Tag: Vatican News
Pope Francis: Elderly have a role in God’s saving plan
Participants at a conference on the pastoral care of the elderly were received in audience by Pope Francis on Friday. In his address, the Holy Father invites the Church to “change her pastoral attitudes in order to respond to the presence of so many elderly people in families and communities”.
Pope at Mass: ‘God will judge us with the same measure we have for...
Pope Francis urges the faithful to relate to others in a truly “Christian” way which is generous and full of love, and he explains that we will be judged with the same measure with which we measure others.
Pope’s greetings for Chinese New Year
At the end of his General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis greeted all those who mark the new year according to the traditional Chinese calendar. He urged for prayers for peace, dialogue and solidarity among nations.
Sunday of the Word of God: making the Scriptures part of our everyday lives
A press conference in the Vatican details the many aspects of the newly established ‘Sunday of the Word of God’ to be marked on 26 January.
Pope at Angelus: ‘never cease to be surprised by God’s love for us’
On this second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Pope Francis addressed the pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square for the Angelus Prayer telling them to start anew their journey of faith.
Pope at Mass: the little prayer that moves God
During the homily at Mass Thursday morning at the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis says that Jesus is close to us, “His compassion will take upon itself our problems, our sins, our interior diseases”.