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."
Catholics in Greece hoping for renewed ecumenical relations amid Pope’s visit
Catholics in Greece are praising Pope Francis’ visit as offering the opportunity for a new highwater mark for ecumenical relations with the Orthodox majority.
How a forgotten nun’s visions shed ‘new light’ on the life of St. Joseph
St. Joseph does not have any words recorded in Sacred Scripture, but the published meditations of an 18th-century Italian nun offer the chance to imagine the details of the Holy Family’s daily life as it might have been from the perspective of the foster father of Jesus.
Olympians welcome Pope’s promotion of sports as ‘peacebuilding’
Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, praises Pope Francis’ emphasis on sport as offering a way to unite people...
Vatican sends message for Buddhist feast of Vesakh
The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue sends its annual message, entitled "Buddhists and Christians: Standing Together in...
Cardinal Krajewski prays for victims at mass grave in Ukraine
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the Papal Almoner, spends Good Friday in Kyiv and prays at the site of a mass grave in nearby Borodyanka...