Pope Entrusts Prayers for Peace to Mary, Assumed into Heaven
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – On the feast of Mary’s assumption into heaven, Pope Francis entrusted to her people’s prayers...
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Pope: Jesus Does Not Abandon Individuals or the Church
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Having faith does not mean there will be no difficulties in life, either for individuals...
All Aboard: WYD Pilgrims know about the Synod, share its concerns
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – With the approach of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops, a major event in...
Pope calls for Inclusive Church while in Portugal for WYD
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Pope Francis asked the 1,5 million young people who attended World Youth Day to take...
On flight to Rome, pope responds to questions about abuse, his health
By Justin McLellan, CNS – After a five-day trip to Portugal, which recently came to terms with its own clerical...
‘Do you cry?’ Pope asks 800,000 young people at WYD; so does Jesus
By Justin McLellan, CNS – When feelings of suffering, anxiety and loneliness bring young people to tears, Jesus cries with...
Pope to Young People at WYD: God Calls your Authentic, not Virtual, Self
By Justin McLellan, CNS – Before a sea of waving flags representing countries large and small from across the globe,...
Pope in Portugal: Awaken the Weary Church
By Justin McLellan, CNS – A Catholic Church that has grown weary in countries shaken by the clerical sexual abuse...
Pope to Russia: Destroying grain, creating hunger is ‘grave offence to God’
By Carol Glatz, CNS – Destroying grain is a “grave offence to God,” Pope Francis said, appealing to authorities in...
