Day: May 6, 2022

Cardinal Parolin Extends Vatican’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Andreas Solaro A new Swiss Guard returns to his place after his swearing-in during a ceremony for new recruits of the Pontifical Swiss Guard on Friday in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. The restrictions were extended to the end of May, according to a decree from the Vatican’s secretary of state.

Heaven, hell and a baptism in the NICU

I did not expect that the first time I administered the sacrament of baptism would be at 2 a.m. in a hospital. And I could not have guessed it to have happened at the intersection of my vocations as both a Jesuit and a nurse.

Pope Francis: ‘Barbarity of war’ should inspire new push for Christian unity

Pope Francis said on Friday that the “barbarity of war” should inspire a new push for Christian unity. The pope made the comment in an address to members of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity on May 6, the 72nd day of the Russia-Ukraine war. The conflict between the two predominantly Orthodox Christian nations has tested relations between the Vatican […]

Pope Francis encourages new Swiss Guard recruits ‘to grow as Christians’

Pope Francis on Friday encouraged 36 new recruits of the Pontifical Swiss Guard to “grow as Christians” during their service in Rome. The pope, who currently uses a wheelchair due to a knee condition, met with the new candidates for the world’s smallest but oldest standing army on May 6, the day of their swearing-in ceremony. He said: […]

Russia’s war meant to eliminate Ukrainian people, archbishop says

The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said Russia’s reasons for attacking Ukraine are nothing more than an excuse to justify its ultimate goal of wiping out the country and its people. Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych said that although Russian President Vladimir Putin has said “demilitarization and denazification” are the primary reasons for invading […]

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

NEW YORK (CNS) — The award for the most appropriate film title of 2022 goes to “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (Disney). Truly, this is a maddening, multidimensional, decidedly strange, yet typically “Marvel”-ous movie based on the comic book series. Taken at face value, this is your basic popcorn film, designed as grand […]