Apr 28, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news, Year of Mercy
Father Christopher Seibt and Syracuse Catholic Television have teamed up on a special Year of Mercy series about the Holy Door at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse. Watch part one of the series and find links to more information below. Door...
Mar 24, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news, Year of Mercy
By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service ROME (CNS) — In a moving gesture of brotherhood and peace, Pope Francis washed the feet of several refugees, including Muslims, Hindus and Copts. Gestures, like Jesus washing the feet of his disciples,...
Mar 24, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news, Year of Mercy
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper with young refugees in Castelnuovo di Porto, about 15 miles north of Rome. “Washing the feet of the refugees,...
Jan 12, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news, Year of Mercy
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Arms flailing, the exuberant and perhaps hyperactive Italian actor and comedian Roberto Benigni described Pope Francis as a masterful minister of God’s mercy, which is always active and always on...
Jan 11, 2016 | 2016 Archives, Latest news, Year of Mercy
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being ministers of God’s mercy, church members overcome “prejudice and rigidity,” taking risks like Jesus did in order to heal and to save, Pope Francis said. In Jesus’ day,...
Dec 30, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Year of Mercy
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At the Vatican and on five continents in 2015, Pope Francis continued to encourage and demonstrate a style of evangelization that emphasizes walking with people, listening to them and showing them...
