Vatican

Pope Francis meets with Chilean Abuse Prevention Council

Aug 14, 2018

Pope Francis met with a representative of Chile's abuse prevention council and a Chilean bishop to discuss steps being taken to address the clerical sex abuse crisis in the country.
Fight evil with action – not apathy, Francis says

Aug 14, 2018

It is not enough for Catholics to not do bad things, they must counter evil by actively living out charity in the performance of good deeds, Pope Francis told young people and others in St. Peter’s Square Sunday.
Pope: Dear young people, walk in love, together towards the next Synod

Aug 13, 2018

During the Angelus Pope Francis met almost 100,000 young Italians who came to Rome on pilgrimage. “[I]t is necessary to live coherently with the promises of Baptism, renewed in Confirmation, not with hypocrisy: these promises have two aspects: renunciation of evil and attachment to goodness,” he said. “It is good not to do evil, but it is evil not to do good".
Pope tells young people, not to let anyone steal their dreams, which are the stars of humanity’s future

Aug 13, 2018

Francis met 60,000 young people who came to Rome for a gathering titled "Along a thousand roads," an event promoted by the Italian Bishops' Conference ahead of the Synod of Bishops on Youth.
Pope Francis to Italian youth: Don't live your life 'in retirement'

Aug 13, 2018

Be courageous and seize the work you are called to do for the good of the world; do not live like you have already entered the period of retirement, Pope Francis told Italian young adults Saturday.
Pope: God's salvation enters through the door of weakness

Aug 09, 2018

At the general audience, Pope Francis continues hiscatechesis on idolatry: "Human nature, to escape from precariousness, seeks a 'do-it-yourself' religion". The golden calf "is a symbol of wealth ... success, power and money ... the temptations of all time".
Can Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals still deliver on reform?

Aug 08, 2018

By most accounts, Pope Francis was elected with a mandate to reform the Roman Curia- the complex network of dicasteries, commissions, and councils charged with the central administrative work of the Catholic Church- a network that, even to insiders and experts, more often resembles a rabbit warren than a well-defined system of governable offices with clear responsibilities.
Pope's August prayer intention: For families

Aug 06, 2018

Pope Francis on Thursday released a video message accompanying his prayer intention for August, which this month is "For the treasure of Families".
Pope Francis celebrates Paul VI: ‘The Pope of modernity’

Aug 06, 2018

Pope Francis on Sunday remembered Pope Paul VI forty years from his death which took place on 6 August 1978.
Pope at Angelus: 'Faith in Jesus allows us to carry out God's works'

Aug 06, 2018

Pope Francis invited believers to abandon themselves with joy to God's plan for their lives and seek spiritual nourishment in order to go forward in their journey of faith. His words came during the Angelus in St. Peter's Square.