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21 hours ago · By Christopher Wells. Hope is “a very appropriate value” for the Sixth International Conference, “Por el Equilibrio del Mundo” (“For World Balance”), Pope Francis says, precisely because the forum’s “aspiration to be open, plural, and multidisciplinary” gives it the capacity “to look into the reasons that move the heart of today’s men and women.”

1 day ago · Vatican City, Jan 29, 2025 / 09:15 am. Pope Francis on Wednesday told pilgrims attending his Jan. 29 general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall to imitate St. Joseph — the man who knew how ...

2 days ago · Regarding “network, ” Pope Francis remarked that this word ought to first of all remind us of the fishermen’s nets and of Jesus’ invitation to Peter to become a fisher of men and therefore spur us “to put skills, knowledge and resources into a network capable of providing adequate information and thus escaping the sea of despair and ...

4 days ago · These are the latest news about Pope Francis, the Vatican, and the Catholic Church, provided by the Vatican staff of Catholic News Agency, a service of EWTN News. “Hope is the mainstay that...

3 days ago · VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned of the “scourge of antisemitism” in his Angelus prayer on Sunday, the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, noting it marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. “The horror of the extermination of millions of Jewish people and others of different faiths during those years must never be forgotten or ...

Oct 27, 2024 · Pope Francis canonizes 14 new saints, including a father of eight and Franciscan friars killed in Syria for refusing to renounce their faith and convert to Islam.

Mar 6, 2024 · VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis again asked an aide to read his remarks and was unable to get back onto his popemobile Wednesday, as lingering respiratory and mobility problems continued to take their toll on the 87-year-old pontiff.

4 days ago · Pope Francis offered that reminder at Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the 6th Sunday of the Word of God, as the Vatican hosts the Jubilee for the World of Communication. The theme for this year’s Word of God Sunday is “I Hope in Your Word.”

Jan 16, 2025 · Rome — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn't break his arm, but...