Pope Francis on World Day for Consecrated Life: Religious have ‘special role’ in the Church
Pope Francis greets the crowd at his Sunday Angelus address on Jan. 29, 2023. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 2, 2023 / 12:23 pm…
Archbishop Gänswein celebrates Mass for Benedict XVI one month after pope’s death
Archbishop Georg Gänswein celebrates Mass in the Vatican crypt close to the tomb of Pope Benedict XVI on Jan. 31, 2023, to mark one month…
Pope Francis meets Order of Malta as it turns ‘a very important page of history’
Pope Francis meets with the Order of Malta on Jan. 30, 2023, as the sovereign state and religious order turned a new page in its…
Pope Francis meets with refugees from Congo and South Sudan before flight to Africa
Pope Francis meets with refugees from Congo and South Sudan before his flight to Africa on Jan. 31, 2023. / Centro Astalli Vatican City, Jan…
Pope Francis entrusts trip to Congo and South Sudan to Blessed Virgin Mary
Pope Francis visits the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, to entrust his upcoming trip to Africa to the Blessed Virgin…
Synod organizers tell Continental Assemblies not to ‘impose an agenda’ on discussions
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, archbishop of Luxembourg, (left) and Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Rome Newsroom, Jan 30,…
Pope Francis accepts Ouellet’s resignation, appoints American to lead Dicastery for Bishops
Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023. / Credit: Frayjhonattan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia…
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 a “spiral of death” that accomplishes nothing.In…
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 2013. In his last letter to the biographer…
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 the poor if they are not useful.“The…
‘I lost a dad’: Pope Francis speaks about losing Benedict XVI
Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict embrace each other at the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, June 30, 2015. / L’Osservatore Romano. Rome Newsroom, Jan 25,…
Pope Francis says intestinal problems have ‘returned’ but insists, ‘I’m in good health’
Pope Francis, seated in a wheelchair, greets a child during the pope’s general audience at the Vatican on Jan. 25, 2023. / Vatican Media Washington,…
‘Being homosexual is not a crime,’ Pope Francis reiterates in new interview
Pope Francis speaking at the general audience at the Vatican, Dec. 21, 2022. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 25, 2023 / 08:10 am (CNA).…
Millions still suffer from leprosy. Here’s Pope Francis’ message about it
Pope Francis prays in front of a crucifix during his general audience on Oct. 26, 2022. / Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 24, 2023…
Taiwan president writes to Pope Francis about ‘preserving regional security’ with China
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a press conference at the presidential office in Taipei on Dec. 27, 2022. / Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via…
Jesuits ask Father Marko Rupnik to stay close to Rome during ‘ongoing preliminary inquiries’
Father Marko Rupnik / Credit: Centroaletti, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Jan 24, 2023 / 10:47 am (CNA). The Society of Jesus…
Pope Francis: Amid polarization in Church, we are called to speak truth with charity
Pope Francis delivers the Angelus address on Jan. 22, 2023. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 24, 2023 / 08:42 am (CNA). Pope Francis has…
Controversial Dominican priest to lead October retreat for bishops at start of synod
Fr. Timothy Radcliffe addressing the bishops of the Catholic Church in England and Wales / © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk Vatican City, Jan 23, 2023 / 09:21 am…
Pope Francis: To stay with Jesus requires the courage to leave our sins
Pope Francis delivers the Angelus address on Jan. 22, 2023. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Jan 22, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA). In his Sunday…
Pope Francis confers lay ministries upon 10 people in St. Peter’s Basilica
Pope Francis confers the ministry of catechist in St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 22, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Jan 22, 2023 / 04:30…
Cardinal Grech: Benedict XVI was misunderstood throughout his life
Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 and Cardinal Mario Grech in 2022 / Vatican Media (L) and Daniel Ibanez/CNA (R) Vatican City, Jan 21, 2023 /…