“For us Christians. the future has a name and this name is hope”, Francis encourages participants in Festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church in Verona, Italy
In message to Passionists for 300th anniversary, Francis warns “human manipulation” to blame for “worrying… pain and decay” of natural world
In major joint message. EU prelates urge policymakers “to build up a different model of economy and society” in wake of pandemic
“In this hour in our country, our neighbors need the Church more than ever. Now is the hour for Christian witness”, stresses Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles
Francis mourns for victims of the coronavirus “who have died alone, without the caress of their loved ones, and for those who have given their lives serving the sick”
“Are we going to be a nation centred on the Gospel of love and on a message of caring for the poor and marginalised? Or are we going to be a nation centred on fear?”
In his new encyclical Fratelli tutti, released Sunday, Pope Francis has set out his vision for a new world order post-COVID-19 beyond nationalism and capitalism.
Amid the confusion of voices and messages that surround us, a Christian journalist is called to be a new witness to the truth, Pope Francis said Friday.
Larry Duffy, the Bishop of Clogher, has written a pastoral letter to all the people of the diocese and to all people of goodwill concerning the Season of Creation which is being marked throughout the month of September, concluding on 4 October – the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has conveyed Pope Francis’ warmest greetings to Bishop Francesco Lambasi of Rimini, Italy, on the occasion of the opening of the Meeting for Friendship between Peoples.
The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, hit out this Sunday at the “narrowness and bitterness” of Catholics who confuse zeal for defending the Church with intolerance and disrespect.
At the Angelus today on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, Pope Francis recalled that “God looks on the…