Pope Francis has appointed new members of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of Sacraments, including Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. The cardinal’s appointment was announced by the Vatican on Wednesday, June 1. The prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples is among the...
Pope Francis on Tuesday prayed the rosary for peace in Ukraine and around the world. The pope recited the rosary before the statue of Mary Regina Pacis (Mary, Queen of Peace) at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major on May 31, at the end of the...
Vatican City, Apr 16, 2022 / 01:00 am 1. Benedict XVI was born on Holy Saturday Benedict XVI was born on Holy Saturday, April 16, 1927, in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria. According to CNA’s count, this year is his fourth Holy Saturday birthday; the last time his...
The Holy Father has reappointed His Excellency Most Reverend Romulo G. Valles, D.D., Archbishop of Davao, as Member of the Congregatio de Cultu Divino Disciplina Sacramentorum (Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments). This reappointment of Archbishop Valles by the Holy Father Pope...
Filipino Bishop Edgar Gacutan officially assumed his role as the new shepherd of a northern Japan diocese in a solemn ceremony held on Saturday. A member of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM), he was ordained a bishop and installed as the head...
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 22, 2022 / 10:41 am The Vatican has sent bishops around the world the text of the prayer that Pope Francis will lead on March 25 for the consecration of Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Here is the full...
Rome Newsroom, Mar 5, 2022 / 05:45 am The leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church warned Saturday that Russian bombardments have left some people in Ukraine without heat in freezing temperatures. In a video message on March 5, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk urged the international community...
Vatican City, Feb 28, 2022 / 04:40 am The Vatican secretary of state said on Monday that it is not too late for peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. “There is still time for goodwill, there is still room for negotiation,” Cardinal Pietro Parolin said in an...
Vatican City, Feb 19, 2022 / 12:15 pm Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has encouraged people not to be intimidated by the concept of “evangelization,” but to remember that it can be a simple human interaction or conversation among friends, family, coworkers, or social media followers. “Sometimes we...
Vatican City, Feb 15, 2022 / 07:20 am Pope Francis unveiled new changes to Church law in an apostolic letter published Tuesday, saying that he was seeking to promote “a healthy decentralization” in the Church. In the letter issued motu proprio (“on his own impulse”) on Feb....