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Pope Francis: Easter urbi et orbi appeals for equitable vaccine distribution, disarmament, solidarity, religious liberty

April 04, 2021

Pope Francis noted the restrictions under which Christians in many parts of the world – owing to the pandemic and other reasons – are worshipping this Easter. “Once again this year,” Pope Francis said, “in various places many Christians have celebrated Easter under severe restrictions and, at times, without being able to attend liturgical celebrations.”

Pope Francis leads Via Crucis seen through the eyes of children

April 03, 2021

Pope Francis presides at the Stations of the Cross outside St. Peter’s Basilica, April 2, 2021. Image ©Vatican Media CNA Staff, Apr 2, 2021 / 03:00 pm MT (CNA).- Pope Francis led the Way of the Cross, featuring meditations prepared by children, at the Vatican on Good Friday evening. With Italy still facing coronavirus restrictions,

Cardinal Cantalamessa on Good Friday: Division is Work of the Devil

April 02, 2021

"Fomenting division," Cardinal Cantalamessa said, "is the work par excellence of the one whose name is diabolos -- that is, the divider."

Pope Francis visits Vatican vaccination centre

April 02, 2021

The vaccination program at Paul VI is part and parcel of the push Pope Francis has been making to see that vaccine doses are distributed with a view to the safety of the most vulnerable.

Pope Francis at Chrism Mass: The Cross of Christ is Inevitable

April 02, 2021

“If mere circumstances conditioned the saving power of the cross,” Pope Francis went on to say, “the Lord would not have embraced everything. But when his hour came, he embraced the cross fully. For on the cross there can be no ambiguity!”

Pope Francis celebrates Mass on Holy Thursday with Disgraced Cardinal Becciu

April 01, 2021

Several news reports say Pope Francis celebrated Thursday afternoon around 5:30pm Rome Time in Cardinal Becciu's private chapel, inside the cardinal's apartment in the Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio -- the headquarters of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith -- a stone's throw from the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse.

Wine for the Masses

April 01, 2021

Anthony Cazalet looks at the papal penchant for wine and suggests a few bottles to enjoy at home

Cardinal Schönborn: Vatican ‘no’ to same-sex blessings marked by ‘communication error’

March 30, 2021

Renewing his earlier criticism of the intervention by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), the Archbishop of Vienna told the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) March 28 that he was concerned by both the timing and form of the ruling.