Tag: Pope Francis
Pope Francis takes pilgrimage to Assisi in preparation for World Day...
ASSISI, Italy -- With a pilgrim's staff and mantle, Pope Francis entered Assisi's Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels with 500 economically or...
Pope Francis urges Catholics to be ‘on guard against hypocrisy’ during...
VATICAN CITY -- Christians must strive for a sincere faith that seeks to serve others rather than to exploit the weakest for personal gain,...
Sister Raffaella Petrini becomes ‘highest-ranking woman at the Vatican’
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has appointed Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian member of the U.S.-based Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, to be secretary-general...
Eucharistic revival and importance of it in the church among topics...
WASHINGTON -- At their June assembly, when the U.S. bishops debated a proposal to draft a statement on the Eucharist, some of the bishops...
During Oct. 29 meeting, President Biden gifted a chasuble ‘likely worn’...
WASHINGTON -- While waiting for parishioners to arrive at a cemetery for an All Souls' Day event Nov. 2, the pastor of a Washington...
Pope Francis urges eradication of ‘every form of abuse’ by active...
VATICAN CITY -- Every form of abuse -- sexual, psychological or an abuse of power -- is part of "the culture of death" that...
Pope Francis shares words of advice as ‘a shepherd who walks...
VATICAN CITY -- To believe in Jesus means to follow him and avoid going "the opposite way," following one's own interests and inflating one's...
In honor of All Souls Day, Pope Francis visits the French...
ROME -- The tombstones of soldiers killed in war cry out to people today to end all wars and to stop the production of...
Analysis: In what he may have said to Biden, Pope Francis...
VATICAN CITY -- If Pope Francis called President Joe Biden a "good Catholic," as Biden told reporters, a ceramic tile the pope gave Biden...
President Biden attends Mass, receives Communion in Rome; says Pope Francis...
ROME -- Pope Francis "is a man who has a great empathy. He's a man who understands that part of his Christianity is to...