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St. Peter’s Basilica, seen through the Vatican’s Christmas tree. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Pope Francis Creates New Foundation Promoting Principles of "Fratelli tutti"

Dec 15, 2021

The new body will foster spirituality, art, formation, and dialogue in the environs of St. Peter’s Basilica

Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Dec. 15, 2021. Vatican Media.

Learn from St. Joseph to Cultivate Silence: Pope Francis at Wednesday General Audience

Dec 15, 2021

The pope appealed for prayers for Haiti at his general audience.

Pope Francis prays before the Salus Populi Romani icon in Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major Dec. 8, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. null

Pope Francis Appoints Commissioner to Oversee Rome 1basilica’s Financial Assets

Dec 15, 2021

St. Mary Major is one of four papal major basilicas in Rome.

Bishop Xavier Novell Gomà, Bishop Emeritus of Solsona. Conferencia Episcopal Española via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Diocese Announces Sanctions on Spanish Bishop Who Attempted Marriage

Dec 15, 2021

The apostolic administrator of Solsona announced Saturday that the diocese’s former bishop, Xavier Novell i Gomà, had incurred suspension when he attempted marriage last month.

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica Dec. 24, 2018. Vatican Media.

Christmas at the Vatican: Here are the Liturgies Pope Francis Will Celebrate This Year

Dec 14, 2021

The Vatican has published Pope Francis’ Christmas schedule for this year.

Archbishop Arthur Roche at a Vatican press conference on Feb. 10, 2015. Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Vatican Liturgy Office Issues Guidelines for Catechist Ministry

Dec 13, 2021

Pope Francis created the instituted lay ministry of catechist in May.

A stained glass window depicting Blessed Marie Rivier in the motherhouse of Sisters of the Presentation of Mary in France. Public domain

Pope Francis Approves Miracle Attributed to a French Nun Who Will Be Made a Saint

Dec 13, 2021

The miracle attributed to Rivier, who can now be canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church, involved the healing of a newborn baby in the Philippines in 2015.

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Dec. 12, 2021. Vatican Media.

"May Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego teach us how to always walk together": Pope

Dec 12, 2021

The pope looked ahead to the Jubilee of Guadalupe in 2031.

Pope Francis meets members of the Union of Italian Catholic Jurists at the Vatican’s Benediction Hall, Dec. 10, 2021. Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Urges Catholic Jurists to "protect the rights of the weakest"

Dec 12, 2021

The pope said that society ‘systematically excludes those without a voice.’

Pope Francis meets participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Dec. 11, 2021. Vatican Media.

Look Out for "self-referential" Founders Who Put Themselves "above the Church": Pope

Dec 11, 2021

He was speaking to members of the Vatican department overseeing consecrated life.

Our Lady of Guadalupe. Sacred Heart Cathedral Knoxville via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Why is Our Lady of Guadalupe Patroness of the Unborn?

Dec 11, 2021

Our Lady of Guadalupe is not only considered the patroness of the Americas, but also of the unborn. Here’s why. 

Pope Francis meets a delegation of people who donated the Christmas tree and the nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square and the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Dec. 10, 2021. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Avoid "fake Christmas" of Commercialism by Reflecting on God’s Closeness: Pope Francis

Dec 10, 2021

The Vatican’s 2021 nativity scene was unveiled in St. Peter’s Square.

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Pope Francis to Young Addicts: Do Not Be Afraid of Your Suffering

Dec 9, 2021

Pope Francis has encouraged young people suffering from addiction to take an honest look at their suffering, and courageously to invite Christ into their lives.

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Dec. 8, 2021. Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Hails "the beauty of Mary’s heart" on Immaculate Conception Solemnity

Dec 8, 2021

The pope leads the Angelus prayer on Marian solemnities, as well as Sundays.

The Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, the seat of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Jim McIntosh via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0).

Pope Francis Updates Norms on Crimes Judged by Vatican’s Doctrinal Office

Dec 7, 2021

The norms address the delicts of schism, sacramental desecration, and abuse of minors

Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference on the journey from Athens to Rome, Dec. 6, 2021. Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Says He Accepted Paris Archbishop’s Resignation "on the altar of hypocrisy"

Dec 6, 2021

The pope accepted Archbishop Michel Aupetit’s resignation on Dec. 2.

Pope Francis meets with young people at St. Dionysius School of the Ursuline Sisters in Maroussi, Athens, Dec. 6, 2021. Vatican Media.

Don’t be "prisoners of the cell phone": Pope Francis to Youth

Dec 6, 2021

The pope’s address concluded his three-day visit to Greece.

Pope Francis visits the Mavrovouni refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Dec. 5, 2021. Vatican Media

Pope Francis Calls Migrant Crisis a "shipwreck of civilization" during Refugee Camp Visit

Dec 5, 2021

Pope Francis visited the Mavrovouni migrant reception and identification center located along the shore of the island of Lesbos,

Grace and Daniel have been stuck in Cyprus' buffer zone for more than six months after they fled Cameroon. Alexey Gotovskiy/EWTN

Two Cameroonian Christians among Migrants Pope Francis is Helping to Bring to Italy

Dec 4, 2021

As a sign of Pope Francis’ concern for migrants, the Vatican has announced that it is helping to arrange the transfer of refugees from Cyprus to Italy, among them, two Christians who fled the Central African nation of Cameroon.

Pope Francis addresses a meeting with authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Greece, Dec. 3, 2021. Vatican Media.

Pope Francis Decries Global "retreat from democracy" in Athens speech

Dec 4, 2021

The pope arrived in Greece after a two-day visit to Cyprus.