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,...
Pope Francis has appointed Filipino Dominican Fr. Albino Barrera, a theologian and economist, as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. The 65-year old priest, who is based in the United States, is a moral theologian and professor of economics and theology at Providence...
Bratislava, Slovakia --- Pope Francis told political authorities in Slovakia on Monday to “follow the road of the Beatitudes” to build a just, peaceful, and fraternal society. “Your constitution expresses the desire that the country be built on the legacy of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Patrons...