Sep 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — One wants to ask Pope Francis what it’s like to live with one lung. Another wants to know what kind of cellphone he has and since he’s so humble, he probably has a flip phone, he suspects. Kids from...
Sep 28, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — As the American Airlines plane taking him to Rome from Philadelphia took off, Pope Francis said he pictured the faces of all the people he met, and he prayed for them. At the end...
Sep 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — To honor the imminent arrival of Pope Francis in New York, the city’s mayor and Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan announced Sept. 23 that the Archdiocese of New York would provide housing and social services for up to 150...
Sep 27, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Papal visit, The Catholic GlobeTrotter, WMF
Pope Francis is now in the air, flying home to Italy after a stunning, sweeping tour of Cuba and America. He’s leaving behind a place and a people changed by his visit. In my casual conversations and scrolls through Facebook, everyone — everyone — is talking...
Sep 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Papal visit, The Catholic GlobeTrotter
Congressman John Katko (R-NY 24) was among those Pope Francis addressed in the House chamber this morning in a powerful, wide-ranging and history-making speech to a joint meeting of Congress. The Holy Father urged the body toward working for the common good, drawing...
Sep 27, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — While pilgrims in Philadelphia put up with a long weekend of lines and security checks at the papal venues, the pope reached out to a group of people whose lives are lines and security checks for years at a...
Sep 27, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Pope Francis urged the hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families to serve and care for each other as freely as God loves the human family. The pope...
Sep 27, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
Watch live as Pope Francis visits with prisoners at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility Sept. 27 ....
Sep 27, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
On Saturday, Pope Francis arrived at Philadelphia’s International Airport, then celebrated Mass with Pennsylvania’s bishops, priests, men and women religious at Philadelphia’s Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul. He spoke at a meeting for religious liberty with...
Sep 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
The original, prepared text of Pope Francis’ address to Congress Sept. 24 appears below. Mr. Vice-President, Mr. Speaker, Honorable Members of Congress, Dear Friends, I am most grateful for your invitation to address this Joint Session of Congress in “the...
Sep 27, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Pope Francis encouraged Pennsylvania’s Catholic clergy and women and men religious to challenge young people to develop “high ideals, generosity of spirit and love for Christ and the...
Sep 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The past, the promise and the potential of the United States must not be smothered by bickering and even hatred at a time when the U.S. people and indeed the world need a helping hand, Pope Francis told the...
Sep 27, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By David Sedeno, Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Pope Francis met with a group of victims of sexual abuse Sept. 27 and later told bishops that he was overwhelmed by a sense of embarrassment and was committed to holding accountable those who harmed...
Sep 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Bishop Robert J. Cunningham was among the U.S. bishops who met Pope Francis in the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle Sept. 23, after the Holy Father offered midday prayer. Due to time constraints, Pope Francis was not able to personally greet all of the nearly 300...
Sep 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Pope Francis was officially welcomed by President Barack Obama on the South Lawn of the White House Sept. 23. Pope Francis delivered his remarks in English, speaking about justice, mercy and liberty. The president and the pontiff had a private meeting before Pope...
Sep 27, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, The Catholic GlobeTrotter, WMF
Today was magical. There’s really no other word for it. Thanks to the generosity of Chris Mominey — former superintendent of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Syracuse and currently the secretary of Catholic education for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia — I was...
Sep 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Watch live as Pope Francis celebrates vespers with priests, men and women religious in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, beginning at 6:45 p.m. Sept. 24....
Sep 27, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Laura Ieraci, Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Pope Francis threw away a prepared text and, to the delight of tens of thousands of people on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, spoke from the heart about the challenges and love that come with being part of a...
Sep 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Watch live beginning at 11:15 a.m. Sept. 24 as Pope Francis visits St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Washington, DC, and meets with people who are homeless served by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of...
Sep 24, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Papal visit
Below is the official translation of the homily Pope Francis delivered at the Mass of Canonization of Junípero Serra at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Sept. 23, 2015. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Holy...
Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Canonizing the 18th-century Spanish missionary, Blessed Junipero Serra, Pope Francis insisted a person’s faith is alive only when it is shared. Celebrating a late afternoon Mass outside the Basilica of...
Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Pope Francis will address a joint meeting of Congress Sept. 24, the first time a pontiff has addressed the body. The address will be delivered in the House chamber and broadcast live on screens set up on the West Front of the Capitol, as well as on TVs and computers...
Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Watch live as Pope Francis addresses a joint session of Congress, beginning at 9:10 a.m. Sept....
Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, The Catholic GlobeTrotter
Father Christopher Seibt, parochial vicar of St. Rose of Lima Church in North Syracuse, sent dispatches from Washington, DC, Sept. 21 to 24 as he he helped to MC the papal Mass there Sept. 23. Father Seibt gave us an inside look at the preparations and what it’s like...
Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Acknowledging the real challenges and burdens the U.S. bishops face in their ministry, Pope Francis shared with them his own experience as a pastor and urged them to keep their eyes focused on Jesus and their...
Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, WMF
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis introduced himself to President Barack Obama and all people of the United States as a “son of an immigrant family” arriving in the United States for the first time to learn from others...
Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Pope Francis offered remarks (in remarkable English) at the White House this morning, touching on issues of the environment, global cooperation to care for the vulnerable, and the importance of religious liberty. Stay tuned for more coverage, and follow along...
Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Nancy Wiechec and Patricia Zapor, Catholic News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS) — People with ties to the California mission system see the canonization of its founder as a moment for reflection and reconciliation with native people. “The canonization of...
Sep 23, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
Pope Francis landed in the U.S. Sept. 22, beginning his first-ever visit to the country. After a welcome by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at Joint Base Andrews outside DC, the Holy Father motored off in a Fiat, much to the delight of everyone. So...
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
Watch live at 4:15 p.m. Sept. 23 as Pope Francis celebrates Mass and canonizes Blessed Junipero Serra in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception....
