As millions of pilgrims are expected for the jubilee year in Rome, Pope Francis praised the patient service of the Swiss Guard and support for their families on Saturday. Speaking at an audience marking the 25th anniversary of the Pontifical Swiss Guard Foundation, the pope emphasized how the guards’ patient service has become increasingly vital […]
In response to the second request from five Buffalo area Catholics, and an anonymous priest, for a visit from the Vatican regarding Bishop Michael W. Fisher, the Diocese of Buffalo offers the following statement on Bishop Fisher’s tenure in the Diocese of Buffalo. Refusal to acknowledge the changing landscape of the Catholic Church in Western […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Sunday that the Eucharist is a “miracle” in which Jesus nourishes us with his life and satisfies the hunger in our hearts. “All of us need the Eucharist,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address on Aug. 18. “The heavenly bread, which comes from the Father, is the Son […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday urged Christians to be an example to others of how to live a sober, nonmaterialistic lifestyle in peace with one’s community. “It is important to know how to guard sobriety, to know how to be sober in the use of things – sharing resources, skills and gifts, and […]
The number of Catholics worldwide increased by 14 million in 2022, according to the Vatican’s 2022 Statistical Yearbook of the Church released earlier this month and highlighted in a report by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano. The figures from 2021 to 2022 – the most recent years where numbers are available – marked a decrease […]
CNA/VATICAN CITY — On the morning of Easter Sunday 2024, Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Square before delivering his urbi et orbi message and blessing from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica in the presence of an estimated 60,000 people. “Urbi et orbi” means “To the city (of Rome) and to […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis went to the hospital on Rome’s Tiber Island on Wednesday morning after meeting with the public at his general audience. The Vatican confirmed on Feb. 28 that the pope underwent “diagnostic tests” at the Gemelli Isola Tiberina Hospital before returning to his Vatican residence shortly after noon. According to the […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The devil is sly and sneaky like a serpent and subtly entices people to sin, Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience Dec. 27. Beginning a new series of audience talks about vices and virtues, the pope said that evil grows “when one begins to fantasize about it, to nurse […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis opened the Synod on Synodality’s three-week assembly on Wednesday, with a call to remember that the Church exists to bring Jesus to the world and should face today’s challenges with a gaze fixed on God rather than “political calculations or ideological battles.” Speaking in St. Peter’s Square for the synod’s […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a church that “bears the signs of serious crises of mistrust and lack of credibility,” members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops will be asked to find ways to build community, encourage the contribution of every baptized person and strengthen the Church’s primary mission of sharing the Gospel, […]
