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The restructuring is the latest step in Pope Francis' ongoing reform of the Roman Curia.
The Foyers de Charité movement was founded by Marthe Robin and Father Georges Finet.
He said he hoped that 2024 would see an outpouring of prayer.
Pius XII made a landmark radio broadcast on Feb. 10, 1952.
He said that the ethical principle ‘applies to everyone, not just Christians or believers.’
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, has organized the meeting.
His remark came on the International Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking.
He praised the example of Pius XI, elected pope 100 years ago.
When a five-year-old boy was stuck in a well in Morocco for four days, thousands of onlookers gathered to cheer on the rescue efforts.
When all your efforts feel futile and empty, Jesus wants to be close to you, Pope Francis said on Sunday.
As the 2022 Winter Olympics opened in Beijing on Friday, a Vatican official who oversees sports matters has said the Olympic and Paralympic Games are close to Pope Francis’ heart.
U.S. President Joe Biden also issued a message marking the International Day of Human Fraternity.
The sculpture will be in St. Peter's Square for the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking on February 8.
The amazed joy of Simeon and Anna at encountering and embracing Christ at the Temple is a virtue that consecrated religious should remember and imitate, the pope said in a homily addressed to religious brothers and sisters.
In a letter on Wednesday, Pope Francis commemorated the 75th anniversary of the first papal recognition of secular institutes, and encouraged the consecrated men and women involved in secular institutes to be “radical and at the same time free and creative, so as to receive from the Holy Spirit the most opportune way of living your Christian witness.”
Pope Francis prayed for the Burmese people and for the success of the upcoming Winter Olympics during his general audience on Wednesday.
The pope's prayer intention for the month of February is for religious sisters and consecrated women.
Pope Francis encouraged people to be open to the newness Jesus wants to bring in their daily lives and to cultivate the capacity to wonder.
Peter’s Pence is an annual collection to finance the pope’s charitable works and other priorities.
‘Fake news has to be refuted, but individual persons must always be respected,’ he told a Catholic fact-checking group.