Pope Francis: Sorrow is An ‘Ailment of the Soul’
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. The Holy Father made his reflections speaking to the faithful gathered in the Paul VI Audience Hall.
Pope Francis: Sorrow is an ‘ailment of the soul’
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 7, 2024 / 09:17 am (CNA). Pope Francis continued his general audience catechetic… […]
Raising Catholic kids: New study suggests what successful parents have in common
null / Credit: Aquarius Studio/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Feb 7, 2024 / 09:45 am (CNA). At or near the top of almost any Catholic parent’s list of things they want for their children is for them to continue practicing their Catholic faith into adu… […]
The remarkable life and papacy of Blessed Pope Pius IX
When Pope Pius IX declared the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary on Dec. 8, 1854, he had a golden crown added to the mosaic of Mary, Virgin Immaculate, in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 7, 2024 / 10:30 am […]
Jesus told us how we would be judged. Will our treatment of migrants pass the test?
Included in the list of actions against which our lives will be judged is: Did we welcome Jesus when he was a stranger?
More Christians charged, harassed in India under anti-conversion laws
In the latest signs of what critics have long described as a deteriorating climate for religious minorities in India under a Hindu nationalist government, several Protestants, including two American nationals, and a Catholic priest have been arrested in separate incidents under the country’s controversial anti-conversion laws. In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, Father Dominic […]
Pope in regular contact with Gaza pastor, Jerusalem patriarch (Vatican News)
Pope Francis has been in regular telephone contact with Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of the only Catholic parish in Gaza, the Vatican has revealed. The Pontiff also has spoken with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin-rite Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem, to express his support and to hear reports about the situation in the war-torn Holy […]
Pope sees ‘hypocrisy’ in opposition to Fiducia Supplicans (Reuters)
In a new interview, Pope Francis says that criticism of Fiducia Supplicans reflects hypocrisy. In an interview with the Italian weekly Credere the Pope says: Nobody is scandalized if I give the blessing to a businessman who perhaps exploits people: and this is a very serious sin. But they are scandalized if I give [a […]
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7 February: Bl. Pius IX, Pope – and a ramble
The Martyrologium Romanum has this entry for 7 February: 16*. Romae, beati Pii papae Noni, qui, veritatem Christi, cui ab imo adhaesit, plane proclamans, multas instituit sedes episcopales, cultum beatae Mariae Virginis promovit et Concilium OEcumenicum Vaticanum Primum ascivit. You … Read More →