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Japan’s PM tells Vatican of concern about human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang

Pope Francis meets with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the Vatican, Might 4, 2022. / Vatican Media. Vatican City, Might four, 2022 / 10:57 am (CNA). Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and informed Vatican officers of his deep concern about China...

The story of Sister Lucindis, the nun who made St. Peter’s Square her home

Sister Marie Lucindis Inventory. / Shutterstock/courtesy photograph. Vatican Metropolis, Might 5, 2022 / 03:00 am (CNA). It’s probably that most of the clergymen, cardinals, and bishops working inside the Vatican knew her face, although nobody knew the actual story of the Pallottine Missiona...

World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022: Pope Francis says ‘Church must become increasingly synodal’

Pope Francis lays palms on a Bangladeshi deacon as he ordains him to the priesthood during a Dec. 1, 2017, Mass in Dhaka. / Vatican Media. Vatican City, Might 5, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis stated on Thursday that “the Church must turn into more and more synodal.”The pope made the co...

Pope Francis uses wheelchair in public for first time since colon surgery

Pope Francis enters the Vatican’s Paul VI Corridor in a wheelchair on Might 5, 2022. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Vatican City, Might 5, 2022 / 04:50 am (CNA). Pope Francis used a wheelchair throughout a public assembly on Thursday, the first time he has carried out so publicly since leaving the hos...

Pope Francis merges 4 foundations into new Vatican hospitality body

Pope Francis is pictured outdoors the Casa Santa Marta on July 1, 2021. / Vatican Media. Vatican Metropolis, Might 5, 2022 / 07:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis issued a decree on Thursday merging 4 foundations into a brand new Vatican establishment dedicated to hospitality.The doc, referred to as...

Pope Francis encourages religious orders to ‘make their synodal journey’

Pope Francis meets members in the plenary assembly of the International Union of Superiors Basic on Might 5, 2022. / Vatican Media. Vatican Metropolis, Might 5, 2022 / 09:56 am (CNA). After arriving in a wheelchair for a meeting with spiritual sisters at the Vatican on Thursday, Pope Francis...

Cardinal Becciu questioned on investments as his former deputy seeks damages

A hearing in the Vatican finance trial is held on Nov. 17, 2021. / Vatican Media. Vatican Metropolis, Might 5, 2022 / 11:30 am (CNA). Cardinal Angelo Becciu was questioned about investments during a listening to within the Vatican’s ongoing finance trial on Thursday, whereas his former deput...

Pope Francis permitted spending $1m to free nun kidnapped in Mali, cardinal says

Pope Francis greets the lately freed Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti on the Vatican, Oct. 10, 2021. / Vatican Media. Vatican Metropolis, Might 5, 2022 / 16:05 pm (CNA). On the Vatican’s finance trial on Thursday, Cardinal Angelo Becciu stated that Pope Francis had allowed spending as mu...

Pope Francis: ‘Barbarity of war’ should inspire new push for Christian unity

Pope Francis meets members within the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity’s plenary meeting at the Vatican, Might 6, 2022. / Vatican Media. Vatican Metropolis, Might 6, 2022 / 06:05 am (CNA). Pope Francis stated on Friday that the “barbarity of conflict” should encourage a brand...

Pope Francis encourages new Swiss Guard recruits ‘to grow as Christians’

Pope Francis with new Swiss Guard recruits in the Vatican’s Clementine Corridor on Might 6, 2022. / Vatican Media. Vatican Metropolis, Might 6, 2022 / 06:40 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Friday inspired 36 new recruits of the Pontifical Swiss Guard to “develop as Christians” throughout their ser...

Cardinal Pell highlights 'somewhat incomplete' account given by Cardinal Becciu at Vatican finance trial

Cardinal George Pell, prefect emeritus of the Secretariat of the Financial system, speaks with EWTN News in Rome, Dec. 9, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Denver Newsroom, Might 6, 2022 / 15:40 pm (CNA). Cardinal George Pell stated Friday that the current testimony of Cardinal Angelo Becciu...

Pope Francis: ‘It’s not possible to worship God while making the liturgy a battleground’

Pope Francis meets with the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in the Apostolic Palace on Might 7, 2022. / Vatican Media Vatican Metropolis, Might 7, 2022 / 08:10 am (CNA). Pope Francis stated Saturday that the liturgy should not be “a battleground” for “outdated points.”“I emphasize once more...

Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury say South Sudan trip will be a ‘pilgrimage of peace’

Pope Francis and the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at the Vatican on Oct. 5, 2021. / Vatican Media Vatican Metropolis, Might 7, 2022 / 09:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis has stated that he's wanting ahead to visiting South Sudan this summer time together with the archbishop of Canterbury...

Mother’s Day: Pope Francis sends moms ‘Our prayer, affection, best wishes’

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for the Regina Caeli on Might 8, 2022. / Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Might 8, 2022 / 06:08 am (CNA). Pope Francis asked the trustworthy to have fun their moms in a special method on Sunday, for Mother’s Day, and...

Pope Francis names new auxiliary bishop for Catholic Diocese of Cleveland

Bishop-elect Michael G. Woost. / Diocese of Cleveland. Vatican Metropolis, Might 9, 2022 / 05:05 am (CNA). The Vatican introduced on Monday that Pope Francis has named Father Michael Woost as an auxiliary bishop of Cleveland.Woost, 63, has served as a professor of liturgical and sacramental...