vatican news FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope: Diversity in the church must be embraced, not feared Justin McLellanJanuary 2, 20243 min read Different ways of living out the Catholic faith, including different liturgical rites, should not be seen as threats to the unity of the Catholic Church but embraced as expressions of the body of Christ, Pope Francis said. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope Francis prays for those affected by earthquake in Japan Carol GlatzJanuary 2, 20242 min read Pope Francis prayed for all those affected by a devastating earthquake in Japan, offering encouragement to emergency crews who were assisting victims and searching for survivors under the rubble. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Church and world must ‘respect, defend, esteem’ women, pope says Justin McLellanJanuary 2, 20245 min read The world and the Catholic Church must respect and defend women and foster a motherly care for others to end dehumanizing cycles of violence, Pope Francis said. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Bring Mary’s gratitude and hope into the new year, pope says Justin McLellanJanuary 2, 20243 min read Pope Francis encouraged Christians to look to the example of Mary who, after giving birth to Jesus, had a mother’s gratitude in her heart for bearing the child of God. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Papal calendar for 2024: Not full, but puts spotlight on major events Carol GlatzJanuary 1, 20246 min read As the new year begins, Pope Francis will be the oldest reigning pope since the early 1900s and the third oldest in history. FeatureNewsPope Benedict XVIVaticanWorld News Everyday collaborators of Pope Benedict XVI remember the late pontiff Magdalena Wolinska-RiediDecember 30, 20237 min read On Dec. 31, 2022, the Catholic world stopped as Pope Benedict XVI passed away on the last day of the year, leaving behind an enormous theological legacy. FeatureNewsPope Benedict XVIVaticanWorld News Vatican to publish ‘private’ homilies of late Pope Benedict Cindy WoodenDecember 30, 20233 min read The Vatican publishing house announced it will release a book of some 130 homilies given by the late Pope Benedict XVI at private Sunday Masses — 30 given while he was pope and more than 100 given to members of his household once he retired. Crisis in UkraineFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope, Ukrainian president speak by phone Catholic News ServiceDecember 29, 20233 min read For at least the fourth time since Russia began its large-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022, Pope Francis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke by telephone Dec. 28. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope meets with U.S. Cardinal Burke Cindy WoodenDecember 29, 20232 min read U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, a former top Vatican official, met privately with Pope Francis Dec. 29, about a month after reports that Pope Francis wanted to stop giving him a monthly salary and would ask him to pay the market rate for his Vatican apartment. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News The pope’s 2023: A year of health challenges, travel and the synod Cindy WoodenDecember 29, 20237 min read Pope Francis’ 2023 was a year of important trips made or postponed, a predecessor’s funeral and his own 10th anniversary as pope, a call to the world to act on climate change and a call to the Catholic Church to strengthen its mission by learning “synodality.” Previous 1 … 22 23 24 … 172 Next