Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference on the journey from Athens to Rome, Dec. 6, 2021 | Vatican Media. Pope Francis returned to …
Pope Francis: EU commission guide discouraging word ‘Christmas’ was an anachronism
Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference on the journey from Athens to Rome, Dec. 6, 2021. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis said today …
Pope Francis in Greece: ‘Let us ask for the grace of hope’
Pope Francis offers Mass in the Megaron Concert Hall in Athens, Greece on Dec. 5, 2021. | Vatican Media In Athens yesterday, Pope Francis said …
Pope Francis calls migrant crisis a ‘shipwreck of civilization’ during refugee camp visit
Pope Francis visits the Mavrovouni refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Dec. 5, 2021 | Vatican Media From a refugee camp on …
Pope Francis apologises for mistakes of Catholics in meeting with Greek Orthodox leaders in Athens, Greece
Pope Francis speaks to His Beatitude Ieronymos II and other Greek Orthodox leaders in Athens Dec. 4. | Vatican Media Pope Francis apologised for the …
Weekly Newsletter 4th December 2021 (98)
Weekly Newsletter 4th December 2021 (98). 115 new jobs posted this week.
Pope Francis in Cyprus: We encounter Jesus in the faces of migrants
Pope Francis takes part in an ecumenical prayer with migrants at the Parish Church of the Holy Cross in Nicosia, Cyprus, Dec. 3, 2021. | …
Apostolic nuncio to EU dies after contracting COVID-19
Pope Francis meets Msgr. Aldo Giordano, apostolic nuncio to the European Union, on June 17, 2021. | Vatican Media. Archbishop Aldo Giordano, the apostolic nuncio …
Pope Francis to Orthodox bishops in Cyprus: Let us seek full unity
Source: CNA In a meeting with Orthodox bishops in Cyprus on Friday, Pope Francis expressed the desire that the Catholic Church and Orthodox Church will …
Pope Francis tells Cypriot authorities he is praying for ‘the peace of the entire island’
Pope Francis addresses the authorities, civil society, and diplomatic corps at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, Dec. 2, 2021. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis …
Pope Francis invites Catholics in Cyprus to be agents of fraternity
Source: CNA On his first day in Cyprus, Pope Francis invited the Catholic community to promote a spirit of fraternity in the island country, which …
From Syria to Slovakia, buildings are lit up in support of persecuted Christians
Red Week 2021 is marked in Trnava, Slovakia. Hundreds of buildings across the world were lit up in solidarity with persecuted Christians in Red Week, …
Pope Francis: St. Joseph shows engaged couples what real love looks like
Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis shared advice for engaged and married couples based on the example provided by the Holy Family at his Wednesday audience, yesterday. …
Vatican archbishop ‘ultimately very optimistic’ about Catholic-Serbian Orthodox relations
Vatican Archbishop Paul Gallagher in 2018. | Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0). The Vatican’s “foreign minister” has said that …
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for December is for catechists
Pope Francis meets young people of the Scholas Community at Rome’s Pontifical International College Maria Mater Ecclesiae, Nov. 25, 2021. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis …
Pope Francis to Orthodox leader: May God prepare us to receive gift of full unity
Pope Francis meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Vatican, Oct. 4, 2021. | Vatican Media. On the feast of St. Andrew, Pope Francis …
Paris archdiocese to present plans for Notre-Dame’s interior amid outcry
Repair scaffolding on Notre-Dame de Paris, November 2019. | Vicente Sargues/Shutterstock. The Catholic Archdiocese of Paris will present its plans for the restoration of Notre-Dame …
Vatican cardinal criticizes advice to avoid word ‘Christmas’ in EU commission communications guide
Cardinal Pietro Parolin speaks in a Vatican News interview published Nov. 30, 2021. | Screenshot from Vatican News – Italiano YouTube channel. The Vatican’s Secretary …
Vatican launches #IamChurch campaign for persons with disabilities
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life announced the launch on Monday of a campaign dedicated to persons living with disabilities. Tagged #IamChurch, the …
The meanings and traditions of Advent
Kara Monroe via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Advent is a time of preparation. We prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ and welcome his …