Total obedience to God’s will brings wisdom, joy and hope, Pope Francis told religious men and women.
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Vatican Panel to Study Alienation of Women
Violence against women, cultural pressures regarding physical appearance, and alienation of women from the Church are themes the Pontifical Council for Culture is set to explore.
CNS Produces Documentary on Second Vatican Council
The film features archival footage and exclusive interviews with prelates who attended the council sessions between its opening in 1962 and closing in 1965.
Unique Challenges for Vatican Diplomacy
The Vatican engages in bilateral diplomacy to secure the freedom of the Catholic Church to be itself in the countries with which the Holy See has, or wishes to have, diplomatic relations.
Concrete Kindness
The Vatican has announced that, in addition to the new showers being built under the colonnade at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City State, barbers in Rome on Mondays (the traditional day off for barbers) will begin offering haircuts and shaves for the homeless and those in need. Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, the Papal Almoner, will be in charge of the project, which is set to begin on Feb. 18.
Romero on Fast Track to Becoming a Saint?
A panel of theologians advising the Vatican’s Congregation for Saints’ Causes declared that the late Salvadoran archbishop had been killed “in hatred for the faith.”
New Cardinals Reflect Face of Church
Pope Francis named 15 cardinal electors “from 14 nations of every continent, showing the inseparable link between the church of Rome and the particular churches present in the world.”
Pope Likely to Visit New York
Asked if Pope Francis would visit the United Nations in New York in September, the Vatican secretary of state replied: “I think so, but no official announcement has been done. But everybody is speaking of that.”
Local Nuns Glad Vatican Investigation Is Finished
Six years after the Vatican first started its investigation into U.S. nuns who participate in apostolic ministries, it released an official response during a press conference Dec. 16. Cardinal João Bráz de Aviz prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life held a press conference to release the […]
Vatican Played Key Role in Mending US-Cuban Relations
By Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) – A not-insignificant part of the diplomatic coup pulled off by the White House and Cuban leaders Dec. 17 was that hardly anyone knew they had been working toward a reset in relations between the two neighbors and long-time antagonists. That the two nations had been negotiating in secret for […]