two synod participants.
Eliminating differences with gender ideology is terrible danger, pope says March 1, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The gifts of men and women are “fruitful” together, and to erase the difference between men and women “is to erase humanity,” Pope Francis said.
Jesus accepts a person’s fragility so they can accept others, pope says March 1, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Jesus did not teach his disciples to organize agencies and structures to help vulnerable people, but gave the example of encountering them, listening to them and helping them as individuals and not “categories” of people in need, Pope Francis said.
Papal preacher warns of rise in overly academic theology March 1, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Western theology risks becoming an abstract and rationalized conversation among academics rather than a tool for nourishing the faith of God’s people, the papal preacher said.
Vatican publishes full papal schedule for Holy Week, Easter February 29, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis’ calendar for Holy Week and Easter is just as full as in previous years despite a mild illness which has caused him to cancel meetings in the days leading up to the release of his liturgical calendar for March.
Pope has full day of appointments after going to hospital for tests February 29, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The day after Pope Francis paid a brief visit to Rome’s Gemelli Isola Hospital for “diagnostic tests,” he had a full morning of audiences, including a meeting with bishops from Italy’s Emilia Romagna region making their “ad limina” visits to the Vatican.
Pope makes brief trip to hospital for unspecified tests February 28, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis paid a brief visit to Rome’s Gemelli Isola Hospital Feb. 28 for “diagnostic tests,” the Vatican press office said, without providing specifics.
