VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Taking the chef completely by surprise, Pope Francis unexpectedly showed up to eat with the Vatican’s blue collar workers at their cafeteria in the tiny city-state’s “industrial park.”
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Freed Sudanese Woman Gets to Meet the Pope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Meeting a Sudanese woman who risked execution for not renouncing her Catholic faith, Pope Francis thanked Meriam Ibrahim for her steadfast witness to Christ.
100 Years Ago – Destructive Self-Interest Led to The Outbreak of World War I
BERLIN (CNS) – As the world marks the 100th anniversary of World War I, Germany’s Catholic bishops urged efforts to overcome “destructive self-interest” and acknowledged the shared guilt of churches for the conflict, which left 16 million dead.
What Church Can Do For Children at Border
Many people are asking their churches and dioceses what they can do to help children crossing the border.
Fiddler in Douglaston Is a Show with a Cause
Usually the singing heard at the Immaculate Conception Center (ICC) in Douglaston comes during Mass in the chapel or when seminarians living there practice their hymns.
Theology of the Body Congress Draws Youth
More than 700 people – many of them young people – from 40 states and 12 countries gathered in Philadelphia from July 9 to 11 for the International Theology of the Body Congress.
Pope Seeks Emergency Aid for Migrant Children
MEXICO CITY (CNS) – The Vatican’s secretary of state pledged full support for addressing the issue of child migrants streaming out of Central America in search of safety and family reunification in the U.S.
The Pope Had a Headache
“I hoped it would pass,” he said in a video message. “I really wanted my meeting with you, but as you well know, we are not the masters of our lives and cannot do everything we want.”
Vatican Tries to Explain Priorities of Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican said the latest published interview with Pope Francis, in which he says fighting sex abuse and the mafia will be priorities of his pontificate, should not be considered a record of his exact words.
Vatican Has New Voice At the United Nations
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis named a Filipino archbishop, who helped lead and rebuild the church in Haiti after its devastating earthquake, as the Vatican representative at the U.N. in New York.