‘Nostalgia’ will not save monasteries from closing, pope says
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Longing for the past will not save contemplative religious orders from closing their monasteries or...
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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...
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...
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...
‘Patriarch of the West’ reappears as papal title in Vatican yearbook
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – The 2024 edition of the Vatican yearbook has inserted “Patriarch of the West” as one...
