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Cardinal, at pope's Good Friday service, urges unity

VATICAN CITY — As Pope Francis presided over the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion, the preacher of the papal household called on bishops and all Catholics to examine their consciences for ways they may be harming the unity of the Catholic Church.

4/2/21

Catholic News Service

Vatican ends practice of priests celebrating Mass alone in St. Peter's

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is putting an end to the practice of priests going into St. Peter's Basilica early every morning to celebrate their own Mass at a side altar with just an altar server.

3/15/21

CINDY WOODEN | Catholic News Service

Vatican says no blessing gay unions, no negative judgment on gay people

VATICAN CITY — While homosexual men and women must be respected, any form of blessing a same-sex union is "illicit," said the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

3/15/21

CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service
Pope names woman Scripture scholar as secretary of biblical commission

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has named Sister Nuria Calduch-Benages, an Old Testament scholar and professor at Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University, to be secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.More

3/12/21

Catholic News Service

COVID-19 cases rising in Iraq as pope set to visit

VATICAN CITY — A week before Pope Francis was scheduled to arrive in Iraq, the Vatican nuncio in Baghdad and several members of the staff tested positive for COVID-19 and began self-isolating.More

3/1/21

Catholic News Service

Retired pope talks about his resignation, Pope Francis' trip to Iraq

VATICAN CITY — Although it took obvious effort to pronounce each word and sometimes his secretary repeated what he said to make it clear, retired Pope Benedict XVI spoke to an Italian newspaper about his retirement and about Pope Francis' planned trip to Iraq.More

3/1/21

CINDY WOODEN | Catholic News Service

Vatican announces theme for World Day of Migrants and Refugees

VATICAN CITY — For the next World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Francis wants Catholics to focus on greater communion and unity among all people.More

3/1/21

JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES | Catholic News Service

Pope advances causes of nuns who died helping during Ebola outbreak

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of one of Princes William and Harry's 19th-century ancestors as well as the causes of three Italian nuns who died from the Ebola virus while ministering to patients in Congo.More

2/24/21

CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service

Vatican reminds bishops of Holy Week guidelines during pandemic

VATICAN CITY — As the COVID-19 pandemic nears its first full year, the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments reminded bishops that the guidelines it issued last year for celebrating the Holy Week and Easter liturgies would still be valid this year.More

2/18/21

CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service

Vatican stamps highlight papal engagement in interreligious dialogue

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis' ongoing efforts to promote interreligious dialogue will be highlighted in a new series of Vatican stamps.More

2/4/21

Catholic News Service

Vow of poverty: Jesuits to look at its spiritual, practical implications

VATICAN CITY — Many Catholics look at religious orders of men or women and wonder what their vow of poverty means. After all, the brothers, priests and nuns run schools and hospitals, have large convents or abbeys and they all pretty much know where their next meal will come from.More

2/3/21

CINDY WOODEN

Pope adds more women scholars to biblical commission

VATICAN CITY — Renewing the membership of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, a body of scholars that engages in research for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Pope Francis added two more women experts.More

1/27/21

Catholic News Service

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