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Pope Francis. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope: Catholic Entrepreneurs Must Live out Church’s Social Teaching

Dec 2, 2019

Catholic business owners have both a grave responsibility and an opportunity to promote the Church’s social teaching in a difficult atmosphere, Pope Francis told young entrepreneurs Monday.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Basilica Dec. 1, 2019. Credit: Vatican Media.

Advent advice from Pope Francis: Choose prayer and charity over consumerism 

Dec 1, 2019

This Advent, choose prayer and charity over consumerism, Pope Francis said Sunday in his first Mass of the liturgical year.

Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I in Greece, April 16, 2016. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Voices Commitment to Full Communion with Orthodox

Nov 30, 2019

Marking the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, Pope Francis sent a message to Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople on Saturday, voicing his desire for full communion between the Catholic and Orthodox.

Pope Francis advises Roman Rota formation course Nov. 30, 2019. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA.

Pope Francis: The Church Seeks Truth and Healing for Wounded Marriages

Nov 30, 2019

Pope Francis said Saturday that the Church suffers with couples who are in a “wounded marriage,” and seeks their healing in truth.

Pope Francis at the Caritas Citadel of Charity in Rome. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Visits a Local Charity in Rome with a Message of Solidarity

Nov 30, 2019

In a visit to Rome’s Caritas center Friday, Pope Francis emphasized the shared experience of vulnerability among Christ and the poor.

Pope Francis greets Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria, who as prefect of the CDF, leads the International Theological Commission. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Francis: Synodality is what the Lord expects of the Church

Nov 29, 2019

Pope Francis told the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s theological commission Friday that synodality will be key for the Church in the future.

Pope Francis during an in flight press conference on the papal plane, Nov. 26, 2019. Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

On papal flight, Pope Francis talks Vatican financial scandal

Nov 26, 2019

Although investigators are looking into a controversial Vatican investment in a luxury London property development, whether the deal was corrupt is still an open question, Pope Francis said Tuesday.

Pope Francis speaks aboard a Nov. 26 flight from Tokyo to Rome. Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Papal press conference ponders peace

Nov 26, 2019

Pope Francis reemphasized opposition to nuclear weapons, the global arms trade, and capital punishment on the plane ride back to Rome following his apostolic visit to Japan and Thailand.

Newly appointed Archbishop-elect for Togo's Lome Archdiocese, Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan

Togo’s Lome and DR Congo’s Mbandaka-Bikoro Archdioceses Get New Shepherds

Nov 26, 2019

In two separate appointments released Saturday, November 23, Pope Francis named Togolese Bishop Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan the new Archbishop of Lomé, Togo and Bishop Ernest Ngboko Ngombe, the new Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo).

Fr. Fabián Pedacchio Leaniz.  CNA file photo.

Pope's Personal Secretary Will Return to Vatican Congregation for Bishops

Nov 25, 2019

The personal secretary to Pope Francis will leave his position in December, after nearly seven years of service to the pope.

Pope Francis speaks at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan. Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA.

Pope Francis in Hiroshima: 'Never again war'

Nov 24, 2019

Pope Francis prayed for peace Sunday at the site of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, where he called for an end to war and the threat of nuclear weapons.

Pope Francis greets Japanese Catholics at Mass in Nagasaki, Japan Nov. 24, 2019. Credit: Vatican Media

Be Witnesses of Hope in the Face of Evil, Francis Urges Catholics in Nagasaki

Nov 24, 2019

On the Feast of Christ the King Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to not be indifferent to evil, but to bear witness to hope and to the kingdom of God still to come.

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square June 17, 2015. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Pope Francis Lands in Japan, Where He Once Hoped to be a Missionary

Nov 23, 2019

In a meeting with bishops in Tokyo Saturday, Pope Francis recalled his former desire to be a missionary to Japan, praising those who carried the faith there before him.

Pope Francis at the Cathedral of the Assumption Nov. 22, 2019. Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA.

Pope Francis in Thailand: Friendship with Jesus lights your path

Nov 22, 2019

Pope Francis told young people in Thailand Friday that the secret to happiness is to be deeply rooted in faith in Jesus Christ.

A young boy waves a Thai flag before Mass with Pope Francis in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA.

Pope calls Catholics in Thailand to follow in footsteps of early missionaries

Nov 21, 2019

Thailand’s first Christian missionaries set out feeling the absence of the Thai people from their lives and wanted to share everything they knew about God’s love, Pope Francis told the country’s Catholics during Mass on Thursday.

Pope Francis addresses medical personnel at St. Louis Catholic Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand Nov. 21, 2019. Credit: Vatican Media

Merciful care should affirm the dignity of the sick, pope tells Catholic hospital in Thailand

Nov 21, 2019

The dignity of the human person can be recognized and affirmed through loving medical care to the sick and injured, Pope Francis told the staff of St. Louis Catholic Hospital in Bangkok Thursday.

Pope Francis is welcomed to the United Arab Emirates by Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, at the presidential palace, Feb. 4, 2019. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Make Joint Commitment to Improving Health of the Poor

Nov 19, 2019

In a joint statement signed Monday, Pope Francis and Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, committed to helping improve the health of those who live in impoverished communities.

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Bureaucratic “pastoral dynamics” a Threat to Church’s Mission in Africa, A Reflection

Nov 17, 2019

As the Church in Africa continues to be missionary to itself by having clergy and religious men and women crossing diocesan and national ecclesiastical borders to evangelize following the 1969 encouragement of Pope Saint Paul VI to the people of God in Africa, a missionary serving on the continent has cautioned that the tendency of pastoral agents to enjoy a system of administration that obliges the laity to find them in offices rather than mutual interactions seems to hinder effective evangelization.

Mass for the World Day of the Poor in St. Peter's Basilica. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Francis: The Poor, Unborn, and Elderly are Neglected in the Frenzy of Modern Life

Nov 17, 2019

On the World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis said that the poor and most vulnerable can be left behind in the frenetic haste and self-centeredness of the modern world.

Pope Francis meets staff of the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life Nov. 16, 2019. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Francis: Women’s Voices are Needed in Vatican Leadership

Nov 16, 2019

Pope Francis said Saturday that more women are needed in positions of leadership in the Vatican.