Tag: Pope Francis
Iraqi announces increased COVID-19 restrictions as it prepares for scheduled March...
VATICAN CITY -- Two days after the Iraqi government announced stringent COVID-19 precautions, including the closure of mosques and churches "until further notice," the...
Two men named Francis offer guidance for media road map
VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis met with a Catholic News Service delegation marking the agency’s 100th anniversary, he encouraged the agency to continue...
Not much time to party as CNS turns 100, but Pope...
It's not often you get the pope to celebrate your birthday, even if it's your 100th.
Catholic News Service turned 100 in the midst of...
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...