VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis told young inmates that, just as Jesus came to help and serve others, he, too, was at their service as a priest and bishop. During the evening Mass at Rome’s Casal del Marmo prison for minors, Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 young people of different nationalities and faiths, […]

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will preside over a full schedule of public Masses and prayer services over the Advent and Christmas season. The Vatican released the pope’s calendar of liturgical celebrations Nov. 9. The pope is scheduled to: – Lead an evening prayer service with Rome university students in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. […]

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ episcopal motto is based on the Gospel account of “The Call of St. Matthew,” the tax collector, in a homily given by St. Bede the Venerable. The pope may completely change, slightly alter or keep his episcopal coat of arms and motto for his papal coat of arms. But the […]

VATICAN CITY – Payback with Satan is rotten as he pushes people to be loveless and selfish, finally leaving them with nothing and alone, Pope Francis said. “Satan always rips us off, always!” he said during a morning Mass homily. The pope concelebrated Mass May 14 with Archbishop Ricardo Tobon Restrepo of Medellin, Colombia, in […]

VATICAN CITY – The white open-air jeep Blessed John Paul II was riding in when he was shot May 13, 1981, was taken out of storage and put on display in the Vatican Museums’ newly revamped Popemobile Pavilion. The move wasn’t meant to sensationalize the tragic event or turn it into a sideshow, but to […]