Vatican news As the Church marks the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on September 1, Indian Bishop Allwyn D’Silva, chairman of the Human Development Office of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, reflects on the importance of praising God for his wonderful gift of Creation. By Bishop Allwyn D’Silva The World…
Vatican news In a video message accompanying his prayer intention for September, Pope Francis prays that “each of us may listen with our hearts to the cry of the earth and of the victims of environmental disasters and climate change, committing ourselves personally to taking care of the world in which we live.” By Christopher…
Vatican news Pope Francis briefly left the Vatican today to visit the Church of St. Augustine in Rome, where the remains of St. Monica, mother of the Bishop of Hippo, are kept. By Vatican News Pope Francis went discreetly and solemnly to the Church of St. Augustine in the heart of Rome on Tuesday afternoon…
Vatican news Pope Francis thanks Catholics in the Italian city of Rimini for praying the rosary each month in their town square and urges Christians to spread the Gospel of peace, even when faced with persecution. By Devin Watkins For ten years, Catholics have gathered in Rimini, in northern Italy, on the 20th of each…
Vatican news The Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton OFM, writes to the friars of the Custody to invite them to dedicate the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, to prayer for peace in the Middle East and in the world. By Vatican News The Latin Patriarch of…
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, secretary of state for the Holy See, presides over a Mass at the Marian shrine in Berdychiv, Ukraine. Sent by Pope Francis to visit the country, he encouraged the faithful “not to lose faith even if it seems that evil has the upper hand.” By Antonella Palermo Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of…
Vatican news The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem calls on Christians in the Holy Land to step back from political discussions at this time of bloodshed and continued sadness and to pray together. By Linda Bordoni “We must leave politics behind, we must come together and pray together. Now that the wounds are bleeding, it is…
Based on the new norms on the alleged apparitions, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has published its decision on the spiritual fruits deriving from the alleged apparitions to Cosimo Fragomeni in Calabria. Vatican News “In the secularized world in which we live, in which so many people spend their lives without any…
Vatican news Pope Francis publishes his prayer intention for the month of July and invites Christians to pray that the Church shows God's closeness to those suffering from illness. By Devin Watkins “Let us pray that the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick may grant the strength of the Lord to those who receive…
In a message for Sea Sunday, Cardinal Michael Czerny writes that sailors experience the “limitless beauty” of the seas, as well as their “physical, spiritual and social darkness.” By Joseph Tulloch On the second Sunday of July each year, the Catholic Church celebrates Sea Sunday, praying and defending the cause of sailors. Ahead of this…