While the Vatican is anticipating and preparing for the arrival of one million pilgrims at tomorrow’s canonization Mass for Popes John XXIII and John Paul II at St. Peter’s Square, countless Catholics around the globe […]
After yesterday’s media confusion about a phone call Pope Francis made to a woman in Argentina regarding her reception of Communion, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi today made a statement confirming that the phone call […]
Confusion has reigned in Catholic corners of the Internet today, as reports circulated that Pope Francis telephoned an Argentinian woman earlier this week and allegedly told her that she may receive Communion despite being divorced […]
After celebrating an open-air Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis greeted a crowd of some 150,000 pilgrims, delivering his Easter message and his “Urbi et Orbi” (“to the city and the world”) […]
Below is the full text of Pope Francis’ homily from the Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, via Vatican Radio. *** The Gospel of the resurrection of Jesus Christ begins with the journey of […]
This evening in Rome, Pope Francis will lead the 14-station meditation on the Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross, at the Colosseum. The service will begin at 9:10pm in Rome, or 3:10pm Eastern time […]
“He is God and he makes himself a servant, our servant. …You also must be servants of one another.” This was Pope Francis’ message in his brief, extemporaneous homily given during the Holy Thursday Mass […]
This morning in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis celebrated the traditional Chrism Mass with the priests of the Diocese of Rome as well as bishops and cardinals residing in the Eternal City. The Chrism Mass, […]
Tens of thousands of people assembled in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ Palm Sunday Mass yesterday, many bearing traditional palms and olive branches. Below is the full text of Pope Francis’ Palm Sunday homily, […]
Friday morning was a busy one for Pope Francis; in addition to his usual weekday Mass in the Santa Marta chapel, he also addressed gatherings of the International Catholic Child Bureau—a children’s rights organization—and of […]
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