Original painting of the Divine Mercy, by Eugeniusz Kazimirowski in 1934. Wikimedia Commons 4.0. Among Catholic devotions, the Divine Mercy message is well-known: the iconic …
Pope Francis: God is weeping for the victims of the Ukraine war
Pope Francis pictured at the Easter Vigil Mass on April 16, 2022. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA Pope Francis said on Saturday that “we must ask for …
Pope Francis: Catholic education is vital in ‘an age awash in information’
Pope Francis speaks to the Global Researchers Advancing Catholic Education at the Apostolic Palace on April 20, 2022. | Vatican Media Pope Francis has said …
Bishop critical of government plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda
Bishop McAleenan in Dover. Credit: CBCEW Bishop Paul McAleenan, the Lead Bishop for Migrants and Refugees for the Bishops’ Conference, has commented on the UK …
Pope Francis: To discard the elderly ‘is a grave sin’
Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on April 20, 2022. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA To not honour the elderly as God commands, …
Ukrainian soldier appeals to Pope Francis to help save the people of Mariupol
Major Serhiy Volyna, who has been leading the 36th marine brigade in the battle for the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, pictured holding his letter …
Pope Francis tells 80,000 teens to ask Our Lady for courage to do God’s will
Pope Francis greets 80,000 teens on pilgrimage in St. Peter’s Square on April 18, 2022. | Vatican Media Pope Francis urged 80,000 teenagers gathered in …
Pope Francis laments ‘Easter of War’ in Urbi et Orbi blessing 2022
Pope Francis gives the Urbi et Orbi blessing on Easter 2022 | Daniel Ibanez/CNA In his Urbi et Orbi blessing on Easter 2022, Pope Francis …
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Square for Easter 2022
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Square for Easter 2022 | Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated Easter Mass for around 50,000 people …
Divine Mercy Novena begins today, Good Friday
Crucifixion. | Shutterstock Pope Francis has called God’s mercy “an abyss beyond our comprehension.” “God’s mercy can make even the driest land become a garden, …
Full text: Cardinal Cantalamessa’s homily at the Vatican’s Good Friday 2022 liturgy
Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa preaches at the Good Friday liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica, April 15, 2022. | Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel. On Good …
Full text: Good Friday 2022 Way of the Cross led by Pope Francis
Pilgrims gather for the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome on Good Friday, April 3, 2015. | Vatican Media. The Way of …
Good Friday 2022: Pope Francis says ‘world has chosen the path of Cain’
Pope Francis is interviewed by Lorena Bianchetti at the Vatican. | Screenshot from A Sua Immagine. Pope Francis said in an interview aired today, Good …
How the Good Friday Holy Land collection unites Catholics with the places of Christ’s Passion
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Eastern Churches, speaks to EWTN. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. A special collection will be taken on …
Pope Francis at Chrism Mass: The devil tempts priests with ‘hidden idols’
Pope Francis celebrates the Chrism Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, April 14, 2022. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis warned priests at the Chrism Mass on …
Grandmother challenges fine for ‘solitary prayer walk’ during COVID-19 lockdown
Rosa Lalor. | ADF UK. A 76-year-old grandmother is seeking to overturn a fine she received for taking a “solitary prayer walk” during a COVID-19 …
Why the pope’s representative in Kyiv is fighting ‘fake news’
Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, the apostolic nuncio to Ukraine. | Arturiuxs via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Earlier this month, the Vatican’s embassy in Ukraine published a …
European church leaders ask Putin and Zelenskyy for Easter ceasefire
The aftermath of the Russian occupation of Bucha, Ukraine. | Private archive. European church leaders appealed this week to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine …
Pope Francis: ‘Speak out forcefully’ against ‘abominable actions’ in Ukraine
Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis on Tuesday sent a message to participants in an interreligious pilgrimage of solidarity with Ukraine. The event, organized by the Elijah …
‘An untimely idea’: Ukrainian Catholic leader concerned by format of Pope’s Good Friday Via Crucis
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk records a video message on March 30, 2022. | facebook.com/head.ugcc. The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) expressed concern …