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An elderly woman becomes emotional as Pope Francis greets her as he arrives for a May 2014 weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Pope Francis wanted the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly on July 25 to be inaugurated as the world seeks to recover from a deadly pandemic, calling for the faithful to be “angels,” who care, console and caress.
Pope to grandparents, all elderly people ‘You are needed’
Writing to his peers, Catholics who have reached a venerable age like he has, Pope Francis told older Catholics that God is close to them and still has plans for their lives. “I was called … more
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Pope Francis prays in front of the Marian icon “Salus Populi Romani” at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome July 14, 2021. The pope visited the basilica after his release from Rome’s Gemelli hospital following his recovery from colon surgery.
Pope released from hospital, prays at Rome basilica
Ten days after undergoing intestinal surgery, Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican confirmed. In a statement released July 14, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni … more
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Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from a balcony of Gemelli hospital in Rome July 11, 2021, as he recovers following scheduled colon surgery.
Hundreds gather outside hospital to greet recovering pope
Pilgrims and well-wishers gathered at Rome’s Gemelli hospital to greet Pope Francis as he made his first public appearance in a week after undergoing intestinal surgery. Appearing on the … more
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Archbishop Nelson Perez of Philadelphia gathers with members of his archdiocese’s chapter of the Tolton Ambassadors, a group dedicated to promoting Venerable Father Augustus Tolton’s sainthood cause, after a June 26 Mass in Fr. Tolton’s honor in the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia archbishop — ‘Pioneering priest Fr. Tolton a model for healing racism’
Some 175 faithful gathered on June 26 to honor a pioneering African American priest now on the path to sainthood, whose heroic virtues are a model for modern times. Archbishop Nelson Pérez … more
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Pope Francis leads an evening Marian prayer service in the Vatican Gardens May 31, 2021. The serviced finished a monthlong rosary marathon to pray for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Filippo Monteforte, Reuters pool)
With world still in knots, pope turns to Mary with prayers
Reaching the finish line of a monthlong Rosary marathon, Pope Francis again turned to Mary, asking her to untie specific knots that have individuals and the whole world tangled in suffering and … more
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People carry a flag with the name of St. John Paul II over the spot of the May 13, 1981, assassination attempt against the Polish pope, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 13, 2021. Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, the former secretary of St. John Paul II, and a small group of Catholics gathered in the square to mark the 40th anniversary of the shooting.
Polish pilgrims mark anniversary of attempt to assassinate St. John Paul
An elderly man stood alone in St. Peter’s Square May 13, using his wooden rosary beads to pray by a simple plaque marking the place where St. John Paul II was shot exactly 40 years … more
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This icon of Servant of God Julia Greeley was commissioned by the Chancellor's Office of the Archdiocese of Denver.
Devotion to Julia Greeley grows as beatification cause advances
An icon of “Beloved Julia” Greeley, the humble African American lay woman who was born into a family of slaves in Missouri and eventually became Catholic in … more
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Anabel Mutune, a third grader at Transfiguration Catholic School in Oakdale, Minn., prays during a Children's Rosary Pilgrimage at Transfiguration Church in this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo. Pope Francis has called for a global prayer marathon during the Marian month of May to petition God for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pope calls for monthlong global prayer marathon to end pandemic
Pope Francis has called for a global prayer marathon for the entire month of May, praying for the end to the pandemic. “The initiative will involve in a special way all shrines in the … more
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Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, celebrates the National Mass on the Solemnity of St. Joseph at the the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles March 19, 2021.
Abp. Gomez: Pope wants Church to be ‘the vanguard in society’
Pope Francis’ encyclical “Fratelli Tutti” is a “challenging document” because of the many issues it covers, but it’s also “very practical” because it … more
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Bishop McKnight calls for personal conversion toward ending racism
Racism continues to contaminate society and the Church. Three guilty verdicts against a former Minneapolis police officer in last May’s death of George Floyd do not change that. “In … more
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Pope Francis participates in a memorial prayer for the victims of the war at Hosh al-Bieaa, the church square, in Mosul, Iraq, March 7, 2021.
Faith amid the ruins
Pope Francis summarized his “pilgrimage of faith and penitence” to Iraq in a prayer: “If God is the God of life — for so He is — then it is wrong for us to kill our … more
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Father Emil Joseph Kapaun, a Kansas priest and a military chaplain, who died May 23, 1951, in a North Korean prisoner of war camp, is pictured circa 1943. A candidate for sainthood, he died ministering to prisoners of war during the Korean War.
Kansas Catholics recall priest’s wartime ministry, heroism in POW camp
William Hansen kept his silence for over 50 years about being one of the POWs who buried Father Emil Kapaun’s body after the priest died May 23, 1951. In 2005, Hansen was in his … more
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The sun sets behind one of the guard towers at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., June 10, 2001. The death chamber at the correctional facility is where the federal death penalty is carried out.
Bishops call for an end to the federal death penalty
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight joined Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of St. Louis and their fellow U.S. Catholic bishops in calling for a halt to executions by the federal government and an end to the … more
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CNS photo/Kevin Saragozza, courtesy NASA
Jupiter, Saturn to put on ‘Christmas Star’ show Dec. 21
A once-every-two-decade conjunction involving the solar system’s two gas giants will give earthbound observers a look at a so-called “Christmas Star” on the longest night of the … more
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A dose of the COVID-19 vaccination made by Pfizer and BioNTech is administered in this un-dated handout photo.
Bishops: Getting COVID-19 vaccine is ‘act of charity,’ supports the common good
The “gravity” of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and “the lack of availability of alternative vaccines,” are “sufficiently serious” reasons to accept the … more
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This image of St. Joseph and the child Jesus adorns the reredos above the Altar of Answered Prayers in the Shrine of St. Joseph in St. Louis.
Pope proclaims a year dedicated to St. Joseph
Marking the 150th anniversary of St. Joseph being declared patron of the Universal Church, Pope Francis proclaimed a yearlong celebration dedicated to the foster father of Jesus. In a Dec. 8 … more
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A dose of the COVID-19 vaccination made by Pfizer and BioNTech is administered in this un-dated handout photo.
Bishops, state officials release information on safety, ethics of potential COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines being developed by two major pharmaceutical companies do not contain human fetal tissue and are free of aluminum salts or ethlymercury, according to the State of Missouri’s … more
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Children wait in line for food at an evacuation center in Manila, Philippines, Nov. 14, 2020, after being forced from their homes from flooding caused by Typhoon Vamco. Five tropical storms or typhoons have hit the Philippines in a three-week period, including the strongest typhoon since 2013 and the biggest floods since 2009.
Typhoons buffet the Philippines, affecting Fr. Dandi’s mission work
Father Donardo “Dandi” Bermejo and his committed cadre of healthcare and aid workers in one of the poorest areas of the Philippines have been contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, deadly … more
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Then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington faces the press in the shadow of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 24, 2002. U.S cardinals met for a summit with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican April 23-24, 2002, as the sex abuse crisis unfolded in the United States. Cardinal McCarrick was a key spokesman for the bishops during the summit.
Summary of Vatican’s McCarrick report cites lack of serious investigations of rumors
Although dogged for years by rumors of sexual impropriety, Theodore E. McCarrick was able to rise up the Catholic hierarchical structure based on personal contacts, protestations of his innocence and … more
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A statue of St. Francis of Assisi is seen on the grounds of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America in Washington June 27, 2019.
Msgr. Makarewicz explores challenging message of pope’s new encyclical
CLICK HERE to read the full text of “Fratelli Tutti." Eight hundred years ago, God sent a poor man who had been rich to help rebuild a Church and a society that were falling into ruin. It … more
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