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Month: January 2023

‘Hands off Africa!’ Pope Francis says in Democratic Republic of Congo

In his first speech in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, Pope Francis urged the international community

LIVE | Pope Francis in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Holy Mass

LIVE | Pope Francis’ Holy Mass from the Ndolo Airport, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. 

Pope Francis meets with these refugees ahead of his trip to Africa

Before beginning his apostolic journey to Africa, Pope Francis met with migrants and refugees from the Democratic Republic

Bishop Christian Carlassare on the Pope’s trip to South Sudan

Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and Pastor Iain Greenshields,

Benedict XVI’s hymn to beauty

“Music, great music, relaxes the spirit, arouses deep feelings, and almost naturally invites us to raise our minds

Pope Francis begins his new apostolic journey to Africa

Pope Francis is flying to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, beginning his 40th Apostolic Journey. It

LIVE | Pope Francis in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Welcome Ceremony

LIVE | The Welcome Ceremony for Pope Francis in the Democratic Republic of Congo at N’djili International Airport,

German bishops’ president rebukes Pope Francis for criticism of Synodal Way

Bishop Georg Bätzing has criticized Pope Francis and dismissed the pope’s recent words that the controversial German Synodal

Vatican: a U.S. missionary bishop is the new Prefect for Bishops

Pope Francis continued the generational turnover in the Roman Curia and appointed an American missionary bishop as the

The Conversion of Saint Paul and the place of his martyrdom in Rome

Nestled south of Rome’s center, near the historically renowned Aqua Salvia springs, stands the Abbey of the Three

A Moment of Special Grace

We knew, even as the evening concluded, that it would be lodged in our memories and our hearts

Pope Francis announced an Ecumenical Prayer for the Synod on Sinodality

On September 30 an ecumenical prayer vigil will take place in St. Peter’s Square as part of the

Democratic Republic of Congo: Pope Francis visits a troubled country

Pope Francis’s trip this week to the Democratic Republic of Congo, which will be followed by a visit

Cardinal Koch on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2023

For the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, that runs each year from the 18th through the 25th

The Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul and the Second Vatican Council

Pope St. John XXIII first announced his intention of convoking the Second Vatican Council on the Feast of

The Vatican warns Bishop’s Conference about a permanent synodal council

The Vatican expressed concerns to the German Bishops’ Conference about a move by the “Synodal Way” in Germany

Letter from Benedict XVI reveals the ‘central motive’ for his resignation, biographer says

According to papal biographer Peter Seewald, chronic insomnia ultimately led to Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to resign in

Pope Francis decries culture that ‘throws away’ unborn children, elderly, poor

In his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis decried a culture that “throws away” unborn children, the elderly, and

Pope Francis expresses sorrow over ‘spiral of death’ in the Holy Land

Pope Francis appealed for peace in the Holy Land on Sunday, calling the recent spike in Israeli-Palestinian violence

Pope Francis clarifies comments on sin and homosexuality

Pope Francis has written a letter to clarify his comments on sin and homosexuality from a recent interview

Exclusive interview with Cardinal Parolin on Vatican Diplomacy

Our exclusive interview with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, during the 26th St. Francis de Sales

Pope Francis gives this advice to those in difficult marriages

Pope Francis encouraged the faithful “not to idealize marriage” this Friday and assured them that “fragility, which always

A Look at the Catholic Media Federation’s International Day in Lourdes

Saint Francis de Sales was a topic of conversation in France, particularly at the Shrine of Lourdes which

Vatican dissociates itself from the controversy over the 5 million euro altar for WYD

The Vatican clarified that it did not make any decision regarding the construction of a controversial altar valued

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