Pope offers prayers for prisoners of war and victims of torture
By CNS – Pope Francis appealed to countries at war to release prisoners and offered special prayers for those who […]
In age of excess, temperance helps one experience real joy, pope says
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Exercising the virtue of temperance is not a recipe for a boring life, Pope Francis
Global group of priests to share reflections on synodality with pope
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Hundreds of parish priests from around the world will spend three days praying and talking
Pope backs peasant farmers in land dispute with Catholic group
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Pope Francis expressed his support for peasant farmers in northern Peru threatened with eviction from
Vatican warns of potential religious freedom violation in court case
By Carol Glatz, CNS – The Vatican Secretariat of State sent a formal statement to the French Embassy to the
Pope: Seek contact with nature to change polluting lifestyles
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Humanity must have more direct contact with nature to counter the modern lifestyles that are
Pope pleads for military restraint in the Middle East
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The morning after Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel, Pope Francis pleaded
Pope turns Rome catechism class into ‘school of prayer’
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis took over the catechism classes at St. John Vianney parish on the far
Pope plans to travel to Asia in September, Vatican confirms
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis is planning to make the longest trip of his papacy in September, visiting