A living faith draws strength from remembering the past while continuing to grow in love of God and service to others, Pope Francis said. The pope said he saw that kind of faith on display Sept. ...
The Catholic Church suffers from a temptation to attempt to return to attitudes and practices of the past, an attitude that blocks pastoral outreach to many of those who are marginalized, Pope Francis told Jesuits ...
Pope Francis is making headlines again for remarks he made during his press conference on his return flight from Slovakia. Most of the chatter stems from the comments he made when asked whether or not ...
The debate about denying Communion to politicians who support abortion must be handled in a pastoral way, not by public condemnations that seek to "excommunicate" Catholics who are not in line with church teaching, Pope ...
For the first time since his four-day trip to Iraq in early March, Pope Francis left Italy for an apostolic visit to Hungary and Slovakia. Flying to Budapest on September 12, the pope celebrated Mass ...
The world needs Christians who are "signs of contradiction," who demonstrate the beauty of the Gospel rather than hostility toward others, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Mass on the final day of his apostolic trip to Slovakia ...
The violence of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed against the Jewish people are tantamount to blasphemy, Pope Francis said. "The divine name, the Lord himself, is blasphemed whenever the unique and distinctive dignity of the ...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (CNS) — Slovakia’s tradition of hospitality along with its witness of faith amid persecution must be at the forefront of government policies and the Catholic Church’s engagement with the faithful, Pope Francis said. ...
Hundreds of men, women and children gathered on the tarmac of Bratislava international airport Sept. 12 to welcome Pope Francis for a visit of less than 72 hours. As Pope Francis made his way down the ...
Spending time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament can heal Christians from a self-absorbed religiosity that is ostentatious and triumphalist, Pope Francis said. Presiding over the closing Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress Sept. 12, the ...
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