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Pope replaces Cardinal Burke with Italian Jesuit as patron of Order of Malta
June 20, 2023
Pope Francis has appointed an Italian Jesuit cardinal to succeed US Cardinal Raymond Burke as the patron of the Order of Malta. The Vatican announced yesterday that Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda will take on the role as the “Cardinalis Patronus,” the papal representative to the sovereign order responsible for promoting the spiritual interests of the order
Ambassador Habsburg: Pope Francis will find ‘a vibrant Christian country’ in Hungary
April 27, 2023
Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See Eduard Habsburg says that Pope Francis will find “a vibrant Christian country” when he visits Hungary this weekend. In an interview with EWTN News, Habsburg said that Hungary has a “rich mixture of Christian churches living together very well” from Byzantine-rite Catholics to Calvinists. Hungary is a Catholic-majority country
Pope extends Synod on Synodality to 2024
October 17, 2022
Pope Francis has announced that the Synod on Synodality will be extended to 2024. Speaking in his Angelus address on Sunday, the Pope shared his decision to divide the Synod of Bishops into two sessions that will meet in Rome in October 2023 and October 2024. Pope Francis explained that he made the decision “in
Pope Francis quotes from Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ in essay on story-telling
May 29, 2022
Pope Francis has cited J.R.R. Tolkien in an essay on storytelling. “As Frodo, the main character in Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ says: ‘The tales never end,’” Pope Francis wrote in an afterword to a book published on May 26. The pope may have been referring to an exchange between Frodo and Sam in
Pope urges Catholics to take part in consecration of Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary
March 23, 2022
Pope Francis has written a letter asking all Catholics to assemble in their parishes on Friday to pray the act of consecration of the world, particularly Russia and Ukraine, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Vatican published the pope’s letter two days before he is scheduled to pray the Marian consecration in St. Peter’s
Pope visits Ukrainian refugee children in Rome hospital
March 22, 2022
Pope Francis has made a surprise visit to Ukrainian refugee children being treated in the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome. The children suffering from cancer, neurological diseases, and other illnesses were brought to Italy for medical treatment during the first days of the war in Ukraine. Some of the hospitalized children suffer from serious
Pro-life group criticizes Macron’s call to add abortion to rights charter
January 21, 2022
A pro-life group in France has denounced President Emmanuel Macron’s call to add abortion to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. “Advocating for the inclusion of a ‘right to abortion’ in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ignores the violence that abortion often inflicts on many women,” Alliance VITA said in a statement on
Pope Francis declares St. Irenaeus ‘Doctor of Unity’
January 21, 2022
Pope Francis on Friday officially declared St. Irenaeus of Lyon as the 37th Doctor of the Church, with the title “Doctor Unitatis” (“Doctor of Unity”). “May the doctrine of such a great Master encourage more and more the path of all the Lord’s disciples towards full communion,” the pope wrote in a decree signed on Jan. 21.
Have children instead of pets, Pope advises Catholic couples
January 05, 2022
Pope Francis has said that it is a civilizational loss when dogs and cats replace children in society, encouraging couples to “take the risk” to become parents. “The other day, I was talking about the demographic winter that we have today … many couples do not have children because they do not want to, or
Pope Francis calls migrant crisis a ‘shipwreck of civilization’ during refugee camp visit
December 06, 2021
From a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis decried European indifference to the plight of migrants in the Mediterranean as a “shipwreck of civilization.” “The Mediterranean, which for millennia has brought different peoples and distant lands together, is now becoming a grim cemetery without tombstones. This great basin of water, the
Pope Francis accepts resignation of Catholic archbishop of Paris
December 02, 2021
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop Michel Aupetit on Thursday amid a controversy surrounding an alleged prior relationship with a woman before he was archbishop of Paris. A statement from the Holy See press office on Dec. 2 said that Pope Francis accepted the resignation submitted by Aupetit and had appointed Archbishop Georges Pontier, archbishop emeritus
The last surviving Trappist monk from Algeria massacre has died at 97
November 23, 2021
Father Jean Pierre Schumacher, one of two monks who survived the Tibhirine abbey massacre in Algeria in 1996, has died at the age of 97. Schumacher died in Morocco, where he had been living in a Trappist monastery in Midelt, on Nov. 21, the feast of Christ the King. The late monk served as the
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