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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI is considering making some changes to the conclave rules and rituals before he leaves office Feb. 28, the Vatican spokesman confirmed. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the spokesman, told reporters Feb. 20 that any papal document is more likely to deal with possible discrepancies between the apostolic constitution governing the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Continuing to invite Vatican employees to morning Mass, Pope Francis told the head of the Vatican health service and members of the photography staff of the Vatican newspaper to keep in mind throughout Holy Week just how patient God is. “The patience of God is a mystery,” Pope Francis said in his […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – Recalling that Christ’s mission transcends “all ethnic, national and religious particularities,” Pope Benedict XVI created six new cardinals from four different continents, representing the Latin rite of the Catholic Church as well as two Eastern Catholic Churches. The churchmen who joined the College of Cardinals Nov. 24 were U.S. Archbishop James M. […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed his trust in the Vatican’s secretary of state and defended him against a barrage of “unjust criticism” in the Italian media. In a letter addressed to “dear brother” Italian Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, 77, the pope expressed his “profound appreciation for your discreet presence and wise counsel, which I […]
Pope Francis
By John Mulderig Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — On his last full day as pope, Pope Benedict XVI delivered an unusually personal and emotional farewell address, thanking the faithful around the world for their support and assuring them that he would remain in their service even in retirement. “I will continue to accompany the path of the church with […]
National
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – After 20 children and six adults were shot dead in Connecticut, Pope Benedict XVI offered his condolences and prayers, urging all to dedicate themselves to acts of peace in the face of such “senseless violence.” After reciting the Angelus Dec. 17, the pope, speaking in English, said he was “deeply saddened” […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The day before he was to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pope Francis greeted Ukrainians marking the 80th anniversary of the “Holodomor” or “Terror-Famine of Ukraine.” At the end of his Angelus address Nov. 24, the pope greeted the Ukrainian pilgrims remembering “the great famine provoked by the Soviet regime that […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has decided not to move into the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace, but to live in a suite in the Vatican guesthouse where he has been since the beginning of the conclave that elected him, said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman. “He is experimenting with this type of […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – With slightly more of a swipe than a tap, Pope Francis helped the Pontifical Mission Societies of the United States broaden its reach around the world by unlocking a smartphone app. At the end of an audience with national directors of pontifical mission societies from around the world May 17, Oblate Father […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – For the first time in history, the Vatican is home to a pope and a retired pope. Pope Francis welcomed his predecessor, retired Pope Benedict XVI, to the Vatican May 2 outside the convent remodeled for the 86-year-old retired pontiff and five aides. Pope Francis and Pope Benedict entered the convent’s chapel […]
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