Sep 27, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Not far from where the Liberty Bell is on display, Pope Francis urged the people of the United States to continue to “proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof,” as...
Sep 26, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
On Sept. 25, Pope Francis visited the United Nations, offering remarks that called on the body to recognize and protect the dignity of all people and creation. He gathered an interreligious meeting at 9/11 Memorial & Museum at Ground Zero, where he spoke of the...
Sep 26, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Watch live as Pope Francis visits the Festival of Families and holds a prayer vigil at Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway Sept. 26, with coverage beginning at 7 p.m....
Sep 26, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — Seeing New York for the first time in his 78 years of life, Pope Francis said he knew Madison Square Garden was an important gathering place for sporting events and concerts. For him, it was transformed into a...
Sep 26, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Watch live as Pope Francis offers remarks at a meeting for religious liberty with the Hispanic community and immigrants at Philadelphia’s Independence Mall Sept. 26, with coverage beginning at 4:15 p.m....
Sep 26, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By David Agren, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — Pope Francis encouraged an audience of Catholic school students and immigrants to live with joy and dare to dream. He also highlighted the immigrant experience — in a way children could understand, comparing it to...
Sep 26, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Watch live as Pope Francis celebrates Mass with Pennsylvania’s bishops, priests, men and women religious at Philadelphia’s Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul Sept. 26, with coverage beginning at 10:30 a.m....
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Below is the full prepared text of Pope Francis’ Sept. 25 address at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, provided by the Holy See Press Office. Ground Zero Memorial Interreligious encounter Official translation Dear Friends, I feel many different emotions standing here at...
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — Honoring both the pain and the strength of the families of those who died at the World Trade Center on 9/11 and drawing on the pools of water that are part of the site’s memorial, Pope Francis spoke about...
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — Dealing with war, development, the economy or environmental concerns, bureaucrats and diplomats always must remember that the lives of real children, women and men are at stake, Pope Francis told the United...
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
The official prepared text of Pope Francis’ Sept. 25 address to the General Assembly of the United Nations is below, provided by the Holy See Press Office. Headquarters of the United Nations Address to the United Nations General Assembly Official translation Mr...
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Renee K. Gadoua, Contributing writer PHILADELPHIA — On the last Sunday in August a handful of workers labored in the hot sun outside the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul, creating a 10-foot tall wooden structure that resembles a bee hive. They were building...
Oct 1, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Papal visit
Fathers Tim Taugher, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Binghamton, and Fred Daley, pastor of All Saints Parish in Syracuse, were among the thousands of people who filled Independence Mall in Philadelphia Sept. 26, waiting to hear Pope Francis speak about human...
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Yesterday, Pope Francis addressed Congress with a powerful speech calling for justice, liberty, life and peace for all. He then made a visit to DC’s St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and met with homeless people who are served by Catholic Charities there. Traveling...
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Watch live as Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Madison Square Garden Sept. 25, with coverage beginning at 5:30...
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Watch live as Pope Francis visits Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Elementary School in East Harlem and meets with children and immigrant families Sept. 25, with coverage beginning at 3:50...
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Watch live as Pope Francis holds an interreligious meeting at the Ground Zero 9/11 Memorial in New York City Sept. 25, with coverage beginning at 11:20...
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
Watch live as Pope Francis visits the headquarters of the United Nations Sept. 25, with coverage beginning at 8:30 a.m....
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — During an evening prayer service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Pope Francis thanked the nation’s priests, brothers and women religious for their service and gave particular thanks to...
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis made a previously unannounced 15-minute stop Sept. 23 at a Washington residence operated by the Little Sisters of the Poor, where he met with about 45 sisters. Sister Constance Veit, communications director for...
Sep 25, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — “We can find no social or moral justification, no justification, no justification whatsoever, for lack of housing,” Pope Francis told an audience of about 200 clients of Catholic Charities gathered...
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...
