Pope Francis

Jubilee 2025 to showcase hope and forgiveness for world scarred by anger, says organising Vatican official

the vatican official charged with organising pope francis’s 2025 jubilee of hope has stressed that the event will focus on hope and forgiven...
Elise Allen

Cardinal Cupich’s opening prayer for Democratic National Convention failed to address the obvious

cardinal blase cupich delivered the invocation prayer at the opening of the 2024 democratic national convention (dnc) in chicago. it receive...
James Jeffrey

Excommunicated archbishop says he fears for his life; condemns 'supranational powers' manipulating Church and State

the former vatican envoy to the united states who was excommunicated earlier this summer has said his life is in danger. speaking to veteran...
Elise Allen

Four religious martyred in Democratic Republic of Congo beatified

three xaverian missionaries martyred alongside a local priest in the democratic republic of congo in 1964 were recently beatified during a m...
Ngala Chimton / Crux

Pope Francis praised for making ‘remote periphery’ a priority on next global trip

as pope francis’s sprawling 12-day journey to asia and oceania approaches, the local bishop of the remote diocese of vanimo in papua new gui...
Elise Allen

Cardinal cautions US Catholics on temptation to 'disengage from politics'; reminds them of 'duty' to participate and 'bring light to our nation'

cardinal joseph tobin had reminded us catholics of their duty to actively participate in the political process no matter how off putting the...
johnlavenburg

Saints upset people: the cause of World War II heroine Sybil Kathigasu

saints upset people. it is surely impossible to live a life of heroic virtue without igniting the wrath of the wicked. even the relatively g...
jamesroberts

Rise of AI is ‘evangelical moment’ for Catholicism: a time to endorse and resist

an expert in the realm of artificial intelligence describes the increasing prominence of ai an “evangelical moment” for catholicism, in whic...
johnlavenburg

The Pontifical Academy for Life and the wisdom of perspective on end-of-life care

demonstrators pray for terri schiavo outside a courthouse in march 2005 . ap rome – hard cases, as the famous legal maxim holds, make bad la...
John L Allen

Something for everyone in 2025: looking ahead to next year's Jubilee

rome is getting ready for an invasion in 2025 – a peaceful invasion of 32 million pilgrims, according to the italian statistics office. shop...
Father Michael Collins