Lisbon, Portugal -- More than 600,000 people have started the registration process. Nearly 3 million lunches and dinners have been ordered. Ten thousand priestly vestments are being made. And at least 7,000 host families have volunteered to open their homes to pilgrims. These are among the latest statistics...
Describing Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where he was recently operated upon and spent nine days of post-surgical recovery as “a place of suffering and hope”, Pope Francis sends a letter of gratitude to the entire hospital staff, whose care and attention, he said, were crucial in...
A satellite with Pope Francis’ words was successfully launched into space on Monday. The “Spei Satelles” mission, Latin for “Satellites of Hope,” launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 12. According to the Vatican, the miniature satellite, called...
ROME — The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis will travel to Lisbon, Portugal, for World Youth Day this August with a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. Pope Francis is set to participate in World Youth Day from Aug. 2–6 and is...
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...