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The Pontifical Academy for Life’s new document last month on “artificial nutrition and hydration” has some observers concerned.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin is expressing concerns about Ukraine’s recent military advances inside Russian territory, warning the actions could further escalate the war.
“It seems tautological to send a message of hope to people who are masters of waiting,” Francis said. “The Chinese are masters of patience, masters of waiting.”
Francis’ reflections marked his fifth catechesis on the theme “The Spirit and the Bride: The Holy Spirit Guides the People of God toward Jesus Our Hope.”
On July 31, Giuseppe Pignatone was summoned to testify in court in Sicily for alleged complicity and cover-up of the Mafia organization La Cosa Nostra.
A shower of white rose petals fell from the basilica’s ceiling symbolizing the miracle promised by Our Lady.
“Material things do not give fullness to life,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday. “They are important but they do not fill life. Only love can do that.”
Reading, the pope insists, should not be approached with an arduous or rigid “sense of duty,” but rather with a flexibility, openness, and “readiness to learn.”
Following the Gospel reading from Matthew, the Holy Father reflected on how, with Jesus, they too can overcome fears and doubts amid life’s difficulties.
About 37.9 million euros ($41 million), which accounts for 82.6% of the total profit generated, will go toward supporting the work of the Roman Curia.
Posted Friday, the poll asked: “Do you believe that synodality as a path of conversion and reform can enhance the mission and participation of all the baptized?”
At his weekly Angelus, the pope told Catholics to beware of “the dictatorship of doing.”
A statement said the Holy See expressed “concern about last night’s episode of violence, which wounds people and democracy, causing suffering and death.”
Pope Francis addressed the problems of materialism in his Angelus reflection in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
“Without tangible changes, the vision of a synodal Church will not be credible,” the Instrumentum Laboris, or “working tool,” says.
In the face of a sometimes “anesthetized,” consumerist society, we must recall the “scandal” of our Christian faith — that God became man and dwells in each of us, especially the weakest, Pope Francis said in the northern Italian city of Trieste on Sunday.
Pope Francis on Sunday urged Catholics to share their faith in the public square and to combat political polarization by supporting person-centered democracy.
The pope addressed thousands gathered within St. Peter’s Basilica amid renovation projects in preparation for the upcoming 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope.
The Holy Spirit “guides us and calls us to conversion,” Francis said, “to a change in lifestyle in order to resist the degradation of our environment.”
“We need to make a transition toward a sustainable development model that reduces greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere,” a new motu proprio reads.