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Pope tells new Swiss Guards they represent a church that welcomes

VATICAN CITY — Meeting new recruits to the Swiss Guard, Pope Francis thanked the young men for having chosen to serve the successor of St. Peter and he thanked all the guards for their diligence and service.

5/6/21

Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service

Pope approves canonizations, but doesn't set date because of pandemic

VATICAN CITY — The sainthood causes of seven men and women — including the hermit Blessed Charles de Foucauld and the Indian martyr Devasahayam Pillai — cleared their final hurdle May 3 during an "ordinary public consistory," a meeting of the pope, cardinals and promoters of sainthood causes that formally ends the sainthood process.

5/3/21

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Pope Francis asks for monthlong global recitation of rosary to end the pandemic

VATICAN CITY — Under the gaze of a seventh-century icon of Mary, Pope Francis launched a monthlong, global recitation of the rosary, pleading for Mary's intercession for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

5/3/21

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
In new measures, pope places cap on personal gifts

Pope Francis approved a new set of laws that require Vatican officials and employees to sign a declaration stating they have not been and are not suspected of committing crimes, including money laundering, corruption or exploitation of minors.More

4/30/21

Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service

Pope hopes Venezuelan's beatification will spur reconciliation

Amid the suffering due to a devastating economic crisis and a global pandemic, the beatification of José Gregorio Hernández, affectionately known as the "doctor of the poor," is a testament of the faith and hope of the people of Venezuela, Pope Francis said.More

4/29/21

Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service

Christian meditation is path to meeting Christ, pope says at audience

Meditation is more than just a method of stress relief for the body, it is a way of encountering Christ in one's soul, Pope Francis said.More

4/28/21

Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service

Pray, be poor, be close to the people, pope tells new priests

VATICAN CITY — The priesthood "is not a career, it is a service," Pope Francis told nine men just before ordaining them to the priesthood for the Diocese of Rome.More

4/26/21

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Pope proclaims sainthood of venerated Dominican laywoman

Pope Francis issued a decree declaring the sainthood of Blessed Margaret of Città di Castello, a much-loved Italian Dominican laywoman.More

4/26/21

Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service

Pope offers prayers for people on Caribbean island threatened by volcano

VATICAN CITY — As La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent continued erupting, belching out gas and thick ash, which forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, Pope Francis offered his prayers.More

4/24/21

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Pope celebrates name day at Vatican vaccination clinic

VATICAN CITY — Celebrating his name day, the feast of St. George, Pope Francis was serenaded by hundreds of Rome's most vulnerable residents and the people who assist them.More

4/23/21

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

'Amoris Laetitia' family portraits: Sometimes messy, but grace-filled

VATICAN CITY — Sometimes the Catholic Church has "proposed a far too abstract and almost artificial theological ideal of marriage, far removed from the concrete situations and practical possibilities of real families," Pope Francis wrote in his 2016 exhortation, "Amoris Laetitia."More

4/23/21

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

People must care for creation or face self-destruction, pope says

VATICAN CITY — When it comes to safeguarding creation, there is no time to waste — humanity either must live up to its responsibility or continue on a path of self-destruction, Pope Francis said, commemorating Earth Day with a video message.More

4/22/21

Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service

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