Vatican

Are an atheist journalist's papal interviews reliable?

Oct 30, 2014

Following the publication of a new text by Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari in 'La Repubblica' suggesting that Pope Francis believes in relativism, the Holy See spokesman has questioned whether Scalfari is advancing his own views.
Pope: "No family without a home. No farmer without land. No worker with rights"

Oct 29, 2014

" No family without a home. No farmer without land. No worker with rights! No person without the dignity that works gives us".
Pope : Are you Catholic? Then stay in the Church

Oct 29, 2014

Pope Francis said that those waiting at the threshold of the Church without going inside are not true members of the Church which Jesus established and on whom it is built.
You are hurting the Church if you're lukewarm, Pope Francis warns

Oct 29, 2014

In his homily for Mass celebrated at the Santa Marta residence Monday Pope Francis warned against the harm of “lukewarm” Christianity, calling on faithful instead to be “children of light.”
Asia Bibi to Pope Francis: Pray for me, your daughter

Oct 29, 2014

A Catholic woman condemned to death in Pakistan for allegedly violating the country's blasphemy law has asked Pope Francis for his prayers, saying that she trusts in God’s plan for her life.
Francis inaugurates bust of Benedict, emphasizes unity of faith, science

Oct 28, 2014

Addressing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on Monday, Pope Francis unveiled a bust of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, lauding his predecessor, and stressed the uniqueness of humanity among the created world.
A "great pope", Francis calls Pope Benedict XVI, "great for his intellect, great for his significant contribution to theology, great for his love for the Church"

Oct 28, 2014

For Pope Francis, Benedict XVI was a "great pope: great for the power and penetration of his intellect, great for his significant contribution to theology, great for his love for the Church and of human beings, great for his virtue and piety.
Pope: Our words tell if we are "Christians of light, of darkness or gray areas"

Oct 28, 2014

Our words reveal whether we are Christians of the light, the dark or gray areas, said Pope Francis at morning Mass in Casa Santa Marta, commenting on the invitation of St. Paul to behave as children of the light, and not as children of the darkness.
Pope Francis: God's image is revealed in the face of our brothers

Oct 27, 2014

The message Pope Francis sent during his Sunday Angelus address was that love of God and neighbor are inseparably united, and that we see God’s face most clearly in the weak and vulnerable.
'What is being proposed is not marriage' – Pope calls for defense of family

Oct 27, 2014

In an audience with members of an international Marian movement, Pope Francis warned that the sacrament of marriage has been reduced to a mere association, and urged participants to be witnesses in a secular world.