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March 11, 2019

Art can inspire people to build sustainable future, says Vatican official

Pope Francis watches as violinist Midori performs at a meeting of the governing council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development at the headquarters of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome Feb. 14, 2019.
VATICAN – In a world of different religions, cultures and languages, art has the capacity to bring people together and inspire them to take action in addressing critical challenges, said a Vatican official.
Published in Arts News
March 11, 2019

Benedictine abbot leads Pope, Roman Curia in Lenten retreat

Pope Francis greets Benedictine Abbot Bernardo Gianni during the Lenten retreat for the Roman Curia in Ariccia, Italy, March 10, 2019.
VATICAN – When Pope Francis asked 50-year-old Benedictine Abbot Bernardo Gianni to lead his Lenten retreat, the abbot said he told the Pope he felt "very inadequate."
Published in Faith
March 11, 2019

Avoid temptation, don't engage with the devil, Pope says at Angelus

Pope Francis waves as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 15, the feast of the Assumption.
VATICAN – When facing temptation, Christians should follow Jesus' example by not engaging in fruitless talk with the father of lies, Pope Francis said.
Published in Faith
March 11, 2019

Answering God's call demands courage to take a risk, Pope Francis says

World Youth Day pilgrims learn what different religious communities have to offer at a vocations festival in a Panama City park Jan. 24, 2019.
VATICAN – Answering the Lord's call demands the courage to take a risk, but it is an invitation to become part of an important mission, Pope Francis said.
Published in Faith
March 8, 2019

Lent is a time to chip away at hypocrisy, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis celebrates Mass March 8, 2019, in the chapel of his Vatican residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae.
VATICAN – Lent is a time to ask for God's grace to chip away at hypocrisy, which is seen in the natural human attempt to appear "worthier than we are," Pope Francis said.
Published in Reflections
March 8, 2019

Christians and Jews must join to fight hatred, promote women, Pope Francis says

A representative of the American Jewish Committee gives Pope Francis a certificate March 8, 2019, certifying that a grapevine in Israel has been dedicated to him and promising that each year he will receive a bottle of wine produced with the vine's grapes.
VATICAN – Engaging in any form of anti-Semitism is a direct contradiction with the Christian faith, Pope Francis said.
Published in International
March 7, 2019

God is purifying the church with 'unbearable' pain of abuse scandal, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis hears the confession of a priest March 7, 2019, at Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran. The pope administered the sacrament to several priests during his annual Lenten meeting with the priests of the Diocese of Rome.
ROME – The clerical abuse scandal has caused everyone in the Catholic Church "pain and unbearable suffering," Pope Francis said, but it also is a call to repentance and the renewal of the church.
Published in Faith
March 6, 2019

Lent begins with reminder of all that fades away, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis arrives in procession to celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome March 6, 2019.
ROME – Marked with ashes, Christians set off on a Lenten journey where they strive to leave behind everything that will turn to dust and instead focus on drawing closer to God and God's promise of eternal life, Pope Francis said.
Published in Faith
March 4, 2019

Vatican announces theme for World Day of Migrants and Refugees

A red sun is seen over a dinghy overcrowded with Syrian refugees drifting in the Aegean sea between Turkey and Greece after its motor broke down off the Greek island of Kos, August 11, 2015.
VATICAN – After moving the Vatican celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees from January to September, Pope Francis wants Catholics to understand how concern for migrants and refugees is part of a much broader Christian concern for people in need.
Published in International
March 4, 2019

Give up gossiping for Lent, Pope Francis suggests

Pope Francis gives the homily as he celebrates Mass at the Parish of St. Crispin in a suburb on the outskirts of Rome March 3, 2019.
ROME – Lent is a good time to concentrate on fighting the urge to gossip about others and instead trying to correct one's own faults and defects, Pope Francis said.
Published in Reflections
March 4, 2019

Service, not party affiliation makes a politician Catholic, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with young Catholic leaders from Latin American at the Vatican March 4, 2019.
VATICAN – What makes a politician "Catholic" is not party affiliation, but dedication to promoting the common good, particularly through listening to and empowering people who often are overlooked, Pope Francis said.
Published in International
February 28, 2019

Victims shed harsh light on sex abuse at Vatican summit

Clerical sex abuse victims and their supporters rally outside Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome Feb. 21.

The abuse summit began with the voices of the abused … five testimonies gathered from around the world.

Published in International
February 28, 2019

Editorial: The work begins

Pope Francis is seen Feb. 22, 2019, the second day of the Vatican meeting on the protection of minors.

The remarkable summit on sex abuse has ended but its work is far from done.

Published in Editorial
February 28, 2019

Pope Francis encourages joint community service by rabbis, parish priests

Pope Francis greets guests during an audience at the Vatican Feb. 28, 2019. The audience was with participants marking the 50th anniversary of the death of German Cardinal Agostino Bea, whom the pope called "a model and source of inspiration for ecumenical and intereligous dialogue."
VATICAN – The fruitful friendship and dialogue between Jews and Christians must go beyond the world of experts and academia, Pope Francis said.
Published in Faith
February 28, 2019

God's wrath is just as great as his mercy, Pope says

Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, at the Vatican Feb. 28, 2019. In his homily, the pope said that God's wrath is just as great as his mercy for those who refuse to change their sinful ways.
VATICAN – Christians must not take advantage of God's forgiveness -- selfishly repeating sin after sin -- because God's wrath for those who refuse to change their ways is just as great as his mercy, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.
Published in Reflections
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