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Volcanic Lava Threatens La Palma ChurchLOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Canary Islands (AP) — A fresh river of lava from the volcano on Spain’s La Palma island threatened Wednesday to engulf a parish church that has [...]
Abuse In Convents: Lifting the Veil of SilenceAs the Roman Catholic Church pays more attention to the closed world of convents, where women spend much of their time, more episodes of psychological, emotional and physical abuse are [...]
Pope Sends Message To Greece And CyprusPope sends video message ahead of journey to Cyprus and Greece Just a few days ahead of his apostolic journey to Cyprus and Greece, Pope Francis has sent a video message [...]
Pope Sends Condolences To Christmas Parade Attack VictimsROME (AP) — Pope Francis sent his condolences to the victims of the Christmas parade crash in Wisconsin that killed five people and said he was praying for “spiritual strength [...]
When The Ecologist Met Pope FrancisWhen ecologist Gregory Asner found himself in an audience with Pope Francis earlier this year, he discovered a kindred spirit. They talked about the Amazon forests and the Indigenous people who [...]
Pope Offers Prayers For Wisconsin VictimsROME — Pope Francis on Nov. 23 offered his prayers and condolences to the grief-stricken community of Waukesha, Wisconsin, where an SUV broke through a barricade at a local Christmas [...]
Pope Francis Sends Message Murdered MPThe message read: 'His Holiness recalls with gratitude Sir David's years of devoted public service guided by his strong Catholic faith and evidenced in his deep concern for the poor [...]
Pope. Francis Praises Young People In Efforts To Save PlanetVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday praised young people for their efforts to protect the Earth’s environment and told them to “be the critical conscience of society.” Francis celebrated [...]
Pope Francis: A healthy environment is right of every human being In a message to the Council of Europe, Pope Francis reiterates his call for immediate action to protect our common home. The message was sent on the occasion of a [...]
COMMENTARY: How to answer kids when prayers go unansweredWhen I was 11 years old, wrestling with my brother’s recent death, the new parish priest came bounding into our religion class one afternoon. He announced that he would take [...]
UPDATE: Pope undergoes surgery at Rome’s Gemelli hospitalVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis was hospitalized July 4 and underwent surgery on his sigmoid colon, the lowest part of the large intestine, the Vatican press office said. “The Holy [...]
Vatican, medical associations look at ways to promote vaccinationVATICAN CITY (CNS) — The discovery of vaccines is “one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine,” but the global community is facing the dual challenges of giving everyone access [...]
Pope asks all Catholics to step up commitment to saving creationVATICAN CITY (CNS) — To help lead the world’s Catholics along a journey of intensified action in caring for creation, Pope Francis asked everyone to join a new global grassroots [...]
People must care for creation or face self-destruction, pope saysVATICAN CITY (CNS) — When it comes to safeguarding creation, there is no time to waste — humanity either must live up to its responsibility or continue on a path [...]

Pope Francis Meets President Biden

Pope Francis Meets President Biden

As President Joe Biden embarks on only his second overseas trip, he started with a [...]

President Biden Arrives in Rome

President Biden Arrives in Rome

Two weeks of global leaders meeting to save the world begin with a one-on-one between [...]

JESUS AS A LAYMAN

In his Jewish community Jesus was simply a lay person. He did in no way [...]

Missionary Disciples

Missionary Disciples

Missionary Disciples! In November 2019, our dearest Pope Francis addressed the new Dicastery for the Laity, [...]

Happy Feast of Saint John Paul II

Happy Feast of Saint John Paul II

HAPPY FEAST OF SAINT POPE JOHN PAUL II St. Pope John Paul II, original name Karol Józef [...]

Cardinal Nichols expresses shock at murder of Catholic MP

Cardinal Nichols expresses shock at murder of Catholic MP

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Anglican [...]

Pope Francis Talks To Pharmacists

Pope Francis Talks To Pharmacists

Pope Francis receives in audience a delegation of the Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy and [...]

Pope Francis: A healthy environment is right of every human being

Pope Francis: A healthy environment is right of every human being

In a message to the Council of Europe, Pope Francis reiterates his call for immediate [...]

Priest Attacked And Killed

Priest Attacked And Killed

Cap Haitien (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday, September 6, in Cap Haitien, in the north [...]

BUDAPEST AWAITS POPE FRANCIS

BUDAPEST AWAITS POPE FRANCIS

Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen, Hungary's Ambassador to the Holy See, looks ahead to Pope Francis' arrival in [...]