Vatican: Pope Francis’ ‘White Flag’ Remark a Call for Negotiations, Not Ukraine’s Surrender
Daniel Ibañez/CNA Pope Francis presides over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish in Rome on March 8, 2024. The Holy Father made the remark during an interview recorded last month with Swiss broadcaster RSI.
Vatican: Pope Francis’ ‘white flag’ remark a call for negotiations, not Ukraine’s surrender
Pope Francis presides over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish in Rome on March 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 9, 2024 / 18:34 pm (CNA). The Vatican on Saturday said Pope Francis did not mean to suggest that Ukraine ought to surrender to Russia when he referred to […]
Pope Francis: Ukraine should have courage of the ‘white flag,’ negotiate end of war with Russia
Pope Francis said in an interview that Ukraine, facing a possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and not be ashamed to sit at the same table to carry out peace talks.
For ‘Fishers of Men,’ the Parish Fish Fry Is a Good Place to Let Down Our Nets
Marie-Lan Nguyen The third-century funerary stele of Licinia Amias, found near the Vatican in Rome, is one of the oldest Christian inscriptions in existence. It’s frustrating that more people seem to attend our Lenten fish fry than Sunday Mass, but the Lord can do great things with patient and trusting fishermen.
‘Pope asks for the courage to negotiate for Ukraine’
The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, responds to journalists regarding Pope Francis’ statements in an interview with a Swiss TV station, saying “the Pope picked up the image of the white flag, proposed by the interviewer, to indicate a cessation of hostilities, a truce reached with the courage of negotiation. His […]
The voices of women can help the Church embrace its synodal identity.
An international conference dedicated to African women theologians and synodality has opened in Nairobi, Kenya. Read all
Pope Francis appoints UCLA astrophysicist to Pontifical Academy of Sciences
CNA—Pope Francis has appointed a California-based astrophysicist to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Vatican announced Friday. The Holy Father nominated Andrea Mia Ghez as an ordinary member of the Vatican City-based academy. Black Holes Ghez’s website says she is “best known for her groundbreaking work on the center of our galaxy, which has led to… […]
Court rules Christian nonprofit does not have to cover gender transition
CNA—In a “resounding victory” for religious freedom, a court in North Dakota ruled this week that the federal government cannot compel religious employers and health care providers to pay for or perform “gender transition” procedures that go against their religious beliefs. The North Dakota District Court found that the religious beliefs of Christian Employers Alliance… […]
Megyn Kelly regrets former support for transgender ideology, interviews detransitioner
Megyn Kelly said, ‘I realize now I was part of this problem. My heart was in the right place. I wasn’t trying to push anything bad on kids. I thought I was being supportive of them. I thought I was promoting anti-bullying.’
Irish government: Voters keep motherhood, traditional family in constitution
CNA—Voters in Ireland appear to have voted to preserve the country’s constitutional recognition of the central role of the traditional family founded on marriage as well as the societal value of women within the home, rejecting a pair of referendums held March 8, pro-referendum government leaders conceded Saturday. “It does look like a ‘no’ vote… […]