Vatican says pope has not accepted invitation to go to Russia March 20, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has not accepted an invitation to travel to Moscow in June to meet with Vladimir Putin, the director of the Holy See press office said.
At audience, pope looks at virtue of prudence, prays for peace March 20, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News “War is always a defeat,” Pope Francis said, urging people at his general audience to pray that leaders in war-torn nations would have the courage to negotiate for peace.
In a hostile world, the vocation of Christians is to hope, pope says March 19, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News Though the global situation risks plunging people into pessimism, Christians are called to pursue their vocation of becoming “men and women of hope,” Pope Francis said.
Memory book: Pope reviews his life and shares dreams for future March 19, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Asked to reminisce about his life and where he was at key moments in history, the 87-year-old Pope Francis obliged, but also used the opportunity to talk about the lessons the events hold today and his hope for the future.
Medical advances must be at service of those most in need, pope says March 18, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Health Care, News, Vatican, World News Cutting-edge science and medical research cannot benefit only the privileged few but must be placed at the service of those most in need, Pope Francis said.
Rome biblical, Eastern institutes merged with Gregorian University March 18, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Colleges, News, Vatican, World News At the request of Pope Francis, three Jesuit-run institutions of higher learning in Rome — the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Pontifical Oriental Institute — will formally become one university in May.
Pope calls for release of religious brothers kidnapped in Haiti March 18, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis called for the release of two religious brothers, members of the Congregation of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, who are still being held hostage in Haiti.
Road to Rome: U.S.-Vatican diplomatic ties still vital after 40 years March 17, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The United States established formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See 40 years ago, and the current ambassador in Rome says its mission has been a wonderful success.
Pope names bishop, former U.S. police colonel to safeguarding commission March 15, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has named Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera to be secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors and Teresa Kettelkamp to serve as adjunct secretary.
Papal preacher: Hope helps ‘crippled’ hearts rise up, leap for joy March 15, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News Hope “is the opposite of impatience, of haste, of ‘everything immediately.’ It is the antidote to discouragement. It keeps yearning alive,” Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa told Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia during a Lenten meditation in the Paul VI Audience Hall March 15.
Family, community, are key to overcoming secularism, pope says March 15, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Faced with decades of rising secularism, the Catholic Church must invest in families and in strengthening other forms of community to transmit the faith, Pope Francis said.
Indigenous wisdom and science can work together to solve crises, pope says March 15, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The world’s cultures, traditions, spiritualities and languages must be acknowledged, respected and protected, especially those of Indigenous peoples, Pope Francis said.