Pope remembers attempt on St. John Paul, calls Mary the Church’s ‘perfect model’
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Marking the anniversary of the attempted assassination of St. John Paul II…
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‘In this dark hour of history,’ do not shy away from your mission, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to reject comfort, power and domination and…
Jesus shows how to give life and freedom, not dominate and destroy, pope says
ROME (CNS) — God doesn’t exist to grant victories or to be useful by providing wealth…
Pope at Colosseum: Follow Christ’s path, including the Way of the Cross, to bring peace
ROME (CNS) — Life must be lived as a journey seeking to follow in Jesus’ footsteps,…
Good Friday liturgy underscores need to break ‘this chain’ of violence
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A message of nonviolence and quiet endurance marked the Good Friday liturgy…
All Catholics share in Church’s mission, not just clergy, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Laypeople are not passive members but active participants in the Church’s mission,…
‘Lay down your weapons,’ pope says in Palm Sunday Mass
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV used his first Palm Sunday Mass to issue a…
Vatican Palm Sunday recalls early Christian martyrs, brave sea captain
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Palm Sunday procession at the foot of an 85-foot-tall Egyptian obelisk…
Life must be defended in a world wounded by warfare, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The sanctity of life, from conception to its natural end, must be…
Childhood classmates from the United States reunite with Pope Leo
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Once a young teenager wearing a cap and gown for his eighth-grade…
Faithful share role in safeguarding faith, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — All baptized Christians share in the Church’s mission and, guided by the…