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Pope Francis gives a blessing to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his general audience on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Tells faithful: Learn Some of the Psalms by Heart

Jun 19, 2024

“It is necessary to make the Psalms our prayer,” the pope said at his general audience in an overcast but hot and muggy St. Peter’s Square on June 19.

Pope Francis greets members of the international Catholic movement Communion and Liberation in St. Peter's Square Oct. 15, 2022. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

"Do not look at your navel": Pope Francis Tells Communion and Liberation Leader

Jun 19, 2024

As reported by President Davide Prosperi, the pope spoke of “the need to share the charism and for a co-responsibility in the leadership of the movement.”

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Angelus address on Sunday, June 16, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: The Seeds of the Gospel Take Time to Bloom

Jun 16, 2024

Reflecting on Jesus’ parable comparing the kingdom of God to a mustard seed, the pope said Christians should have an attitude of “confident expectation” in the Lord.

Pope Francis participates in his first G7 Summit on June 14, 2024. In his remarks, the pontiff stressed that human dignity requires that the decisions of artificial intelligence (AI) be under the control of human beings. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis at G7: Artificial Intelligence Must Not Replace Human Decision-making

Jun 14, 2024

Pope Francis at the G7 summit on Friday stressed that human dignity requires that the decisions of artificial intelligence be under the control of human beings.

A group of comedians and humorists, including Chris Rock and Jimmy Fallon (center), share a lighthearted exchange with Pope Francis during a gathering with the pope in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on June 14, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Gets Laughs at Meeting with Big-name Comedians

Jun 14, 2024

Pope Francis took the stage in front of over 100 comedians and humorists, including Americans Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Conan O’Brien.

Delegates vote to approve a synthesis report at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Oct. 28, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media

Theologians Conclude Evaluation of Synod Reports after Rome Meeting

Jun 14, 2024

A group of 20 theologians concluded an evaluation of 107 synod reports from national bishops’ conferences and Eastern Catholic Churches following meetings in Rome.

A homeless man sleeps on the sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 22, 2023. / Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

For World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis Urges Christians to "be friends of the poor"

Jun 13, 2024

Pope Francis this week urged Christians around the world to share in the suffering of the poor and to commune with them through the act of prayer.

Pope Francis made his remarks on synodality during an annual meeting for moderators of international associations of the faithful, ecclesial movements, and new communities, organized by the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life on June 13, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Synodality Moves us to Share in others’ Suffering: Pope Francis

Jun 13, 2024

Pope Francis said Thursday a synodal spirit asks us to react with empathy to the suffering and painful experiences of others.

Statue of St. Peter in front of St. Peter's Basilica. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican Publishes New Document with Proposals “for renewed exercise of bishop of Rome’s ministry of unity”

Jun 13, 2024

The study document is the first Vatican text since Vatican II to outline the entire ecumenical debate on papal primacy.

The 38th (Irish) Brigade marches at the Vatican in June 1944. / Credit: Imperial War Museum

Vatican Commemorates 80th Anniversary of Pius XII’s Meeting with Allied Troops

Jun 12, 2024

On June 12, 1944, Pius XII gave an enthusiastic speech in English thanking the members of the 38th (Irish) Brigade as he welcomed them to the Vatican.

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his general audience on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Keep Your Homilies Short or "people will fall asleep"

Jun 12, 2024

Speaking at his Wednesday catechesis on June 12, the pope explained that the goal of a homily is to “help move the Word of God from the book to life.”

Pope Francis waves to the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square to hear his Angelus address on Sunday, June 9, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican to Publish New Document with Proposals “for renewed exercise of bishop of Rome’s ministry of unity”

Jun 11, 2024

The document, titled “The Bishop of Rome: Primacy and Synodality in Ecumenical Dialogue and Responses to the Encyclical Ut Unum Sint,” will be released June 13.

Massimo Bianchi and Cristiane Murray address attendees at a June 11, 2024, Vatican press conference regarding the upcoming Vatican Observatory conference to take place June 17–24, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

From the Big Bang to Black Holes: Vatican, Scientists to Explore Questions of the Universe

Jun 11, 2024

Titled “Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and Space-Time Singularities,” the June 17-21 workshop is the second international conference celebrating the legacy of Father Lemaître, who is called the father of the Big Bang theory.

Pope Francis meets with priests of the Diocese of Rome at the Salesian Pontifical University on June 11, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican: Pope Francis Speaks again about the Admission of Homosexuals to Seminaries

Jun 11, 2024

The Vatican Press Office reported that during a closed-door meeting, the pope returned to the topic of the admission of men “with homosexual tendencies to seminaries.”

Pope Francis waves to the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square to hear his Angelus address n Sunday, June 9, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Money, Power, Pleasure Can Enslave Us

Jun 9, 2024

Speaking in his Angelus address on June 9, the pope asked people to contemplate the temptations that can imprison us and the freedom found in Christ

Pope Francis greets participants in a gathering of choir singers, musicians, and directors at Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on June 8, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Music is a Universal language: Pope Francis Sings Praises of Catholic Choirs

Jun 8, 2024

The Holy Father's remarks came during the 4th International Meeting of Choirs at the Vatican.

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican secretary for relations with states. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Vatican official: Hundreds of Millions of Christians "face high levels of persecution"

Jun 7, 2024

“More than 365 million Christians, approximately 1 in 7, face high levels of persecution for their faith,” Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher said.

Pope Francis blesses a pregnant woman during a visit with families from St. Bridget of Sweden Parish in Rome’s Palmarola neighborhood on June 6, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Warns of "cold war" in Families, Encourages Living Forgiveness

Jun 6, 2024

As part of the “School of Prayer” initiative, the Holy Father met Thursday with about 30 families from the parish of St. Brigid of Sweden in Rome.

Pope Francis speaks at the general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 22, 2024. An altar painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Francesco de Rhoden inside the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Rome, Italy. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. [L] CNA file photo [R]

Pope Francis to Write Reflection on Sacred Heart of Jesus Devotion

Jun 6, 2024

The pontiff asked for prayers as he prepares to publish the document in September.

Building of the general curia of the Jesuit order on Borgo Santo Spirito, Rome. / Credit: Boubloub, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Theologians Hold Closed-door Meeting in Rome on Guidance Document for October Synod

Jun 5, 2024

The June 4–13 closed-door gathering of experts in theology, ecclesiology, and canon law is being held at the Jesuit general curia down the street from the Vatican.