On the first Sunday of Lent, Pope Francis took his cue from the Gospel of Mark that presents us with Jesus tempted in the desert (Mk 1:12-15). Speaking during the Angelus address, the Pope reflected on the symbolic significance of the wilderness, urging Christians to "enter...
The Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education announced on Tuesday that Pope Francis will visit Venice on April 28. During his one-day pastoral visit to the Italian city, the Pope will make a stop at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia 2024. He...
Pope Francis has inaugurated a Year of Prayer ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, calling on the faithful “to intensify prayer to prepare us to live well this event of grace and to experience the power of God’s hope.” In remarks after the Angelus on Sunday, the...
Pope Francis said people working in Catholic media must not refrain from being involved in the evangelizing mission of the Church and that, therefore, “they cannot remain ‘neutral’ with respect to the message they convey.” The pontiff made his remarks at a Jan. 4 audience with...
Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf was received into the Catholic Church with the sacrament of confirmation by Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, Bishop Robert Barron on Sunday evening. The Capuchin Franciscans-Western American Province announced LaBeouf’s confirmation on their Facebook account Tuesday. “We are thrilled to share that our dear friend Shia...
The University of Seville has awarded the 'Juan Antonio Carrillo Salcedo' human rights prize to Scholas Occurrentes, an educational movement established by Pope Francis. The prize, which is awarded every two years, recognises individuals or institutions that have distinguished themselves in the defence of human rights,...
Young Edoardo Santini, considered “the most handsome man in Italy,” has decided to leave his promising career as a model and enter a seminary to become a priest. Dancer, swimmer, actor — these were a few of the dreams of Santini, a 21-year-old Italian who in...
Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado of the Mission Society of the Philippines (MSP) as new coadjutor bishop of far-off Rarotonga diocese in the Cook Islands. Getalado has been serving as a MSP missionary to the Mission Sui Iuris of Funafuti, the capital island...
VATICAN --- Pope Francis announced Friday that the Catholic Church will celebrate its first World Day of Children in May 2024. Speaking in his Angelus address on Dec. 8 to mark the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the pope shared that...
Pope Francis on Friday appointed appointed three new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, including a priest of Filipino descent. Fr. Efren Esmilla, who was born in Laguna province’s Nagcarlan town, joins priests Keith Chylinski and Christopher Cooke as auxiliary bishops to serve the archdiocese’s...