A heart filled with scorn, vain presumption is a ticket to hell, pope says March 17, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News The faithful must set aside their egos and sense of superiority over others to make room for God and his tender mercy, Pope Francis said at a Lenten penance service.
Accept God’s love, share it with others, pope tells Josephites March 17, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The secret to lovingly ministering to others is first allowing oneself to experience the overwhelming love of God, Pope Francis told priests belonging to the Josephites of Murialdo, the Murialdine Sisters of St. Joseph and the laypeople who work with them.
Commission focuses on ensuring synod will be prayerful experience March 17, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Synodality, Vatican, World News At the end of their first meeting, three members of the preparatory commission for the assembly of the Synod of Bishops said they know some Catholics have very high expectations for the process while others have intense anxiety.
Synod vigil to be expression of ‘ecumenism of solidarity,’ pastor says March 15, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Planning an ecumenical prayer vigil for the Catholic Church’s Synod of Bishops and making a commitment to participating in it is an expression of “an ecumenism of solidarity,” said the Rev. Anne-Laure Danet, ecumenical officer for the French Protestant Federation.
Liturgical elements must foster prayer, sense of communion, pope says March 15, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The aesthetic and artistic elements surrounding the liturgy must foster prayer and a sense of communion, Pope Francis said.
To be an apostle is to serve, not move up church’s hierarchy, pope says March 15, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Being an apostle does not mean climbing up the church’s hierarchy to look down on others but humbling oneself in a spirit of service, Pope Francis said.
Georgetown panel marks pope’s 10th anniversary, praises his fresh approach to church teaching March 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis has brought a fresh perspective to established Catholic teaching, panelists said March 13 at an event hosted by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life to mark the pontiff’s 10th anniversary.
Francis’ decade as pope called dramatic, dizzying, daring and divisive — anything but dull March 14, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News For the biographer of Pope Francis, 10 years into the current papacy, “the church is in a very different place,” with “less anger and defensiveness.” Commentators add that Pope Francis is a pope “who is not afraid to spark controversy” and are certain he’s a “daring” pope “full of surprises.”
Pope Francis: 10 titles for 10 years March 14, 2023By Elizabeth Scalia OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Vatican Before he was known for anything else, Pope Francis was known as “the first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years.”
Around the world in 10 years: Pope’s 40 trips reflect his priorities March 14, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Many of the 40 international trips Pope Francis has made over the past 10 years have been to countries where Christians are a minority or where he can draw close to people on the fringes of the world’s attention.
Pope, cardinals concelebrate Mass for pope’s 10th anniversary March 13, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Marking the 10th anniversary of his election, Pope Francis concelebrated Mass with cardinals resident in Rome in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae.
He has ‘changed our lives,’ say those in need about Francis, the ‘pope of the poor’ March 13, 2023By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis focused his papacy on the poor and needy.
