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, The Catholic GlobeTrotter, WMF
Hello from Philadelphia, and from these Solar Popes! Great pope swag to be found here in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection these days. The World Meeting of Families closed today, ending the first leg of this pilgrimage for us here from the Sun, the...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, 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, 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, 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...
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM CUBA (CNS) — Pope Francis defended his position on the economy, the environment and other social issues as faithful repetitions of the basic Catholic social doctrine. Speaking to reporters flying with...
Sep 22, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
Updated: Watch video of Pope Francis landing at Andrews Air Force Base and being greeted by President Barack Obama and his family and Vice President Joe Biden and his family Sept....
Sep 19, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
Pope Francis has a packed schedule for his apostolic visit to Cuba and the U.S. September 19 to 27. Find all the details below. PAPAL SCHEDULE Saturday, Sept. 19: Rome, Havana • 10:15 a.m. (4:15 a.m. EDT): Departure from Rome’s Fiumicino airport for...
Sep 18, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
Here’s a quick look at the stories making headlines today – Pope Francis Visit Edition! Practical Where can I find coverage of Pope Francis’ visit? Where can you watch, read about, see pictures of or find posts about Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. and Cuba?...
Sep 18, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
Where can you watch, read about, see pictures of or find posts about Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. and Cuba? Right here! The Catholic Sun, the Diocesan Office of Communications, and Syracuse Catholic Television will bring you daily updates from the World...
Sep 16, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
By Lou Baldwin, Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Rick and Bernadette Bowes and their children — Matthew, Riley and Gabrielle — got quite the surprise Sept. 13 at their parish church: They learned they’ll get to meet Pope Francis. When he alights from...
