Pope Francis spent nearly three hours with the bishops of Chile discussing several key issues they are facing, including fighting pedophilia and evangelizing the marginalized and the suffering.
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Blessing of Farm Animals
Cardinal Angelo Comastri pets a donkey during the blessing of farm animals and Italian military horses outside Peter’s Square at the Vatican Jan. 17.
Maternal Instinct: Pope Francis Wants Church to Be a Loving Mother
A number of feast days over the Advent and Christmas seasons gave Pope Francis a fresh opportunity to pay homage to the world’s mothers and insist further on how and why he wants the entire Church to become more maternal.
Pope’s New Year Request: Do a Good Deed Daily
Whether the new year will be good or not depends on us choosing to do good each day, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for July
Each month, Pope Francis entrusts two special intentions to his worldwide prayer network, known as the Apostleship of Prayer. Here are this month’s intentions.
Vatican’s Dialogue With Religious Continues
More than a year after the conclusion of the Vatican’s apostolic visitation of U.S. communities of women religious, the Vatican began asking more than a dozen orders to send their superiors to Rome to discuss concerns that surfaced.
Pope: Most People Don’t Understand Marriage
Raising a point he has raised before, and one also raised by now-retired Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis insisted that the validity of a marriage implies that a couple understands that sacramental marriage is a bond that truly binds them to another for their entire lives.
Mary Magdalene Now Has Her Own Feast
Recognizing St. Mary Magdalene’s role as the first to witness Christ’s resurrection and as a “true and authentic evangelizer,” Pope Francis raised the July 22 memorial of St. Mary Magdalene to a feast on the Church’s liturgical calendar, the Vatican announced.
Suspects Arrested as Terror Threat Thwarted at Vatican
Italian authorities arrested six suspects who allegedly received orders from the Islamic State terrorist group to attack the Vatican and the Israeli embassy in Rome.
Vatican Suspends Outside Audit of Its Finances
Four months after announcing it had hired the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to conduct an external audit of its finances, the Vatican has suspended the work underway.