Tag: Pope Francis
Bishop Nunzio Galantino takes over Vatican investments as pope strives for...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis appointed Bishop Nunzio Galantino, 69, as president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, which handles...
Pope Francis: Support life at all stages, avoid ‘dirty work of...
VATICAN CITY -- Behind the indifference toward human life lies a contagious illness that blinds people to the lives, challenges and struggles of others,...
Pope’s climate warning to oil-gas executives: ‘There is no time to...
By Tony Magliano
Challenging world oil executives to recognize the urgent environmental need to quickly transition from fossil fuel extraction and burning, to clean energy...
Pope: Individual bishops must decide about Communion in mixed marriages
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM GENEVA (CNS) -- The question of allowing Protestants married to Catholics to receive Communion at Mass in special cases...
Forgiveness turns evil into good, pope tells Catholics in Geneva
GENEVA -- At the end of a day dedicated to celebrating 70 years of an ecumenical fellowship forged by the World Council of Churches,...
Pope Francis sides with U.S. bishops vs. Trump immigration tactics
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said he stands with the U.S. bishops who recently condemned the Trump administration's policy on immigration that has led...
Synod working document: Young Catholics need church that listens to them
VATICAN CITY — Young Catholics are looking for a church that listens to their concerns, accompanies them in discerning their vocations and helps them...
Using women, trampling on their dignity is a sin, pope says
VATICAN CITY — Exploiting women or treating them like objects is a sin against God, Pope Francis said.
“There is a rage against women, terrible...
More than poetry
Three adult children of a recently deceased woman were sitting with me planning the funeral. As we looked at options for the Gospel reading...
Living out the call to holiness
In his newest apostolic exhortation, "Gaudete et Exsultate" ("Rejoice and Be Glad"), Pope Francis offers a road map for simple ways that everyday people...