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 …
Full text of Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi blessing 2022
Pope Francis gives his Urbi et Orbi blessing on Easter 2022 | Daniel Ibanez/CNA On Easter Sunday 2022, Pope Francis gave the traditional Urbi et …
Seven people killed at Caritas office in besieged city of Mariupol
Caritas office, City of Mariupol. Credit Twitter @SpesUkraine Seven people were killed when a tank fired on a Caritas office in the besieged Ukrainian city …
Ukrainian and Russian families to carry cross at pope’s Good Friday Via Crucis
Pope Francis prays the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, on Good Friday, April 14, 2017. | Vatican Media. Ukrainian and …
Pope Francis calls for an ‘Easter truce’ in Ukraine on Palm Sunday 2022
Source: CNA Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday 2022 that nothing is impossible for God, who has the power to end the war in Ukraine, …
Palm Sunday 2022: Full text of Pope Francis’ homily
Pope Francis on Palm Sunday 2022 | Daniel Ibanez/CNA Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ homily for Palm Sunday 2022, which was celebrated …
Pope Francis on Palm Sunday 2022: In war, Christ is crucified again
Pope Francis on Palm Sunday 2022 | Daniel Ibanez/CNA At Mass on Palm Sunday 2022, Pope Francis condemned the violence of war and called Christians …
Pope Francis receives Ukraine’s new Vatican ambassador
Pope Francis received Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See, Andrii Yurash, on April 7, 2022 | Vatican Media Pope Francis today received the new Ukrainian …
Pope Francis: Blood of Bucha victims ‘cries out to heaven’ for end to Ukraine war
Pope Francis holds up a flag which he said was brought to him from “the martyred city” of Bucha, Ukraine at his general audience on …
Pope Francis: We are witnessing the ‘impotence’ of the UN in the Ukraine war
Pope Francis holds a flag that he received from Bucha, Ukraine on April 6, 2022. Pope Francis holds a flag that he received from Bucha, …
Monsignor Michael Nazir-Ali
Monsignor Michael Nazir-Ali at the Lectern. Credit: CBCEW The Holy Father Pope Francis has conferred on the Revd Dr Michael Nazir Ali, the title of …
German Catholic bishops’ leader replies to Nordic bishops’ ‘Synodal Way’ critique
Bishop Georg Bätzing at the closing press conference of the spring plenary meeting of the German bishops’ conference. | Martin Rothweiler/EWTN.TV. The chairman of the …
Pope Francis’ April prayer intention: For healthcare workers in poor countries
Healthcare workers arrive at a check-up camp in Malad, India on June 25, 2020. | Manoej Paateel/Shutterstock. In April, Pope Francis is praying for healthcare …