The questions journalists have now, are: “What made Pope Francis not say the thing?” and “What does this tell us about both the Vatican’s China policy and who has the Pope’s ear in these and other regards?”
The Catholic Herald independently confirmed the news with Bruni in a brief exchange on Saturday evening, and again after reaching Bruni by phone on Sunday morning.
Cardinal Michael Czerny is urging “ecological conversion” in keeping with Pope Francis’s encyclical letter, Laudato si’
It’s easy to confuse questions of doctrine with those of governance – there’s often a good deal of real-world overlap – which is why it’s important to make and keep the distinction
Pope Francis gives $200,000 in scholarship support to Lebanese students facing treble threat of economic crisis, political turmoil, health emergency
A statement from the Rome Vicariate says His Eminence is admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital with fever, his general condition good, and that he has begun an antiviral therapy, while his closest collaborators are self-isolating. New details have emerged, meanwhile, regarding the testing and other safety protocols implemented in the Vatican after a coronavirus scare last week.
Pope Francis invites the world’s faithful to pray with him for an end to the coronavirus pandemic, and receive the benediction urbi et orbi.
The new case takes the number of coronavirus-positive diagnoses inside the Vatican to five.
Pope Francis leads Catholics in joining Christians of all Churches and confessions worldwide in praying for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pope Francis: ‘May the Lord hear the united prayer of all of His disciples who are preparing themselves to celebrate the victory of the Risen Christ’
For Italians under lockdown, it is clear that it’s going to be a long slog
Pope Francis will join the Italian bishops, along with Catholics throughout Italy, and the faithful throughout the world, in praying