VATICAN CITY — Jesus’ call for Christians to respond to hostility with love requires a strength that comes from above and not from within, Pope Francis said.
VATICAN CITY — The number of Catholics and of Catholic men and women who devote their lives to serving them continues to grow in Africa and Asia, Vatican statistics show, but pastoral ministry is still much more readily available to Catholics in Europe.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of Argentine Cardinal Eduardo Pironio, the prelate who organized and oversaw the first six international celebrations of World Youth Day.
VATICAN CITY — Opening an international conference on priesthood, Pope Francis insisted that those who are not close to God in prayer, close to their bishop and other priests and immersed in the lives of their people are simply “‘clerical functionaries’ or ‘professionals of the sacred.'”
VATICAN CITY — The same love that gave St. Joseph the strength to protect Jesus and Mary must inspire Christians to love the church, especially when calling out its sins and flaws, Pope Francis said.
VATICAN CITY — As part of ongoing measures to reform the Roman Curia, Pope Francis has approved restructuring the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the oldest of the congregations.
VATICAN CITY — Saying he wanted to promote a “healthy decentralization” of some aspects of church life, Pope Francis made several changes to church law, granting greater authority to individual bishops, bishops’ conferences and synods of bishops of the Eastern Catholic churches.
VATICAN CITY — A disciple of Jesus leaves behind worldly attachments and prejudices to follow God completely, Pope Francis said.
VATICAN CITY — Caring for the sick means not only healing the wounds of the body but also those that afflict the soul, Pope Francis said.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will visit Malta April 2-3, a Vatican spokesman said.
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