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“We need journalists who are willing to ‘wear out the soles of their shoes,’ to get out of the newsroom, to walk around the city, to meet people, to assess the situations in which we live in our time,” Pope Francis said.
The pope was marking the UN agency’s 75th anniversary.
The pope met with a group of more than 500 poor people from across Europe.
The Vatican said that ‘various gaps’ had emerged at COP26 in Scotland.
The pope urged Catholics to keep a copy of the prayer with them.
The bishops knelt in an act of penance in Lourdes.
In a reflection on the Gospel of the “widow’s mite,” Pope Francis spoke about hypocrisy and giving our all to God.
Pope Francis met members of the marriage ministry Retrouvaille, which helps struggling couples overcome difficulties in their relationship.
The bishops are currently meeting in Lourdes.
The pope celebrated Mass at a Catholic university hospital in Rome.
The pope inaugurated a new art gallery at the Vatican Library.
Pope Francis on Thursday appointed Franciscan Sister Raffaella Petrini to the second-ranking position in the government of the Vatican City State.
The pope continued his catechetical cycle on St. Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians.
The condition affects an estimated 280 million people worldwide.
An estimated 112 million children work in agricultural settings.
The pope said he had hoped to attend the meeting, but it ‘was not possible.’
He made the remark in a new book preface.
Pope Francis gave a special Angelus address for the Catholic feast of All Saints’ Day.
He made the appeal in his Angelus address.
Fr. Michael Nazir-Ali was ordained at a Mass at an ordinariate church in London.