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Pope calls for ‘intelligent, courageous, loving’ approach to families
Opening a two-day meeting of the world’s cardinals, Pope Francis said the Church’s pastoral approach to helping couples must be “intelligent, courageous and full of love” because the family today is...
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Cardinal Nichols takes possession of his titular church in Rome
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has taken possession of his titular church in Rome – Sant’Alfonso de’Liguori all’Esquilino. The church is dedicated to its patron, St Alphonsus, founder of the Redemptorists....
View ArticleFull text: Updated mid-term report on family synod
Introduction Part I Listening: the context and challenges to the family The socio-cultural context The relevance of emotional life Pastoral challenges Part II The gaze on Christ: the Gospel of the...
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Italian archbishop named cardinal after Pope blocks retirement
The archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy, has been named as a cardinal by Pope Francis, after the Pontiff refused to allow his retirement in October. Cardinal-designate Edoardo Menichelli is 75 – the age...
View ArticlePope urges new cardinals not to let nomination go to their heads
Pope Francis has urged the 20 new cardinals he will create next month not to overdo their celebrations. Writing to the new cardinals he will create in February, he said they should graciously accept...
View ArticleCurial reform aims to unite Church, says Pope
Reform of the Roman Curia should promote “greater harmony” among the Vatican offices, not primarily to save money or promote efficiency, but to solidify the unity of the Church and strengthen its...
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Christians should be “infected by goodness and … spread the good contagion”, Francis said in his Angelus address (full video). The Pope urged the new cardinals “to go out and seek, fearlessly and...
View ArticleGroup of cardinals expresses concern over new synod rules in letter to Pope
A group of cardinals wrote to Pope Francis at the start of the family synod expressing concerns about new procedures, it has been reported. The letter, published in full by Sandro Magister, is said to...
View ArticlePodcast: What’s really happening at the family synod?
After a dramatic week at the family synod, our associate editor Madeleine Teahan talks to Fr Mark Drew about the week’s events and why they matter. What is the significance of the leaked letter...
View ArticleAmoris Laetitia letter leaked online
A letter sent to the world’s cardinals, asking then to make a formal appeal to Pope Francis over Amoris Laetitia, has been published online. The letter, signed by 45 theologians and priests, identifies...
View ArticlePope and Council of Cardinals discuss improvements to selection process for...
Pope Francis and members of the international Council of Cardinals advising him on Church governance once again discussed ways to improve the process of identifying the best priests to become bishops....
View ArticlePope Francis opens path to sainthood for French priest killed by ISIS
Pope Francis has confirmed he has sped up the process for making Fr Jacques Hamel, the French priest murdered by ISIS terrorists in July as he celebrated Mass, a saint. Francis told reporters on his...
View ArticlePope Francis names 17 new cardinals
Pope Francis named 17 new cardinals Sunday from Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe and Oceania. Thirteen of them are under 80 and thus eligible to vote in any conclave to elect his...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 10/10/16
The rosary is “the synthesis of the history of God’s mercy”, Pope Francis said at the Vigil of the Marian Jubilee on Saturday (full text, full video). Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco has been elected...
View ArticleThe new list of cardinals proves Pope Francis understands symbol and gesture
The Pope’s new list of Cardinals, which has come rather sooner than we thought (it had been expected by many for the feast of the Chair of Peter in February) has a rather valedictory air to it,...
View ArticleSorry, your Eminences, but Vatican tourists need a cheap option like McDonald’s
McDonald’s, the fast food restaurant chain, is planning to open a branch on the small square next to the colonnade of Saint Peter’s in Rome. This small square once was the site of a bus terminus, and...
View ArticleFull text: Cardinals’ letter to Pope Francis on Amoris Laetitia
Cardinals Raymond Burke, Carlo Caffarra, Walter Brandmüller and Joachim Meisner sent a request to the Pope asking him to clarify his recent apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia. The full text is as...
View ArticleUS bishops elect Cardinal Daniel DiNardo as their new president
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston was elected president of the US bishops’ conference on Tuesday for a three-year term to begin at the conclusion of the bishops’ annual autumn general...
View ArticleFight the ‘virus of polarisation’, Pope urges new cardinals
The Catholic Church’s 17 new cardinals must dedicate their lives to being ministers of forgiveness and reconciliation in a world – and sometimes a Church – often marked by hostility and division, Pope...
View ArticleThirty cardinals ‘raised concerns’ about Amoris Laetitia draft
The Pope’s apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia has caused widespread concern among cardinals and bishops, according to new reports. Edward Pentin, veteran Vatican reporter for the National Catholic...
View ArticleCouncil of Cardinals publicly expresses support for Pope
After a handful of public challenges to Pope Francis’s teaching and authority, the members of the Pope’s international Council of Cardinals began their February meeting expressing their “full support”...
View ArticlePope names five new cardinals in surprise announcement
Pope Francis has named five new cardinals for Laos, Mali, Sweden, Spain and El Salvador. Francis, in his surprise announcement on Sunday to faithful in St Peter’s Square, said his selection reflects...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 28/06/17
Pope Francis will create the smallest group of new cardinals since 1977 today. Archbishop Jean Zerbo of Bamako will receive the red hat despite health problems (Joe Slama). Full communion between...
View Article‘Weight of old age’ must not deter us from our mission, Pope Francis tells...
The Catholic Church is not a “gerontocracy” ruled by old men, 80-year-old Pope Francis has said, but “grandfathers” who look to the future with hope. “We are grandfathers called to dream and to give...
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Pope Francis to new cardinals: do not be distracted from the Cross
Cardinals are not called to be “princes” of the Church, but to serve the people of God and tackle the sins of the world, Pope Francis has told five new cardinals. Jesus “calls you to serve like him and...
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