Less than seven weeks before the start of his trip to the Holy Land, Pope Francis welcomed Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal to his residence at the Vatican for tea and conversation April 7.
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Pope: Matrimony Is Part of God’s Plan
Through the sacrament of matrimony, married couples are called to be living icons of God’s love in the world, Pope Francis said; and when they fight – and all couples do – they don’t have “to call the United Nations” but find simple words and gestures to say they are sorry.
10 Interesting Popes Who Became Saints
From St. Peter to Pope Francis, there have been 266 popes; 78 of them are recognized as saints, and that number will jump to 80 after the April 27 canonizations of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II.
Pope’s Holy Week Schedule
The following is the public Holy Week schedule for Pope Francis as released by the Vatican:
Pope’s Holy Thursday Liturgy Will Be at Rehab Center
Pope Francis will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at a Rome rehabilitation facility for the elderly and people with disabilities.
Pope and Queen Prefer To Meet ‘Informally’
In their first overseas trip in three years, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, met April 3 with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
Pope: Bishops Are Men Of Prayer, Evangelists
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis said bishops should act not like ambitious corporate executives but humble evangelists and men of prayer, willing to sacrifice everything for their flocks.
Pope – Prez Summit Goes Into Overtime
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In their first encounter, Pope Francis received U.S. President Barack Obama at the Vatican March 27 for a discussion that touched on several areas of tension between the Catholic Church and the White House, including religious freedom and medical ethics.
Will Pope Visit Philadelphia?
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia next year will be open to families and people of different faiths, including no faith at all, to engage the wider society in dialogue and to serve and strengthen all families, organizers said.
Pope Meets with Head of Ukrainian Catholic Church
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis met privately at the Vatican with the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, the day after pro-Russian voters on the Crimean peninsula voted to secede from Ukraine in a referendum the United States and European Union called illegal. While Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych, head of the Eastern-rite church […]