Despite improved health, pope picks cardinals to lead Holy Week liturgies
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis is going without supplemental oxygen for longer periods and is continuing therapy to recover his voice and to recover his...
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis is going without supplemental oxygen for longer periods and is continuing therapy to recover his voice and to recover his...
By Justin McLellan, CNS – A new bronze sculpture installed in St Peter’s Square, near the showers and medical clinic the Vatican runs for people in need,...
By Carol Glatz, CNS – During his long and fruitful pontificate, St John Paul II embraced the entire world, which stands yet again in need of his...
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Even on his worst days in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis was governing the Catholic Church, although on some days, he did...
By Carol Glatz, CNS – The number of Catholics and permanent deacons in the world rose in 2023, while the number of seminarians, priests, men and women...
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by Admin · Published March 18, 2025 · Last modified March 17, 2025
An apostolic nuncio acts as the official liaison between the Vatican and the local Church hierarchy, government officials, and other religious leaders in the regions to which...
By Catholic News Service – While many people around the world seek a blessing for their animals around the Oct 4 feast of St Francis of Assisi,...
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Pope Francis has appointed Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla to be the first woman to lead a Vatican dicastery, naming her prefect...
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Thirteen Catholic “missionaries” were killed in 2024, most of them during the commission of a robbery, but several obviously were targeted for...
By CNS – The Vatican City State court has returned guilty verdicts against the former director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, its former manager and his wife...
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