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FAITH/STORIES

Pope Francis smiles at visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after praying the Angelus Aug. 15, 2023.
August 15, 2023

Pope Francis entrusts prayers for peace to Mary, assumed into heaven

On the feast of Mary's assumption into heaven, Pope Francis entrusted to her people's prayers for peace, especially in Ukraine.

Slovak Archbishop Cyril Vasil of Košice is seen in this file photo taken at the Vatican in November 2013 when he was serving as secretary of the then-Congregation for Eastern Churches.

Vatican confirms Pope Francis sent envoy to India to resolve liturgical dispute

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As controversy and deep division continued in an Indian archdiocese over the direction the priest faces during the celebration of the liturgy, the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis named Slovak Archbishop Cyril Vasil of Košice as his pontifical delegate to help resolve the dispute.

Wiktoria Ulma is pictured in an undated photo with three of her children and the children of relatives outside the Ulma home in Markowa, a village in southeastern Poland. Wikotria, her husband, Józef, and their six children were executed March 24, 1944, by Nazis who discovered that the family had been sheltering eight Jews who had escaped internment by German occupying forces. Two of the Ulma girls, Stasia and Basia, are pictured in the middle near their mother, who is holding son Wlodzimierz.

Martyred family's 'unprecedented' beatification prompts theological reflection, pro-life prayers

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When the Ulma family is beatified Sept. 10 as martyrs who gave their lives to protect Jews during the Holocaust, it may be the first time the Catholic Church has beatified an entire, specific family together, as well as the first beatification of an unborn child.

August 8, 2023
Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight back to Rome from Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 6, 2023, after his participation in World Youth Day.

On flight to Rome, Pope Francis responds to questions about abuse, his health

After a five-day trip to Portugal, which recently came to terms with its own clerical sex abuse crisis, Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must abandon its practice of covering up abuse and instead be "very open" about how it is confronting the crime.

August 2, 2023
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa greets Pope Francis upon his arrival at Figo Maduro Air Base in Lisbon Aug. 2, 2023. The pope began a five-day trip to Portugal to participate in World Youth Day.

In Portugal for WYD, pope urges Europe to recover its 'youthful heart'

Arriving at the edge of the European continent for World Youth Day, Pope Francis urged Portuguese officials to return to their maritime roots by setting sail toward new horizons of hope and helping build a Europe "capable of recovering its youthful heart."

July 31, 2023
Pope Francis smiles and waves at visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after praying the Angelus July 30, 2023.

Pope to Russia: Destroying grain, creating hunger is 'grave offense to God'

Destroying grain is a "grave offense to God," Pope Francis said, appealing to authorities in Russia as "my brothers" and urging them to resume cooperating with a United Nations' initiative to guarantee the safe transport of grain out of Ukraine.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu speaks with journalists during a news conference in Rome in this Sept. 25, 2020, file photo.

Vatican prosecutor accuses cardinal of orchestrating failed investment

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The Vatican's chief prosecuting attorney began his closing arguments outlining final charges against 10 defendants, including a cardinal, stemming from an investigation launched in 2019 by internal reports of suspicious financial activity.

Pope Francis speaks with visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the Angelus July 9, 2023. The pope also named 21 new cardinals.

Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals

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Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals, including U.S.-born Archbishop Robert F. Prevost, who took the helm at the Dicastery for Bishops in April, and French Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States.

Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, appointed prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith by Pope Francis July 1, 2023, is pictured in this file photo at a session of the Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 6, 2015.

New prefect of doctrinal office affirms natural truth about marriage

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The Catholic Church must take great care to avoid rites or blessings that suggest marriage is anything other than a sacramental bond between one man and one woman, the incoming prefect of the Vatican's doctrinal office said.

Vatican aims to return Ukrainian children, not mediate war, says cardinal

Vatican aims to return Ukrainian children, not mediate war, says cardinal

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The Vatican is developing a plan to return to Ukraine children illegally deported to Russia but is not jockeying to mediate the war, Pope Francis' peace envoy said upon his return from his mission to Moscow.

Orthodox Metropolitan Job of Pisidia, representing the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, points to an icon during a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican June 30, 2023.

Greed, selfishness stand in the way of peace, Pope Francis tells Orthodox leaders

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All wars are "utter disasters" for everyone, especially families, children, the elderly, refugees, communities and creation, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis meets with the members of his renewed Council of Cardinals at the Vatican April 24, 2023. Pictured, clockwise from the left, are: Cardinals Gérald C. Lacroix of Québec; Juan José Omella Omella of Barcelona; Seán P. O'Malley of Boston; Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa, Congo; and Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. Continuing, to the right of the pope are: Bishop Marco Mellino, council secretary; and Cardinals Sérgio da Rocha of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil; Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India; Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, president of the commission governing Vatican City State; and Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg.

Pope Francis, Council of Cardinals look at need to reform diocesan chanceries

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With the help of an expert canon lawyer, Pope Francis and members of his international Council of Cardinals discussed ways that the principles behind his reform of the Roman Curia also can be reflected in the structuring and functioning of diocesan chanceries.

Emanuela Orlandi is pictured in a photo that was distributed after her disappearance in 1983. The Vatican prosecutor has opened a new investigation into the disappearance 40 years ago of Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee.

Pope Francis expresses closeness to Orlandi family after new evidence in case

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Forty years since the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican schoolgirl who mysteriously vanished at the age of 15, Pope Francis publicly expressed his closeness to her family.

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