Pope Francis on Monday received in audience Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and authorized him to promulgate 6 decrees regarding 2 miracles and 4 heroic virtues. Future saint Marie Rivier One of the miracles is through the intercession of...
Athens, Greece, Dec 6, 2021 / 04:20 am Pope Francis urged young people in Athens on Monday not to be “prisoners of the cell phone,” but to truly share their lives with others. Speaking in a school sports hall in a suburb of the Greek capital on...
Pope Francis met the new Philippine ambassador to the Holy See, Ms. Myla Grace Ragenia Macahilig, who presented her credential letters at the Vatican on Saturday. The Vatican News tweeted the photos of the pope’s meeting with Macahilig as she “officially” began her new diplomatic role. The...
Vatican City, Nov 7, 2021 / 06:55 am The sacred things of our Catholic faith must be freed from their ties with money, Pope Francis said on Sunday. In a reflection on the Gospel of the “widow’s mite” Nov. 7, the pope praised the woman for giving...
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...