Tag: Pope Francis
Pope Francis plans to pass on walk, ancient Rome tradition this...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass Feb. 17 in St. Peter's Basilica rather than making the traditional walk from the...
Pope Francis advice to musicians: Use the silence of pandemic to...
VATICAN CITY -- While protocols to slow the COVID-19 pandemic have silenced many concert halls and restricted the use of congregational singing in many...
New series of Vatican stamps promotes interreligious dialogue, papal engagement
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' ongoing efforts to promote interreligious dialogue will be highlighted in a new series of Vatican stamps.
The series, which will...
‘We must not look the other way’ regarding violence against women,...
VATICAN CITY — Abuses and violence against women are “acts of cowardice and a degradation of all humanity,” Pope Francis said.
“We must not look...
Catholic church in U.S. ‘alive, vivacious;’ press must avoid ‘disinformation,’ other...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said that unless there is a serious new wave of COVID-19 infections in Iraq, he has every intention of...
Pope Francis establishes World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly to...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis announced the establishment of a World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly as a reminder of the important role...
Jesuits to examine spiritual, practical implications of vow of poverty
VATICAN CITY — Many Catholics look at religious orders of men or women and wonder what their vow of poverty means. After all, the...
Pope Francis: Scripture is not meant to be stuck on paper...
VATICAN CITY -- Praying with Scripture is not meant to be a mindless repetition of biblical quotes but instead is a gift that is...
Pope Francis advances sainthood causes of eight men and women
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of eight men and women, including the pro-life French geneticist, Jerome Lejeune, and English Sister...
Pope Francis deplores ‘senseless act of brutality’ as dozens killed in...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis expressed his condolences to Iraqi President Barham Salih after two suicide bombings in Baghdad claimed the lives of dozens...