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Pope Francis urges Curia officials to walk ‘path of humility’ in annual address
December 23, 2021
CNA Staff
Pope Francis has urged Vatican officials to undergo a “synodal conversion” and to walk the path of humility. In his annual pre-Christmas address to members of the Roman Curia, the pope said that the Holy See’s administrative institutions should be a model for the worldwide Catholic Church. “The Curia — let’s not forget — is
Pope Francis calls migrant crisis a ‘shipwreck of civilization’ during refugee camp visit
December 06, 2021
Courtney Mares/CNA
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 to Catholics in Cyprus: ‘Jesus alone frees the heart from evil’
December 03, 2021
CNA Staff
Pope Francis said on Friday that “Jesus alone frees the heart from evil” as he celebrated Mass in the divided capital city of Cyprus. Preaching at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia on Dec. 3, the pope described Christ as a “physician” eager to bring healing to the human heart.  “Jesus is the physician: he alone
Vatican finance trial: What’s happened so far and where is it heading?
November 17, 2021
Andrea Gagliarducci/CNA
A Vatican judge’s partial turnaround at a hearing earlier this month is a significant plot twist in the finance trial that kicked off this summer. The prosecution has 10 defendants, with many different charges against them, most linked to the management of funds in the Vatican Secretariat of State, particularly to the purchase of a luxury property
Cardinal Becciu says he ‘favoured’ home diocese but denies scandal
November 16, 2021
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Speaking at an event for a diocesan charity to which he is alleged to have illicitly given Vatican funds, Cardinal Angelo Becciu said on Sunday that he had “favoured” his diocese but questioned why it was considered “scandalous.” According to the local newspaper La Nuova Sardegna, during a Nov. 14 conference unveiling a new charitable initiative,
RIP Fra’ Matthew Festing (1949-2021)
November 13, 2021
Staff Reporter
On Friday, the Grand Magistry of the Order of Malta announced the death of Fra’ Matthew Festing, the 79th Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, who died in Malta, aged 71. Elected in March 2008, the charismatic Amplefordian served as Grand Master until January 2017 after being forced to resign by the Vatican
Pope Francis: Care for creation is one of the ‘great moral issues of our time’
November 11, 2021
Courtney Mares/CNA
Vatican City, Nov 11, 2021 / 05:00 am Pope Francis has called care for God’s creation one of “the great moral issues of our time” in a letter expressing his regret that he could not attend the COP26 meeting in Glasgow. “Time is running out; this occasion must not be wasted, lest we have to
Pope Francis prays for Iraqi PM after assassination attempt
November 10, 2021
Courtney Mares/CNA
Vatican City, Nov 9, 2021 / 06:00 am Pope Francis is praying for Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi after an attempted assassination attack on his home with armed drones. The pope expressed his “prayerful closeness” in a telegram released by the Vatican on Nov. 9 in which the attack in Baghdad was condemned as a “vile act
Who was Charles de Foucauld?
November 10, 2021
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Vatican City, Nov 9, 2021 / 10:30 am The Vatican on Tuesday announced that the canonization of Bl. Charles de Foucauld and six others will take place in Rome on May 15, 2022. Who was Charles de Foucauld? De Foucauld, also known as Brother Charles of Jesus, was a soldier, explorer, Catholic revert, priest, hermit,
The Pope missed a golden opportunity at his meeting with Joe Biden
October 30, 2021
Ken Craycraft
Pope Francis failed to show any pastoral responsibility at his meeting with the US President
Catholics can get an indulgence for the dead by praying at a cemetery any day this November
October 29, 2021
Courtney Mares/CNA
Vatican City, Oct 28, 2021 / 07:12 am This year, the Vatican has decided once again to grant a plenary indulgence to Catholics who visit a cemetery to pray for the dead on any day in the month of November. In a typical year, the Church only grants this plenary indulgence for the souls in
White House: Pope Francis ‘has spoken differently’ than Biden on abortion
October 28, 2021
Matt Hadro/CNA
Washington D.C., Oct 27, 2021 / 14:00 pm Ahead of President Joe Biden’s Oct. 29 meeting with Pope Francis, a White House spokeswoman acknowledged on Wednesday that “the pope has spoken differently” than Biden on abortion. Biden, a Catholic, “is somebody who stands up for and believes that a woman’s right to choose is important,”
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