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, 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....
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
Watch live at 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 23 as Pope Francis offers midday prayer with U.S. bishops and remarks in the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, DC....
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
Watch live as Pope Francis is welcomed at the White House and offers remarks....
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service SANTIAGO, Cuba (CNS) — In one of the calmer, more intimate moments of his visit to Cuba, Pope Francis and the country’s bishops offered special prayers to Cuba’s patroness, Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre. The prayer...
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service HOLGUIN, Cuba (CNS) — The scene would have been unimaginable a few years ago: A Catholic Mass in Holguin’s Revolution Plaza, where May Day parades and other patriotic events exalting the Cuban Revolution take place. But on...
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By David Agren, Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY (CNS) — Peasant farmer Emiliano Navarrete lost his son one year ago, in an attack on 43 teacher trainees in southern Guerrero state. He still holds out hope that his son, Jose Angel Navarrete, 18, and his classmates...
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service HOLGUIN, Cuba (CNS) — Celebrating the feast of St. Matthew, a day he considers a turning point in his own journey of faith, Pope Francis told thousands of Cubans that Jesus knows who they really are and calls them to walk with...
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service HAVANA (CNS) — In a hot and steamy cathedral after listening to a Daughter of Charity talk about her work with people with severe disabilities, Pope Francis set aside his prepared homily and spoke about serving those the world...
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Despite repeated questions from journalists on what Pope Francis will say to President Barack Obama, a joint meeting of Congress and the United Nations on any range of potential subjects, Vatican spokesman...
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Julie Asher, Catholic News Service JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (CNS) — Even the red carpet had a rehearsal for the pope’s arrival. As Washington waited for Pope Francis to arrive Sept. 22, the media took their places on the riser at Joint Base Andrews, an armed...
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Catholic News Service JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (CNS) — Pope Francis arrived in the United States the late afternoon of Sept. 22 to begin his first apostolic journey as pontiff. His plane, an Alitalia jetliner, touched down at Joint Base Andrews near Washington at...
