Pope Francis on Friday sent a message to pilgrims from across the world who throughout the year are gathering in the Catholic and Anglican cathedrals of the English city of Norwich to mark the 650th anniversary of the Shewings of Mother Julian of Norwich. The Pope...
The Pontifical Swiss Guard on Saturday welcomed 23 new recruits, including a full-blooded Filipino. Davao City-born Sebastian Esai Eco Eviota and 22 others joined their ranks in an elaborate swearing-in ceremony at the Courtyard of Saint Damasus in the Vatican. The men were joined by their families...
Pope Francis on Sunday warned against the danger of living life without a sense of purpose or a destination to set our course by, reminding the faithful that Jesus is “our compass for reaching heaven,” our true home. Speaking to pilgrims gathered on a sunny day...
Pope Francis is dedicating his May prayer intention to ecclesial movements and groups, which says are a “gift” and a “treasure” in the Church. Dialogue at the service of mission In his video-message, published each month by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, Pope Francis says, “These movements...
"The Church does not evangelize because she is faced with the great challenge of secularization, but because she must be obedient to the Lord's command to proclaim His Gospel to every creature.” The Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Archbishop Rino Fisichella, offered that consideration on...
Laypeople in the Church can and must carry out many instituted ministries, supplementary services, assignments and offices, which, however, should "never become self-referential”, but always tend "to transform society" by bringing Christian values into the world. Pope Francis made this remark on Saturday in his address...
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has released a new report examining the Catholic community in the country, using data from the 2021 national census. The document, released by the bishops’ National Centre for Pastoral Research, profiles a community which is shrinking and aging, but also becoming...
“Men nowadays are becoming more and more convinced that any disputes which may arise between nations must be resolved by negotiation and agreement, and not by recourse to arms.” Sixty years ago, the saintly Pope John XXIII, as his life was drawing to an end,...
ROME — Pope Francis said emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning could be beneficial to society as long as they respect human dignity. “The fundamental value that we must recognize and promote is that of the dignity of the human person,” the pope...
Astronomers from the Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and the Vatican Observatory (VO) teamed up to spectroscopically survey more than 1000 bright stars which are suspected to host their own exoplanets. According to a Vatican Observatory statement, the team — which includes VO astronomers Fr. Paul...