Cindy Wooden, Author at Catholic Herald

Cindy Wooden

Banners unfurled in Rome as faithful share stories of five saints

October 11, 2019

The Vatican hung banners of the Catholic Church’s soon-to-be canonised saints four days before the Mass that would officially recognize that they are in heaven with God. While the hanging of the banners on October 10 did not coincide with the Mass, it did coincide with the kickoff of exhibits, conferences, prayer vigils and other

Cardinal Sarah: To oppose the Pope is to be outside the Church

October 09, 2019

Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, said the people who portray him as an opponent of Pope Francis are being used by the devil to help divide the Church. “The truth is that the Church is represented on earth by the vicar of Christ, that is by

Pope Francis: being elected Pope doesn’t wash away your sins

September 26, 2019

While his responsibilities are greater and his prayer list longer, Pope Francis said he’s basically the same person he was before he was elected in 2013, so he still goes to confession every two weeks. “The mere fact that I now dress all in white has not made me any less sinful or holier than

Vatican releases full list of participants for Amazon synod

September 23, 2019

Pope Francis has named Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston and the other members of his international Council of Cardinals to be voting members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon. Releasing the list of synod participants on September 21, the Vatican also noted that the pope had nominated as synod members Bishop Robert

Change the world, don’t just gripe about it, Pope tells young people

September 08, 2019

Following Jesus means growing in friendship with him and with one’s brothers and sisters, never being content with the way things are, but not just griping about them either, Pope Francis has told young people. Jesus calls his disciples “to be on the move, acting, committed, certain that the Lord is supporting and accompanying them,”

Up to a million people attend papal Mass in Madagascar

September 08, 2019

God’s plan for humanity involves community, mutual support, sharing and caring for each other and for the earth, Pope Francis has said. “As we look around us, how many men and women, young people and children are suffering and in utter need. This is not part of God’s plan,” he said on September 8, celebrating

Pope Francis: ‘It is an honor when Americans attack me’

September 04, 2019

Pope Francis told a reporter that it is “an honor when Americans attack me.” The pope made his comments to Nicolas Seneze, a reporter from La Croix, the French Catholic daily newspaper, during the flight Sept. 4 from Rome to Maputo, Mozambique. Seneze is author of “Comment l’Amerique veut changer de pape,” which can be

Cardinal calls for ‘courageous explorers’ to evangelise Rome

July 14, 2019

The papal vicar for Rome has asked every parish priest in the diocese to form a “pastoral team” of about a dozen “courageous explorers” to help launch a new neighbourhood missionary outreach. “Don’t go looking for those who have shown they are prudent, measured and detail-oriented,” Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the papal vicar, wrote in

Vatican discovers empty tombs in search for missing woman

July 12, 2019

Opening the Vatican tombs of a princess and a duchess on July 11 in a search for the remains of a young Italian woman missing for more than 30 years, the Vatican found no human remains at all. “The search had a negative result,” said Alessandro Gisotti, interim director of the Vatican press office. “No

Pope Francis gives relics of St Peter to Orthodox

July 03, 2019

In what Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople described as a “brave and bold” gesture, Pope Francis gave the patriarch a famous reliquary containing bone fragments believed to belong to St Peter. The only time the bronze reliquary has been displayed publicly was in November 2013, when Pope Francis had it present for public veneration

Priests must defend Seal of Confession ‘even to the point of shedding blood’, Vatican says

July 01, 2019

In the light of “a worrying negative prejudice” against the Catholic Church, Pope Francis ordered the publication of a document affirming the absolute secrecy of everything said in confession and calling on priests to defend it at all costs, even at the cost of their lives. The need for the absolute secrecy of confession “comes

Pope Francis: Too many Christians think the Holy Spirit is a ‘paralytic’

May 28, 2019

The Holy Spirit keeps Christians young at heart, supporting them in times of trial and helping them praise God no matter what is going on, Pope Francis said. Celebrating morning Mass May 28, the Pope told the story of a priest who asked a group of children who the Holy Spirit is. They answered, “The

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