Archbishop Arthur Roche | Credit: Vatican Media Future Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, …
Pope Francis says Catholic marriage preparation is a ‘duty of justice’ in text for dioceses
Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, June 8, 2022. | Vatican Media Adequate preparation for the Sacrament of Marriage is a matter of …
Pope Francis: New public associations of faithful require written Vatican approval
Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, June 15, 2022. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis yesterday decreed that diocesan bishops must receive written permission …
Pope Francis: No Christian is exempt from aiding the poor
Pope Francis greets a participant in the World Day of the Poor in Rome, Nov. 16, 2017. | L’Osservatore Romano. Pope Francis said this week …
The Order of Malta has a new head, but has it lost its sovereignty?
Fra’ John T. Dunlap will serve as the Lieutenant of the Grand Master. | Vatican Media Pope Francis appointed a new head of the Order …
Pope Francis: Pornography is ‘a threat to public health’
Pope Francis meets members of the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) on June 10, 2022 | Vatican Media Pope Francis spoke about …
Pope Francis praises ‘example of faith’ of newly beatified Polish nuns martyred in WWII
Sister Paschalis Jahn and nine fellow Elizabethan sisters martyred during World War II were beatified June 11, 2022, in Wroclaw, Poland. | Courtesy of the …
Expressing ‘great sorrow,’ Pope Francis apologizes for postponed Africa trip
The logo for Pope Francis’ July 2-5 visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis yesterday apologized for having to …
Pope Francis: The Trinity inspires us ‘to live with others and for others’
Pope Francis speaks to the crowd on June 12, 2022 gathered in St. Peter’s Square in Rome for the recitation of the Angelus on Trinity …
Trinity Sunday 2022: 10 illuminating quotes from the saints about the Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity, detail of Iconostasis in Greek Catholic Co-cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Zagreb, Croatia. | Shutterstock The Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, …
Weekly Newsletter 11th June 2022 (124)
Weekly Newsletter 11th June 2022 (124). 134 new jobs posted this week
Pope Francis: Don’t hide wrinkles, it’s ‘the heart that matters’
Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, June 8, 2022. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis on Wednesday encouraged people not to hide their wrinkles, …
Here’s what the Vatican finance trial has revealed about the London deal
A hearing in the Vatican finance trial on May 31, 2022. | Vatican Media. This week at the Vatican finance trial, it was the broker …
Vatican bank reports $19 million profit in 2021
The Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican bank. | Andrea Gagliarducci/CNA. The Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), commonly known …
What is the Order of Malta?
Giorgio Minguzzi via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0). The Sovereign Military Order of Malta can be hard to define. The thousand-year-old entity is a Catholic religious …
Order of Malta announces death of Fra’ Marco Luzzago after ‘sudden illness’
ope Francis meets with the Order of Malta’s Fra’ Marco Luzzago on June 25, 2021. | Vatican Media The Order of Malta on Tuesday announced …
Boy asks Pope Francis: ‘Can you come to Ukraine to save all the children?’
Pope Francis embraces a child during his meeting with participants in the Children’s Train initiative at the Vatican on June 4, 2022. | Vatican Media …
Pope Francis calls 100 days of war in Ukraine ‘negation of God’s dream’
Relatives, friends and comrades of Ukrainian soldier Eduardo Trepilchenko, who was killed on the Eastern front battling the Russian invasion , attend his funeral at …
Pentecost 2022: Full text of Pope Francis’ homily
Pope Francis delivered his homily from a wheelchair in front of the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on June 5, 2022. | Vatican Media …
On Pentecost, Pope Francis explained how to recognize the Holy Spirit’s voice
Pope Francis sat at the front of the congregation in St. Peter’s Basilica on the Solemnity of Pentecost on June 5, 2022. | Vatican Media …