VATICAN, May 14, 2014 (CNA/EWTN News).- During a press conference held in Philadelphia, USA Vatican officials announced the theme for the 2015 World Day of Families, which will center on humanity’s universal vocation to love. “Ladies and gentleman, the theme for the World Meeting of Families...
VATICAN, March 8, 2014 (CNA/EWTN News).- The Pope has announced the names of eight cardinals and seven lay experts from around the world chosen to serve in the newly-created Vatican Council for the Economy. “The members appointed to the Council are from various geographical areas, reflecting,...
VATICAN, March 27, 2014 (CNA/EWTN News).- During the March 27 meeting between Pope Francis and President Barack Obama, the two exchanged cordial discussion regarding the state of the Church in the U.S., as well as topics of shared interest. Lasting approximately 50 minutes long, the meeting...
MANILA, March 31, 2014— Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle received another task in the Roman Curia in what could be his sixth Vatican appointment. The latest is Pope Francis’ appointment of Tagle as member of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of...
VATICAN, March 8, 2014 (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Saturday sent a message to participants in an international symposium on the religious life, encouraging them to live their vows in an authentic manner. “What is not helpful is a theoretical poverty, but the poverty that is...
VATICAN City, Feb 27, 2014 (CNA/EWTN News)– In his daily homily Pope Francis spoke of the harm done when Christians don’t practice what they preach, noting that this incoherence leads others away from the Church and often brings scandal. “When there is no Christian coherency, and...
Insights of Pope Francis Are you thinking of a meaningful observance of Lent? Pope Francis offers “some helpful thoughts on our path of conversion as individuals and as a community.” He is inspired by the words of St. Paul: “He became poor, so that by His...
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 21, 2014 (CNS) — In late February, for the first time since his election nearly a year earlier, Pope Francis gathered the world’s cardinals at Vatican. The principal reason was to add 19 to their number at a ceremony called a consistory,...
Vatican City, February 1, 2014 Dear Brothers and Sisters, I thank the Lord for the joy of your faith and for the ardor of your Christian witness, thanks be to God! I greet you all warmly, beginning with the International Team of Directors of the Neocatechumenal Way,...
VATICAN, Feb. 10, 2014 (CNA/EWTN News).- Speaking to the Polish bishops last week, Pope Francis encouraged a stronger understanding of marriage, accompanied by a merciful attitude toward those in difficult family situations. “Today marriage tends to be viewed as a form of mere emotional satisfaction that...
