Pope Francis meets participants in the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences’ plenary meeting at the Vatican, April 29, 2022. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis today …
Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill: Who could host their 2nd summit?
Pope Francis meets with Patriarch Kirill in Havana, Cuba on Feb. 12, 2016. | L’Osservatore Romano. The long-awaited second meeting between Pope Francis and the …
Pope Francis thanks Papal Foundation for aid to Ukraine
Pope Francis meets members of the Papal Foundation in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, April 28, 2022. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis expressed gratitude to The …
Ex-director says Pope Francis wanted Vatican financial watchdog to help close London deal
Tommaso Di Ruzza, director of the AIF, speaks at a briefing on the authority’s annual report, alongside Alessandro Gisotti and Rene Bruelhart, May 21, 2019. …
Bishops meet in Wales for Spring Plenary
Canon Christopher Thomas, General Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference, looks ahead to the Bishops’ plenary meeting in Cardiff from 2 – 6 May 2022. It’s …
Pope Francis wants Catholics to rediscover this book of the Bible
Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, April 27, 2022 | Vatican Media. Pope Francis urged Catholics today to rediscover a book of the …
Pope Francis appoints Bishop Mark O’Toole as new Archbishop of Cardiff
Bishop Mark O’Toole Archbishop-elect of Cardiff and Bishop-elect of Menevia. Credit: CBCEW. Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Mark O’Toole as Archbishop-elect of Cardiff and Bishop-elect …
Pope Francis has begun a wave of new appointments at the Vatican
Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on June 4, 2014. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. With the appointment of two secretaries at the Congregation for …
Pope Francis updates canon law on dismissal from religious institutes
St. Peter holding the keys. | Bohumil Petrik/CNA. Pope Francis issued an apostolic letter yesterday bringing Church law up to date on the rules for …
‘Extraordinary courage’: Nun intervenes to stop man stabbing Catholic priest in France
Saint-Pierre d’Arene church in Nice, southeastern France. | Jesmar via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). A 72-year-old religious sister has been praised for her “extraordinary courage” …
Pope Francis expresses joy at growth of Missionaries of Mercy
Pope Francis meets with Missionaries of Mercy at the Vatican on April 25, 2022. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis expressed joy on Monday at the …
Pope Francis comments on his knee pain
Pope Francis greets a representative of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, April 25, 2022. …
Marking two months of war, Pope Francis says ‘the attack must be stopped’
The aftermath of the Russian occupation of Bucha, Ukraine. | Ministry of Digital Development Mikhail Fedorov via Wikimedia (Public Domain). Pope Francis yesterday renewed his …
7 things you need to know about St. Faustina and her vision of Hell
The tomb of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) in Łagiewniki, Poland. | Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk While Catholics around the world are familiar with St. Faustina Kowalska and her …
Pope Francis: ‘The Lord is not looking for perfect Christians’
Pope Francis gives his Regina Caeli reflections on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 24, 2022. | Vatican Media Jesus’ merciful words to a doubting St. Thomas …
Divine Mercy Sunday 2022: Pope Francis preaches on the peace that God’s mercy brings
Pope Francis at the Divine Mercy Sunday Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on April 24, 2022. | Vatican Media Pope Francis in his homily for …
The original Image of Divine Mercy: It’s not where you might think
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 …