Pope to Grandparents: Leave Grand-kids Your Legacy of Wisdom
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis told older people to use retirement as a time to serve others and to sow the seeds of their wisdom. When...
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Pope: Liturgy Must Lead to Awe, Unity, Mission
By Cindy Wooden – The study and celebration of the liturgy should lead to a sense of awe before God, a commitment to mission and a growing...
Pope: Religious Orders Must Handle Their Assets With Care
By Carol Glatz – Because of unscrupulous people, religious communities need to be prudent and diligent when selling their assets and properties, Pope Francis said. The decommissioning...
Pope’s Message for World Day of Prayer for Vocations
By Carol Glatz – The Christian vocation is for all members of the church to work together and show that one human family united in love is...
Pope Meets Japan’s Prime Minister; Both Agree on a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Pope Francis expressed his opposition to nuclear weapons and the threat they pose to the world during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the Vatican...
Cardinal reaffirms pope’s willingness to go to Moscow to try to stop war
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis’ secretary of state reaffirmed the pope’s offer to go to Moscow personally to try to convince President Vladimir Putin to stop...
Pope tells Russian Patriarch they are not ‘Clerics of the State’
By Carol Glatz – Warning that the Russian Orthodox patriarch should not “turn himself into Putin’s altar boy,” Pope Francis also said he would like to go...
War and peace: Papal visit to South Sudan offers hope for lasting unity
By Junno Arocho Esteves – As violence in South Sudan continues to raise concerns, Pope Francis’ visit in July can serve as a much-needed boost for the...
Pope praises Papal Foundation’s generosity, including to Ukraine
By CNS – Pope Francis praised members of the U.S.-based Papal Foundation for helping the Catholic Church build “a culture of solidarity and peace,” including by providing...
Pope: Hope and joy reawaken when old and young come together
By Carol Glatz – If young people recognise all that they have received with gratitude and older people take the initiative of relaunching hope in young people...
Pope to Sri Lankan leaders: People need truth about 2019 Easter bombings
By Carol Glatz – Three years after multiple bombings killed more than 260 people on Easter and lingering questions remain about those behind the attacks, Pope Francis...
Pope Makes Appointments to Dicasteries for Development, Doctrine
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis formalised new appointments to the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and named the new secretaries to the restructured Dicastery for...
