Biden awards pope Presidential Medal of Freedom, nation’s highest civilian honor January 12, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation’s highest civilian honor, the White House said Jan. 11.
Vatican publishes list of papal liturgies for January, February January 11, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis is scheduled to complete the Christmastime liturgies by baptizing babies in the Sistine Chapel Jan. 12, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
Pope tells young oncology patients they are witnesses of hope January 10, 2025By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Meeting young people receiving care at an oncology-hematology clinic in Poland, Pope Francis told them they are witnesses of hope, and he reminded them Jesus is their friend.
Pope: Church must create spaces to give hope to the marginalized January 10, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church must create spaces where marginalized individuals — including young people, the elderly and those with disabilities — can engage with one another and find their place in society, Pope Francis said.
Media literacy needed to counter polarization, narrow thinking, pope says January 10, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Rather than supporting the growth of commercial technology and artificial intelligence, governments should be supporting families and educators in being the main channels of passing on culture and values, Pope Francis told ambassadors and other diplomats accredited to the Holy See.
Pope condemns economy that ‘does not respect life,’ exploits children January 9, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Social Justice, Vatican, World News While society is increasingly focused on pushing the limits of human achievement, it must not lose sight of its duty to protect the dignity of the vulnerable, especially children exploited by the “scourge of child labor,” Pope Francis said.
Pope to diplomats: Sweep away ‘clouds of war,’ let ‘winds of peace’ blow January 9, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News During the Holy Year 2025, the international community should strive “to overcome the logic of confrontation and embrace instead the logic of encounter,” Pope Francis told ambassadors and other diplomats accredited to the Holy See.
Biden cancels final foreign trip, including papal audience, amid California wildfires January 9, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, Vatican, World News President Joe Biden has canceled his upcoming trip to Italy, including an audience with Pope Francis, in order to “remain focused on directing the full federal response” in the wake of the devastating wildfires raging in California, the White House said.
St. Peter’s Holy Door sees more than half million pilgrims in two weeks January 7, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in the first two weeks after Pope Francis opened it.
Grow in hope, share it with others, cardinals says as he opens Holy Door January 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News During the Holy Year 2025, Catholics are called not only to grow in the virtue of hope, but also to share it with others, said U.S. Cardinal James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.
Christ’s birth brings light to a troubled world, pope says January 6, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, News, Vatican, World News In a troubled world, the birth of Christ reveals God’s unwavering determination to draw all people to himself and illuminate even the darkest corners, Pope Francis said.
God does not reject, forget anyone, pope says on feast of Epiphany January 6, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Just as the star over Bethlehem called to and welcomed everyone to encounter the newborn Jesus, God today calls on the faithful to welcome everyone, creating safe, open spaces to find warmth and shelter, Pope Francis said.
