Vatican Year of Prayer resource available free online
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has asked Catholics to dedicate 2024 to intensifying their prayer lives in preparation for the celebration…
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Pope calls for cease-fire in Gaza; calls disarmament ‘moral duty’
byBy Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis repeated his call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and said the international community has a…
‘Why, Lord?’ is appropriate prayer for grieving parents, pope says
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Crying out to God and demanding answers when one’s child dies is anything but a sign of a…
Cardinal: Whenever church gathers and ‘people can open their hearts,’ that’s synodality
byBy Mark Zimmermann Pope Francis’ goal of synodality for the Catholic Church — with people from different backgrounds, circumstances and experiences coming together to…
Jesus accepts a person’s fragility so they can accept others, pope says
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Jesus did not teach his disciples to organize agencies and structures to help vulnerable people, but gave the…
New telescope is changing ideas about how universe began, speakers say
byBy Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — Orbiting the sun nearly 1 million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope is reshaping the way…
Heading to the National Eucharistic Congress in July? Here’s what to expect
byBy Maria Wiering INDIANAPOLIS — The tens of thousands of Catholics planning to attend the five-day 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in July…
Pope makes brief trip to hospital for unspecified tests
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis paid a brief visit to Rome’s Gemelli Isola Hospital Feb. 28 for “diagnostic tests,” the Vatican…
After meeting with Masons, bishop reaffirms Catholics cannot join
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — After participating in a seminar on the Catholic Church and the Freemasons, an Italian bishop reaffirmed that Catholics…
What is love? U.S. bishops’ new initiative offers ‘clarity’ for the culture’s questions
byBy Kurt Jensen WASHINGTON — “Love Means More,” a new teaching initiative of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has a statement of purpose,…