Vatican City, Nov 1, 2021 / 06:05 am On All Saints’ Day, Pope Francis said true happiness does not come from being young, rich, or successful, as the world thinks, but from the counter-cultural idea to follow Jesus Christ. “The world says that in order to have...
Rome, Italy, Nov 2, 2021 / 06:15 am Pope Francis visited a military cemetery in Rome to pray on All Souls’ Day and offered Mass for the faithful departed. During his live-streamed visit to the French Military Cemetery on Nov. 2, the pope walked past rows of...
The Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary published a decree on Thursday providing for the possibility of obtaining plenary indulgences in favour of the faithful departed throughout the entire month of November. The decree, signed by Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, notes that the decision to once again extend the time...
Addressing the humanitarian needs that emerged at the end of World War II and assisting the victims of the conflict. When Pius XII established it on December 12, 1951, these were the main objectives of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of national Caritas organisations - which...
Vatican City, Oct 23, 2021 / 10:30 am Denunciation is not enough when it comes to issues of injustice, the pope said this weekend. “Our response to injustice and exploitation must be more than mere condemnation. First and foremost, it must be the active promotion of the...
Vatican City, Oct 10, 2021 / 04:00 am Pope Francis formally launched the two-year global consultation process leading to the 2023 synod on synodality on Sunday with a call to “look others in the eye and listen to what they have to say.” Preaching at a Mass...
“We need the ever new breath of God, the Spirit, who sets us free from every form of self-absorption, revives what is moribund, loosens shackles and spreads joy,” the Holy Father said in his Address for the Opening of the 16th Synod of Bishops in...
Rome, Oct 5, 2021 --- The dates of the next World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, Portugal, have been announced. The world’s largest gathering of Catholic young people will take place on Aug. 1-6, 2023. Making the announcement on Oct. 3, Cardinal Manuel Clemente, the Patriarch of...
Vatican City, Sep 27, 2021 / 06:40 am Pope Francis encouraged young Catholics on Monday to “testify joyfully that Christ is alive.” In a message for World Youth Day 2021, released on Sept. 27, the pope invited youth to join a “spiritual pilgrimage leading to the celebration...
Vatican City, Sep 19, 2021 / 05:15 am Pope Francis said on Sunday that in God’s eyes, success is measured “not on what someone has, but on what someone gives.” In his Angelus address on Sept. 19, the pope reflected on the day’s Gospel reading, Mark 9:30-37,...