Pope Francis met with family members of Italian Jesuit Fr Paolo Dall’Oglio, whose fate is still unknown after he was kidnapped in Syria in 2013. Alessandro Gisotti, interim director of the Vatican press office, told reporters on 30th January that the pope held the private audience at his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. The meeting […]
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The joyous harmony of people coming together from so many different nations for World Youth Day stands in sharp contrast to today’s “sad” situation of confrontational nationalist feelings, Pope Francis said. “It is a sign that young Christians are the leaven for peace in the world,” he said at his general audience on 30th January […]
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Unity and fidelity are indispensable cornerstones of Christian marriage, Pope Francis said. Having two people generously come together as one and pledge lifelong faithful love must be not only “adequately explained to future newlyweds,” these values also require the pastoral care of the Church’s ministers and members, the pope said, addressing members of the Roman […]
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The primary goal of the Vatican’s February summit on clerical sexual abuse and child protection is to help bishops understand the urgency of the crisis, Pope Francis said. During a news conference with journalists on 27th January on his flight to Rome from Panama, the pope said the presidents of the world’s bishops’ conferences have […]
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The rise of media that call themselves Catholic but seem to exist only to judge others is less about criticising Pope Francis and more about the misguided notion that to affirm one’s own orthodoxy, one must find someone to label a heretic, said a Vatican communications official. Andrea Tornielli, the new editorial director of the […]
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The Vatican supports efforts to build stronger and sustainable essential health care services on the way toward achieving universal health coverage, a Vatican official said. The Catholic Church is part of this effort in providing primary care to people in need and always “with due recognition to the sacredness of human life, from conception to […]
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Young men and women in the Church can bring the joy of the Gospel to the world by showing that God’s love extends to all people and excludes no-one, Pope Francis said. “By your actions and your approach, your way of looking at things, your desires and above all your sensitivity, you discredit and defuse […]
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Panama’s geographical position as a bridge between land and ocean is symbolic of its ability to broker peace and hope in an area marked by violence and conflict, Pope Francis said. In his first official speech in the Central American country on 24th January, the pope said Panama’s privileged location makes it “a strategic enclave […]
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Since the work of child protection must continue after the February meeting at the Vatican on safeguarding, one organiser said they plan on creating a “task force” with teams on every continent. The task force would be just one of a number of “concrete measures that we want to offer the bishops of the world,” […]
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While the Swiss Guard’s halberds and uniforms have remained largely unchanged over the centuries, its ceremonial helmets are now a product of 21st-century technology. The four-pound, hand-forged metal helmet has been replaced with new lightweight headgear. Still crafted in the ‘morion’ style of the Renaissance and topped with a fluffy red or white ostrich feather, […]
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