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A conference titled “Remembering Benedict XVI: Life, Teaching, Legacy” will be held in Rome on Dec. 30–31 and will air on EWTN on Dec. 31.
The European Meeting is an annual ecumenical Christian event that hosts several thousand young adults from across the world to gather and pray in a host city.
In a press release, the Holy See Press Office briefly mentioned that the pope had met with Cardinal Raymond Burke in an audience Friday morning.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the pontiff expressed “his wishes of peace — just peace for all of us” during the Dec. 28 phone call.
The Vatican Publishing House said this month that it intends to release a book of about 130 homilies given by the late pope.
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, who serves as the papal almoner, will spend Christmas in Jerusalem, where he will join the local Christian community in praying for peace.
Some bishops, including Cardinal Gerhard Müller and several bishops in Africa, have firmly denounced the Vatican’s document.
Some bishops are welcoming the news, some are approaching it with caution, while others are outright refusing to implement it.
Here’s a timeline of how the controversy over same-sex blessings has unfolded.
The Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem reported that two women were shot by the IDF on Dec. 16.
As the 266th successor of St. Peter to the papacy, Francis will be the oldest bishop of Rome since Pope Leo XIII, the oldest pope in history.
Five other defendants in the "Trial of the Century" received similar sentences.
The Vatican’s doctrine office published a letter on Thursday confirming that single mothers can receive Communion after going to confession.
In a decree signed Dec. 14, Pope Francis authorized the beatification of Ana de Lobera y Torres, better known by her religious name Sister Ana de Jesús.
Pope Francis has said that he wants to be buried in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome because of his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
On Dec. 13, 1969, just four days before his 33rd birthday, Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio — who today is Pope Francis — was ordained a priest.
The possible ordination of women to the diaconate is among the “matters of great relevance” that synod delegates in October said require further consideration.
The guidance came from a letter written by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, who serves as the prefect for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Pope Francis received in an audience on Monday the members of the Office of the Auditor General.
Pope Francis on Monday received the prefects of the Italian Republic in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace.