Vatican

Churches to use revised translation of rite for blessing holy oils

Mar 15, 2019

The preparation, blessing and distribution of oils are central to the Catholic Church’s sacraments and rites and are among some of the Church’s most ancient traditions and rituals witnessed during Holy Week.
Pope extends condolences on death of Cardinal Danneels

Mar 15, 2019

Cardinal Godfried Danneels, Archbishop emeritus of Mechelin-Brussels, died Thursday in Belgium, age 85.
Collaborators felicitate Pope on election anniversary

Mar 14, 2019

The closest collaborators of Pope Francis, greeted him Wednesday morning, on the 6th anniversary of his election, pledging him their support and closeness.
Gisotti: A Pontificate of love, mercy and courage

Mar 14, 2019

The ad interim Director of the Holy See Press Office reflects on Pope Francis’ six years as the successor of Peter.
Vatican spokesmen: Pope Francis’ seventh year will be ‘synodal'

Mar 14, 2019

On the sixth anniversary of Pope Francis’ election Wednesday, the Vatican's chief spokesman said Francis will continue to lead the Church as a synodal “field hospital” in the year ahead.
We need you, Jesus. Thy Kingdom Come

Mar 14, 2019

Pope Francis said that the Kingdom of God is the greatest force in the world, but it is humble, almost invisible, and slow-growing.
The anniversary of the Pontificate, looking to the essential

Mar 13, 2019

Pope Francis has lived, and about to live out, several intense months between voyages and Synods. His sixth year was characterized by the scourge of abuse and by suffering from internal attacks; the response is an invitation to turn to the heart of the faith.
Pope’s spiritual exercises: Cities as spaces for reconciliation, peace and encounter

Mar 12, 2019

Pope Francis and his collaborators who are on spiritual retreat, heard the second meditation, Monday morning, on the need for cities to rediscover their universal vocation to be the reflection of the heavenly Jerusalem on earth.
Pope Francis prays for victims of Ethiopia Airlines plane crash

Mar 12, 2019

Pope Francis has expressed his condolences to victims of a plane crash that occured near Bishoftu, some 50km from Ethiopia's capital: Addis Ababa.
Pope’s spiritual exercises: Caring for the heart to recognize God’s presence

Mar 12, 2019

The first meditation of Benedictine Abbot Bernardo Francesco Maria Gianni to Pope Francis and his 65 collaborators who are having their annual spiritual exercises, was on the need to look at the world with the eyes of Christ.