Pope Francis Merges Two Dioceses in Japan
Pope Francis this week merged the Diocese of Takamatsu with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka in Japan. Cardinal
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Marian embrace: Gänswein speaks of loneliness and solace in first public appearance
In the bustling heart of Catholicism that is Rome, Archbishop Georg Gänswein once stood as a close aide
Vatican Secretary of State to Meet Refugees from Sudan in Four-Day Visit to South Sudan
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin arrived in South Sudan on Monday, Aug. 14, to meet people
Pope Francis appoints EWTN’s Colin Donovan to Marian pontifical academy
Pope Francis appointed Colin Donovan, vice president of theology at EWTN Global Catholic Network, to the Pontifical International
Pope Francis names new patriarch of Lisbon following World Youth Day
Pope Francis on Thursday named Bishop Rui Manuel Sousa Valério as patriarch of Lisbon, just days after the
Pope Francis appoints delegate to resolve Syro-Malabar liturgical dispute in India
Pope Francis has appointed Slovak Archbishop-Bishop Cyril Vasil’ to resolve a decades-long liturgical dispute in the Syro-Malabar Church
Pope Francis: Mary ‘never keeps us waiting’
Pope Francis said Wednesday he likes to invoke the Virgin Mary under the title of “Our Lady ‘in
The glorious cross of Edith Stein
When Edith Stein entered the order of Discalced Carmelite nuns in 1933, she assumed the name of Teresa
Religious sister tells how she discovered her vocation at a WYD thanks to Benedict XVI
Speaking from World Youth Day in Lisbon, the “City of Joy,” a Iesu Communio (Communion in Jesus) sister
What’s so unique about Mouraria, the Lisbon neighborhood mentioned by Pope Francis this week?
Pope Francis’ first speech in Lisbon, Portugal, where he arrived on Aug. 2 for World Youth Day, referenced
Pope Francis at WYD Stations of the Cross: ‘Jesus wipes away our hidden tears’
Pope Francis told the estimated 800,000 young people praying the Stations of the Cross together at World Youth
Pope Francis hears young people’s confessions in Lisbon
As part of the Word Youth Day celebrations this week in Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis this morning heard
Pope Francis: Without concrete love, our lives have ‘no weight’
At a gathering with Portuguese charity workers Friday morning, Pope Francis went off script to insist that Christian
‘Preach the real Christ,’ Bishop Barron tells thousands of U.S. youth at WYD
“When you preach the real Christ, not a watered-down Christ, it lights a fire in people,” Bishop Robert
‘I want to give my life for this’: 2 priests, friar at WYD share their vocation stories
Father Mendo Saraiva de Refóios Paes de Ataíde found his way to the priesthood through Wisconsin. The Portuguese
PHOTOS: Pope Francis’ first World Youth Day speech: ‘God’s heart beats uniquely for you’
At Pope Francis’ first official World Youth Day event in Portugal, he told the 500,000 young people in
Pope meets with clerical abuse survivors, urges Church to hear victims’ ‘anguished cry’
Pope Francis met with 13 survivors of clerical sex abuse on his first day in Portugal and urged
‘Attend to the planet and poor,’ Pope Francis urges college students
In his first encounters with young people ahead of his arrival at World Youth Day later in the
Pope Francis makes urgent call to recover eucharistic adoration in the Church
From Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis on Wednesday reflected on the urgency of taking up again “the prayer of
Pilgrims from Liberia overcome travel troubles to attend WYD: ‘Being here is a miracle’
They made it “by the grace of God,” 36-year-old Father Ernest Wisner said about the presence of his
Pope Francis: St. Mary MacKillop evangelized through Catholic education
At his first general audience in three weeks, Pope Francis praised the evangelization efforts of St. Mary MacKillop,
Vatican’s child protection commission invites public feedback on safeguarding principles
The Vatican’s child protection commission is inviting the public to provide feedback on Church safeguarding principles for the
German cardinal under investigation: Allegations of perjury prompt search of archdiocese
German law enforcement officials searched several buildings of the Archdiocese of Cologne on Tuesday as part of an
Cardinal Zuppi to go to Moscow this week as Pope Francis’ peace envoy
The Vatican announced Tuesday that Cardinal Matteo Zuppi will visit Moscow this week as part of the peace