vatican news Conflict in the Middle EastNewsVaticanWorld News Powerful impose war on others, world shows indifference, pope says Carol GlatzOctober 7, 20245 min read On the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with all those suffering because of conflicts throughout the Middle East, urged Christians to be peacemakers and warned warmongers they will face God’s judgment. NewsSynodalityVaticanWorld News Synod members vote to dialogue with study groups set up by pope Cindy WoodenOctober 7, 20243 min read Members of the Synod of Bishops have voted to give up one of their few free afternoons to “dialogue” with the leaders of the study groups Pope Francis set up to reflect on important questions raised by the synod in 2023. NewsSynodalityVaticanWorld News In second week, synod to discuss authority in the church Justin McLellanOctober 7, 20243 min read Members of the Synod of Bishops have begun looking for ways to make relationships within the Catholic Church “more transparent and more harmonious, so that our witness may become more credible.” Conflict in the Middle EastFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News As wider war threatens Middle East, pope asks Mary to intercede Cindy WoodenOctober 7, 20243 min read As fighting in the Middle East intensified and spread, Pope Francis turned to Mary, begging her to “intercede for our world in danger.” Marriage & Family LifeNewsVaticanWorld News Love is beautiful when lived generously, pope says at Angelus Carol GlatzOctober 7, 20242 min read Love is demanding, but it is also beautiful when a woman and a man love each other fully, “without half measures,” Pope Francis said. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope announces he will create 21 new cardinals in December Cindy WoodenOctober 6, 20244 min read Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old Ukrainian bishop who heads his church’s eparchy in Melbourne, Australia. NewsSynodalityVaticanWorld News Synodality, an antidote to polarization, helps mission, cardinal says Cindy WoodenOctober 4, 20243 min read At the end of a multiyear process of listening, praying, discussing and discerning, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, said he hopes the Synod of Bishops can give Catholics four practical suggestions for being a more “synodal” church. FeatureNewsSynodalityVaticanVocationsWorld News Synod stresses global approach to role of women, doctrinal development Justin McLellanOctober 4, 20244 min read Controversy over women’s ordination, even at the synod, detracts attention from the plight of women in the Catholic Church and society, said an Australian bishop, who is a member of the Synod of Bishops. NewsVaticanWorld News Pope moves to make Rome a ‘living church,’ not a ‘museum’ Justin McLellanOctober 4, 20244 min read The Diocese of Rome, like the Rome city government, has put so much effort into ensuring services in the historic center of the city that it often neglects the growing suburbs where most people live, Pope Francis said. deaconsNewsVaticanVocationsWorld News Diaconate is ‘surrender’ to Jesus, U.S. archbishop says at ordination Mass Justin McLellanOctober 3, 20244 min read Before the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica, a symbol of the Catholic Church’s unity behind the successor of St. Peter, 15 men laid prostrate to express their humility and take vows of chastity and obedience to their bishop. Previous 1 … 1 2 3 … 197 Next