Vatican News
Pope Francis: Dear Poets, Help Us Dream
Below is the letter Pope Francis wrote for the book 'Verses to God: An Anthology of Religious Poetry (published by Crocetti Editore), curated by Davide Brullo, Fr. Antonio Spadaro, and Nicola Crocetti, available in bookstores starting, Tuesday, November 12.
Southern African Bishops call for Mozambican authorities to address election “disgruntlement”
Catholic Bishops of South Africa, Botswana, and Eswatini have written to members of the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (CEM), expressing solidarity and prayers with the people of God following post-election unrest in the Southern African nation.
Pope remembers victims of Indonesia volcano, prays for world peace
During the Sunday Angelus, Pope Francis offered his prayers and sympathies with victims of the volcanic eruption in Indonesia, and flood victims in Valencia, Spain. He appealed for dialogue over unrest in Mozambique and an end to bloodshed in Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Myanmar and Sudan.
Pope at Angelus: Offer tenderness and steer clear of hypocrisy
During his Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis reiterates the Lord's call to rebuke and avoid hypocrisy, and to instead humbly serve with tenderness.
Priest stabbed during Mass in Singapore
Father Christopher Lee was stabbed in St. Joseph's Church in Upper Bukit Timah, Singapore, during the Saturday evening Mass. His assailant has been arrested and Father Lee is in stable condition.
Pope Francis: 'Families and homes must rediscover the Rosary's beauty'
Pope Francis calls for rediscovering the Rosary's ability to evangelize the Church, in his letter commemorating 150 years since the painting of Our Lady of the Rosary arrived at the Italian Shrine of Pompeii.
ACWECA President says that empowering religious women is a long-term project
The President of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA), Sr. Grace Kyomugisha, has called for hard work among members of the association if the goals set for the new mandate are to be achieved.
A new Coordination Council for the Lateran University
The Pope’s University introduces the newly established body composed of many lay members. The change is in line with the University’s Statutes and will be implemented to boost its development and its longstanding vocation to be a place of encounter and dialogue.
Amid the scars of war: Ukraine's strength and burden of resilience
A delegation from the Knights of Columbus in the United States visits Ukraine and witnesses the stark suffering and determined resilience of its people, who are assisted by the Church's local and international outreach efforts.
Lord's Day Reflection: 'The scribe and the widow'
As the Church marks the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr. Edmund Power, OSB, offers his thoughts on the day’s liturgical readings under the theme: "The scribe and the widow".
Pope appoints Fr. Pasolini as new Preacher of Papal Household
Pope Francis has appointed Capuchin Fr. Roberto Pasolini, a biblical scholar who combines academics with pastoral outreach to the marginalized, as the new Preacher of the Papal Household.
Pope Francis: 'Blood donation is a testimony of boundless Christian love'
Meeting with members of the Italian Federation of Blood Donor Associations, Pope Francis underscores the spiritual dimension of blood donation as a testimony of Christian love that lies in the heart.
Pope to Uniservitate: Education must care for the human heart
Welcoming participants in the Fifth Global Symposium Uniservitate, Pope Francis reminds them that education continues beyond the classroom and that Catholic schools are to be courageous and inspired by Jesus' teachings.
Pope: Christians in Middle East bear witness in lands martyred by war
Pope Francis meets with Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, and includes St. Isaac of Nineveh, a 7th-century Assyrian Bishop, in the official Roman Martyrology.
Holy See expresses concern over rise in online racism
The Holy See’s UN representative stresses the need to combat online racism, anti-migrant discrimination, and religious intolerance.
News from the Orient – November 8, 2024
In this week's news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with L'Œuvre d'Orient, Armenian Churches appeal for the return of refugees to Nagorno-Karabakh, Gazan children celebrate All Saints’ Day, and Addis Ababa gets a new auxiliary bishop.
Nigerian priest freed after 11 days in captivity
Father Tomas Oyode, a Nigerian priest serving as rector of the seminary of Agenegabode, has been freed after 11 days in captivity at the hands of bandits.
Lebanese Bishops deeply concerned about Israeli attacks on Lebanon
At their monthly meeting in Bkerké, the Maronite Bishops reiterate their deep concerns over Israel’s full-scale offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon and urge an immediate ceasefire.
Pope and Assyrian Patriarch mark 30th anniversary of Common Declaration
The Catholicos of the Assyrian Church of the East, is scheduled to be received by Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the “Common Christological Declaration”. The event also celebrates 40 years from the first visit of an Assyrian Patriarch to Rome to meet with Pope St. John Paul II.
DRC: The danger of normalising a humanitarian catastrophe
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been ravaged by internal conflict for decades. As the world focuses its gaze elsewhere, Victor Setibo, Country Director for JRS, reminds us that conflicts should never be normalised and that where people suffer we should never tire of helping, fighting for peace, and hoping for a better future.
