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FAITH/STORIES

Pope Francis greets Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during a meeting that also included Hungarian President János Áder at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 12, 2021. The Vatican announced Feb. 27, 2023, that Pope Francis will travel to Hungary April 28-30, 2023.

Pope Francis will travel to Hungary at end of April

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Pope Francis will travel to Hungary April 28-30 where he will meet with government officials, refugees, academic scholars and young people in Budapest, the Vatican announced Feb. 27.

A crown of thorns is pictured during Lent at Jesus the Good Shepherd Church in Dunkirk, Md., April 7, 2022.

A Lenten walk in the fullness of Christ’s Way

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When Christ calls Himself the Way, the Truth and the Life, it raises the question: What does it mean to follow that Way, share that Truth, live that Life?

A Roman Missal is seen on the altar during a traditional Tridentine Mass July 18, 2021, at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City.

Pope Francis clarifies rules limiting celebration of Tridentine Mass

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Diocesan bishops must have Vatican authorization to allow the celebration of the pre-Vatican II Mass in a parish church, to establish a new "personal parish" for devotees of the old Mass or to allow its celebration by a priest ordained after July 2021 when Pope Francis issued rules restricting the celebration, he said.

People stand in front of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked areas of Turkey and Syria early that morning, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 2,000 people.

Pope Francis saddened by 'huge loss of life' after earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

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Pope Francis expressed his "spiritual closeness" and "solidarity" with those affected by a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria Feb. 6.

Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard the flight from Juba, South Sudan, to Rome Feb. 5, 2023.

Arms trade is a 'plague,' Pope Francis says on flight back from Africa

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At the end of six days in African countries bloodied by war and conflict, Pope Francis said that "the biggest plague" afflicting the world today is the weapons trade.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Ndolo airport in Kinshasa, Congo, Feb. 1, 2023.

Pope Francis, in Congo, calls for an 'amnesty of the heart' to build peace

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In a country where most people are Christian and all are suffering from decades of violence and atrocities, Pope Francis told the Congolese to lay down their weapons and their rancor.

January 31, 2023
Pope Francis and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi attend a welcome ceremony at the Palais de la Nation in Kinshasa, Congo, Jan. 31, 2023.

Pope Francis preaches peace, cooperation, resilience to a Congo 'gasping for breath'

The people of Congo are more precious than any of the gems or minerals found in the earth beneath their feet, yet they have been slaughtered by warmongers and exploited by prospectors, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis is pictured during an interview with Spanish newspaper, ABC, at his residence at the Vatican in this photo released Dec. 18, 2022.

Pope Francis clarifies remarks about homosexuality and sin

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Pope Francis reaffirmed that homosexuality is not a crime, and that any sexual act outside of marriage is a sin, in a written response to a request for clarification about his remarks during a recent interview with the Associated Press.

Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Jan. 29, 2023.

Pope Francis, Anglican, Presbyterian leaders ask for prayers before trip

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Before beginning their ecumenical pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan, Pope Francis and the leaders of the Anglican Communion and the Presbyterian Church of Scotland asked Christians around the globe to accompany them with prayers.

A likeness of St. Francis de Sales is seen in stained glass at Caldwell Chapel on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington in this May 25, 2021, file photo. Pope Francis in his message for World Communications Day said that the media and the field of communications need to exercise more kindness and share the truth with charity.

Mass media needs more kindness, truth spoken with charity, Pope Francis says

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The media and the field of communications need to exercise more kindness and share the truth with charity, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis speaks to diocesan liturgy directors during an audience at the Vatican Jan. 20, 2023. The liturgists were attending a course at the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy in Rome.

Long homilies are 'a disaster,' keep it under 10 minutes, Pope Francis says

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Lengthy, abstract homilies are "a disaster," so preaching should be limited to 10 minutes, Pope Francis said.

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for the Service of Charity, distributes humanitarian aid in Zaporizhzhia, eastern Ukraine in September 2022. The dicastery distributed a total of $10.7 million in funding for charitable works in 2022, with $2.2 million of the total alone going to needs in Ukraine.

Vatican funding for charitable works totals $10.7 million in 2022

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It was a sunny day in Rome Jan. 13 when a truck was fully loaded with supplies. Thermal clothing, power generators and food were put inside with the help of a papal official: Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Pope Francis’ almoner.

January 18, 2023
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 18, 2023.

To be pastoral, look to the Good Shepherd, Pope Francis says

Christians must develop a pastoral heart to care for those who have not heard the Gospel or who have left the fold, Pope Francis said.

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