Loading...
Loading...
Click here if you don’t see subscription options
A view of a grey church building
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Cardinal O’Malley thanked the commission members and the Portuguese bishops who launched the study, but mostly the victims and survivors who came forward, many telling their stories for the first time.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
An Italian publisher has published the late Pope Benedict's book of essays, which he requested be published only after his death, including one on priesthood.
georg gänswein signs a paper in the foreground with the casket of benedict in the background with other priests and cardinals in the back
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Benedict XVI was a renowned theologian, a “recognized authority,” who left “a rich legacy of studies and research on the fundamental truths of the faith,” said the official summary of his life and papacy.
Pope Francis chats with retired Pope Benedict XVI.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
“Benedict XVI did theology on his knees,” the pope wrote in the book’s introduction. “His explanation of the faith was carried out with the devotion of a man who has surrendered all of himself to God.”
A likeness of St. Francis de Sales is seen in stained glass at Caldwell Chapel on the campus of The Catholic University of America
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The pope’s letter, titled "Totum Amoris Est" ("Everything Pertains to Love"), said that the saint has much to teach the church today.
Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads his Christmas message and his blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 25, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Tens of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the pope’s message inviting people to pay less attention to presents and more to prayer,.
pope francis smiles as he speaks with journalists in his private quarters with spanish newspaper
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis said he wrote a resignation letter in 2013, his first year in office, to be used in case he became physically or mentally impaired and unable to fulfill the duties of the papacy.
pope francis speaks and gestures with his hands
Politics & SocietyNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The Vatican has had diplomatic contact with Russia regarding comments Pope Francis made about Russian minorities being responsible for the worst acts of cruelty in the country’s war on Ukraine.
FaithNews
Gerard O’ConnellCindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
In a stunning move, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, 78, has filed a lawsuit for defamation against a Canadian woman for making “unfounded accusations of alleged sexual assault” against him.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The pope started crying and had to pause for a moment after he prayed, “Immaculate Virgin, today I would have liked to bring you the thanksgiving of the Ukrainian people for the peace we have long asked the Lord for.”