‘Finally,’ pope says he will be able to make pilgrimage to Iraq March 4, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, Vatican, World News Pope Francis told the people of Iraq he was going to their country as a “penitential pilgrim,” asking God’s forgiveness for years of war, persecution and destruction, and as a “pilgrim of peace,” hoping to remind people that they are all brothers and sisters no matter their ethnic or religious identity.
Retired pope talks about his resignation, Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq March 3, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, Vatican, World News Although it took obvious effort to pronounce each word and sometimes his secretary repeated what he said to make it clear, retired Pope Benedict XVI spoke to an Italian newspaper about his retirement and about Pope Francis’ planned trip to Iraq.
El papa emérito habla de su renuncia, el viaje del papa Francisco a Irak March 3, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español Aunque era obvio que pronunciar cada palabra era un esfuerzo y, a veces, su secretaria repetía lo que decía para dejarlo claro, el papa emérito Benedicto XVI habló con un periódico italiano sobre su jubilación y sobre el viaje planeado del papa Francisco a Irak.
Pope, Holocaust survivor talk about the importance of remembering February 22, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A month after reading an interview in the Vatican newspaper with Edith Bruck, an author and Holocaust survivor, Pope Francis decided to pay her a visit at her home in the center of Rome.
Papa: Cuaresma es tiempo para crecer en fe, esperanza, amor y compartir February 15, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español Mientras los cristianos oran, ayunan y dan limosna durante la Cuaresma, también deben considerar sonreír y ofrecer una palabra amable a las personas que se sienten solas o tienen miedo por la pandemia del coronavirus, dijo el papa Francisco.
Lent is time to grow in faith, hope, love and to share them, pope says February 14, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, Vatican, World News As Christians pray, fast and give alms during Lent, they also should consider giving a smile and offering a kind word to people feeling alone or frightened because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis said.
Pope to celebrate Ash Wednesday at Vatican, skipping ‘station churches’ February 11, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Lent, News, World News Pope Francis will celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass Feb. 17 in St. Peter’s Basilica rather than making the traditional walk from the Church of St. Anselm to the Basilica of Santa Sabina on Rome’s Aventine Hill, the Vatican said.
Al nombrar subsecretarios para el sínodo, el papa da voto a una mujer February 8, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: En Español La hermana misionera Xaviere, Nathalie Becquart, no será la primera mujer subsecretaria de una oficina importante del Vaticano, pero si será la primera mujer con derecho a voto en una reunión del Sínodo de los Obispos.
Naming undersecretaries for synod, pope gives a woman a vote February 8, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Xaviere Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart will not be the first woman undersecretary of a major Vatican office, but she will be the first woman with a right to vote at a meeting of the Synod of Bishops.
Pope talks about Iraq trip, Catholic journalism, church in U.S. February 2, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Pope Francis in Iraq, Vatican, Video, World News Asked about the role of U.S. Catholic journalists today, Pope Francis said, it is to promote unity and to “try to get people to talk to each other, reason together and seek the path of fraternity.”
Papa: Catequistas deben defender enseñanzas de la iglesia February 1, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español La educación religiosa debe enfocarse en llevar a las personas a una relación personal con Cristo y construir una comunidad de creyentes donde se valoren los talentos de cada persona y donde todos salgan a compartir el Evangelio y servir a los pobres, dijo el papa Francisco.
Catechists must share God’s love, uphold church teaching, pope says February 1, 2021By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News A catechist always must teach what the church teaches and that includes the vision and teachings of the Second Vatican Council.
