Archives: From marshy to manicured: Gardens’ gruesome past grows into green haven
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Today’s lush and immaculately manicured Vatican Gardens were once just a sprawl…
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God’s love is generous, not calculating, pope says at first audience
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Gospel parable of the “wasteful sower” who casts seeds on fertile…
At inaugural Mass, Pope Leo calls for ‘united church’ in a wounded world
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Launching his papacy with a call for reconciliation and communion, Pope Leo…
Pope Leo explains choice of name, renews commitment to Vatican II
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic community is alive, beautiful and strong, and it is up…
New pope calls for Christian witness in world that finds faith ‘absurd’
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Where Christians are “mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied”…
Habemus Papam!
VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under…
Concerns about unity, Global South to impact conclave, Vatican journalists say
ROME — The conclave to elect the next pope will be guided by issues that impact…
Conclave might be brief; next pope must be open to all, some cardinals say
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The next pope needs to continue the path set by Pope Francis:…
Pope Francis oversaw a Church of the poor
The 12-year papacy of Pope Francis has been like a freight train. It began slowly with…
Poor and powerful pray for eternal repose of a pope ‘with an open heart’
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis was “a pope among the people, with an open heart…
Campaign trail turns solemn as Canadian political leaders reflect on Pope Francis’ passing
OTTAWA — One week before Canadians head to the polls, the death of Pope Francis on Easter…