Jan 18, 2021 | Pope Francis & Vatican
“Each one of God’s calls is an initiative of his love,” the pope said Jan. 17 before reciting the Angelus prayer. “God calls to life, he calls to faith and he calls to a particular state in life: ‘I want you here.'”
Jan 14, 2021 | Pope Francis & Vatican
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 after the Vatican started vaccinating its employees and residents Jan. 13. Matteo Bruni,...
Jan 6, 2021 | Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At the beginning of a year people hope will mark the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis urged people to create a “culture of care,” including by sharing the gift of their time with...
Dec 2, 2020 | Pope Francis & Vatican
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — One by one 11 senior churchmen, including two U.S. citizens — Cardinals Wilton D. Gregory of Washington and Silvano M. Tomasi, a former Vatican diplomat — knelt before Pope Francis to...
Nov 23, 2020 | Pope Francis & Vatican
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A delegation representing the National Basketball Players Association, a union representing professional athletes from the NBA, met with Pope Francis and spoke with him about their work in...
Nov 10, 2020 | Pope Francis & Vatican
Although dogged for years by rumors of sexual impropriety, Theodore E. McCarrick was able to rise up the Catholic hierarchical structure based on personal contacts, protestations of his innocence, and a lack of church officials reporting and investigating accusations, according to the Vatican summary of its report on the matter.
