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December 20, 2018

'Everything changes' with Christ's birth, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis greets representatives of the children and teens section of Italy's Catholic Action. Meeting the young people at the Vatican Dec. 20, the pope asked them to share their faith with their peers, being especially attentive to children who seem lonely or mistreated.
VATICAN – The Annunciation – the Angel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she will bear God's son -- was such a tremendous, history-changing event that preaching about it is extremely difficult, Pope Francis said.
Published in Reflections
December 19, 2018

Christmas is not just a cozy holiday but a chance to turn tables, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis greets a child as he arrives to lead his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 19.
VATICAN – Christmas will not be authentic if people get caught up in a frenzy of shopping, presents and meals, all while ignoring the poor and forgetting who the celebration is really all about, Pope Francis said.
Published in Faith
December 18, 2018

Ask for grace to seek truth in dreams, be silent like St. Joseph, Pope Francis says

Celebrating Mass Dec. 18 in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis spoke about St. Joseph and his willingness to listen to God speaking in his dreams. The pope urged parents to dream for their children and priests to dream for their parishioners.
VATICAN – While St. Joseph was a practical, down-to-earth man, he had enough faith to be open to God speaking through dreams, Pope Francis said at morning Mass.
Published in Reflections
December 18, 2018

Pope assigns Italian journalists to key posts in Vatican communications

Pope Francis meeting journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Dublin Aug. 25
VATICAN – Pope Francis made new appointments to the Dicastery for Communication, naming Andrea Tornielli, an Italian journalist, as its "editorial director" and Andrea Monda, an Italian journalist and religion teacher, as editor-in-chief of the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano.
Published in International
December 18, 2018

Pope Francis asks bishops to meet with sex abuse victims before February meeting

Pope Francis meets representatives of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops at the Vatican Dec. 6. Pictured from left are Archbishop Richard Gagnon of Winnipeg, Manitoba, CCCB vice president; Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, CCCB president; and Msgr. Frank Leo Jr., general secretary of the conference.
VATICAN – Before traveling to Rome for a major Vatican summit on the clerical sex abuse crisis and child protection, each participating bishop should meet with survivors of abuse, said the committee organizing the meeting.
Published in International
December 18, 2018

Politicians blaming 'every evil' on migrants is unacceptable, Pope Francis says

Central American immigrants who had just arrived Nov. 13 to Tijuana, Mexico, wait in line for a meal at a migrant shelter.
VATICAN – In today's climate of mistrust, rejection and nationalism, the world urgently needs peacemakers and politicians who protect and lovingly serve others, Pope Francis said in his annual message for the World Day of Peace Jan. 1.
Published in International
December 17, 2018

Death penalty is inhuman, ignores mercy, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis meets with a delegation from the International Commission Against the Death Penalty in the papal library of the apostolic palace Dec. 17.
VATICAN – The death penalty is an inhumane form of punishment that ignores the primacy of mercy in the name of justice, Pope Francis said.
Published in International
December 17, 2018

A true Christmas celebrates Baby Jesus, who is tender, humble, Pope Francis says

An audience member holds a figurine of baby Jesus as Pope Francis leads his Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 16.
VATICAN – With Christmas just over a week away, visitors came to St. Peter's Square with their Baby Jesus figurines for a traditional blessing by the Pope.
Published in Faith
December 17, 2018

Pope Francis celebrates 82nd birthday with pediatric patients

Pope Francis is presented with a cake on the eve of his 82nd birthday during a Dec. 16 audience with children and families from the Santa Marta Dispensary, a Vatican charity that offers special help to mothers and children in need.
VATICAN – If the Holy Family lived in Rome and the baby Jesus had a cold or flu, Mary and Joseph certainly would bring him to the Vatican pediatric clinic for help, Pope Francis said.
Published in International
December 14, 2018

The key to solving migration crisis is education, Pope Francis says

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials Dec. 9 detain a migrant woman and children after they crossed illegally with other migrants in the U.S. from Mexico at International Friendship Park in San Diego. They were part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States.
VATICAN – As the celebration of Christmas draws near, the plight of the Holy Family calls to mind the sufferings of the many men, women and children escaping war and persecution, Pope Francis said.
Published in International
December 13, 2018

Protection of human dignity must be government priority, Pope Francis says

Palestinian children receiving treatment are seen in early September at Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem.
VATICAN – Protecting human dignity and human rights must always be at the heart of any action by world leaders to confront the many humanitarian crises afflicting today's world, Pope Francis said.
Published in International
December 12, 2018

Mary raises up the abandoned, Pope Francis says at Mass

Pope Francis swings a censer in front of an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe as he celebrates Mass Dec. 12 marking her feast day in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
VATICAN – Just as she did hundreds of years ago from a small hill in Tepeyac, Mexico, Mary accompanies the downtrodden and the lowly like a mother caring for her children.
Published in Reflections
December 12, 2018

Three Roman Curia advisers end service on Pope's Council of Cardinals

The cardinals ending their service after five years as members are Australian Cardinal George Pell, 77; Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, 85, retired archbishop of Santiago, Chile; and Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Congo, 79.
VATICAN – Three members of Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals have officially ended their service as papal advisers on the reform of the Roman Curia.
Published in Vatican
December 11, 2018

Jesus gives us joy even in martyrdom, Pope Francis says

A nun lights a candle next to a photograph of Bishop Pierre Claverie at his grave in St. Mary's Cathedral, where a vigil was held in Oran, Algeria, Dec. 7
VATICAN – God sends his consolation to those in need of reassurance, even when they are facing death, Pope Francis said.
Published in Reflections
December 10, 2018

Let's think of our own conversion to sow peace this Advent, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis waves as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square Dec. 9 at the Vatican.
VATICAN – Advent is a time for people to think about what they can change about themselves so that they can sow the seeds of peace, justice and fraternity in their daily lives, Pope Francis said.
Published in Faith
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