Synod of Bishops aims at peripheries with letter to world’s young people
VATICAN CITY — The Synod of Bishops wanted to speak to the world's young people with a special letter that was to be drafted by a commission representing the global church.
Pew survey shows majority of Catholics don’t believe in ‘Real Presence’
WASHINGTON — A new study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist showed that a majority of Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine used at Mass become the body and blood of Christ.
Pope at Audience: Church must always be open, expansive, welcoming
In his catechesis at the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis reflects on how the first Christians resolve their differences at the “Council of Jerusalem”, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Pope tells his elderly peers the prayers of the old are powerful
On the eve of his 83rd birthday, Pope Francis met with a group of his peers — although many were a few years younger — and told them that "old age is a time of grace."
Pope for Lent: With God there is always a dialogue of the heart
The Vatican releases Pope Francis’ Message for Lent 2020, in which the Holy Father invites the faithful to embrace the paschal mystery as the basis for conversion.
Pope at Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday: Let us rise with Thomas
Pope Francis celebrates Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday, inviting us to accept Jesus’s mercy as the Apostle Thomas did, and to show that mercy to those around us.