Pope calls for inclusive church while in Portugal for WYD August 8, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 Pope Francis asked the 1.5 million young people who attended World Youth Day to take “what God has sown into your hearts” back to their home countries and build a joyful church that is open to all.
Pope shares summer reflection with Rome priests August 7, 2023By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Assuring Rome priests of his gratitude and prayers, Pope Francis asked them to use part of their summer rest to reflect on ways to strengthen the unity of the church and promote greater collaboration with laypeople.
Convention summons Knights of Columbus to discipleship, transformation of world August 7, 2023By Peter Jesserer Smith OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News Nearly 2,300 members of the Knights of Columbus, spouses and family members gathered together from all parts of the globe Aug. 1-3 in Orlando under the theme “First in faith and charity.”
On flight to Rome, pope responds to questions about abuse, his health August 7, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 After a five-day trip to Portugal, which recently came to terms with its own clerical sex abuse crisis, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must abandon its practice of covering up abuse and instead be “very open” about how it is confronting the crime.
Don’t be afraid to change the world, pope tells youths at WYD closing Mass August 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 To end “Catholic Woodstock” — as World Youth Day has been called by the Portuguese press — Pope Francis told 1.5 million weary-eyed and sleep-deprived young people in Lisbon not to let their “great dreams” of changing the world be “stopped by fear.”
Bishop urges leaders of U.S., other nations to ‘make critically needed’ progress on arms control August 6, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ international policy committee called on Catholics and all people of goodwill to pray that the leaders of the United States and other nations around the globe “who govern the control” of nuclear weapons “will earnestly seek to make critically needed progress on arms control.”
Lay parish missionaries indispensable co-workers in evangelization from the city to the prairie August 6, 2023By Robert Alan Glover OSV News Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News Lay men and women carrying out missionary work in parishes, either on a full time or volunteer basis, are helping Catholic clergy expand the evangelizing reach of their ministry wherever they are, from urban centers to prairie towns.
Ohio pro-life ad campaign could impact future of abortion law August 6, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A pro-life group has launched a multimillion dollar ad buy in the final days before an Aug. 8 Ohio special election that could significantly impact an abortion ballot initiative in the state in November.
Pope calls for new Marian devotion at Fátima: ‘Our Lady in a Hurry’ August 5, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 Before 200,000 pilgrims at Fátima, many of them with tears in their eyes, Pope Francis called for a new Marian devotional title — “Our Lady in a Hurry” — to describe how Mary hastens to care for all her children.
‘Do you cry?’ pope asks 800,000 young people at WYD; so does Jesus, he says August 5, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 When feelings of suffering, anxiety and loneliness bring young people to tears, Jesus cries with them and walks alongside them on the way of the cross, Pope Francis said.
As record heat scorches the globe, climate advocates urge Catholics to take action August 5, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News How do thermometer-bursting digits relate to wider concerns about climate change, a warming earth, and the call to action of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si'” — and can individual Catholics make a difference?
In interview, pope hints at future trips, next steps in peace mission August 5, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 While Pope Francis was visiting Portugal for World Youth Day, talk of future papal trips — including to Kosovo and Argentina — was making headlines as were some of his thoughts about the need for the Catholic Church to be open to all.
