The Vatican on Saturday published the schedule for Pope Francis’ consistory to create new cardinals, stating that the liturgy will take place on Dec. 7 — not Dec. 8, as previously announced.
Happiness is not found in material things but in God himself, who shows us the joy found in making our lives a gift for others, Pope Francis said in his Sunday Angelus address.
Pope Francis expressed in a letter Saturday a desire that each of the 21 new cardinals to be added in December will be more of a “servant” than an “eminence.”
Archbishop Jaime Spengler, soon to be cardinal, announced a trial of an Amazonian rite and called for openness to married priests in areas with priest shortages.
Taiwan's ambassador to the Holy See, Matthew Lee, highlighted the importance of the Vatican-Taiwan partnership in promoting peace and religious freedom in a recent interview with CNA.
Pope Francis appointed pontifical commissioner to resolve conflict between Opus Dei and the Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón over the Torreciudad complex in Spain.
The Vatican will unveil the restored baldacchino over St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct 27, alongside ongoing restorations of Bernini’s “Cathedra of St. Peter.”
Cardinals-designate from three continents said the global south offers the West nonmaterial gifts like abundant priestly vocations and a joy-filled faith.
Pope Francis presided over a solemn rosary prayer in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major on Sunday evening, invoking the intercession of the Virgin Mary for peace in the world amid an escalating conflict in the Middle East.
“Be open to the gift of life,” Pope Francis urged married couples in his Sunday Angelus address in which the pope described a recent encounter with a father of eight children as “a great consolation.”
Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals, including the archbishops of Tehran, Tokyo, and Toronto, at a consistory on Dec. 8.
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo criticized Pope Francis' recent abortion comments made during his return from Belgium. The apostolic nuncio, Archbishop Franco Coppola, has been summoned to discuss the issue.