As Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis has started a fund with €1 million ($1.1 million) to help those in the Diocese of Rome who are facing economic difficulty because of the coronavirus.
De Foucauld, also known as Brother Charles of Jesus, was a soldier, explorer, Catholic revert, priest, hermit, and religious brother who served among the Tuareg people in the Sahara desert in Algeria.
Pope Francis will pray the rosary in the Vatican Gardens’ Lourdes grotto on Saturday, as Catholic shrines from around the world join via video streaming
Pope Francis on Monday remembered Ut unum sint, St Pope John Paul II’s encyclical on ecumenism, on the 25th anniversary of its publication. Ut unum sint “confirmed ‘irrevocably’ the ecumenical commitment of the Catholic Church,” the Pope said on May 25. In a letter to Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting
Pope Francis has moved the office of the Vatican’s financial records database under the management of the Secretariat for the Economy - reversing a decision he made in 2016.
After being closed to visitors and pilgrims for more than two months, the Vatican basilica is preparing to open again, with increased health measures, though the exact date has not yet been announced
On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pope St. John Paul II on May 18, Pope Francis will offer his morning Mass at the Polish pope’s tomb in St. Peter’s Basilica, according to the Vatican. May 18 is also the first day public Masses may resume throughout Italy. “In memory of the centenary of
Dioceses in Italy can resume the celebration of public Masses beginning on Monday, May 18, under conditions issued on Thursday by the head of Italy’s bishops and by government officials.
