vatican news 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.” FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News ‘Listening is act of love,’ says papal message to European youths Cindy WoodenDecember 28, 20232 min read The Christian community and society need young people to live out their dreams of a world where people listen to one another, accept each other and build bridges with members of different cultures and religions, Pope Francis told young Europeans meeting to “pray in” the new year. FeatureMarriage & Family LifeNewsVaticanWorld News Cardinal says Vatican is not moving toward accepting gay marriage Cindy WoodenDecember 28, 20233 min read The Vatican’s affirmation that a priest can give an informal blessing to a gay couple who asks for one is not a first step toward the Catholic Church recognizing same-sex marriages, said Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope encourages persecuted Christians to stay strong in their witness Cindy WoodenDecember 27, 20232 min read On the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis prayed for people persecuted for their faith or denigrated for living a life marked by Gospel values. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News ‘The devil is a seducer,’ pope says as he begins new series of talks Cindy WoodenDecember 27, 20232 min read The devil is sly and sneaky like a serpent and subtly entices people to sin, Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience Dec. 27. ChristmasFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope’s Christmas message: Say ‘yes’ to the Prince of Peace, ‘no’ to war Cindy WoodenDecember 27, 20235 min read Celebrating the birth of Jesus, the prince of peace, should mean making a commitment to opposing all war, to cherishing human life, feeding the hungry and speaking up for those who have no voice, Pope Francis said. ChristmasFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News At Christmas, God shows love through ‘littleness,’ not power, pope says Justin McLellanDecember 27, 20234 min read More than two millennia after the Holy Family was denied a room at the inn and Jesus was born in a manger, war once again renders his birthplace in the Holy Land inhospitable, Pope Francis said. ChristmasFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News At Christmas, God shows love through ‘littleness,’ not power, pope says Justin McLellanDecember 24, 20234 min read More than two millennia after the Holy Family was denied a room at the inn and Jesus was born in a manger, war once again renders his birthplace in the Holy Land inhospitable, Pope Francis said. Previous 1 … 24 25 26 … 173 Next