Bishop Silva is headed for Rome to see the pope, meet with officials and pray at the tombs of Sts. Peter and Paul By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Bishop Larry Silva has his ticket for Rome. He departs Friday, Jan. 17, and arrives Sunday, Jan 19. A week later he will join 32 of […]
Ecological sins
The idea of updating the Catholic catechism to include acts that harm nature sparks Twitter debate By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ announcement that the Catechism of the Catholic Church would be updated to include a definition of “ecological sin” sent Catholic Twitter into a frenzy. Reactions ranged […]
Pope Francis begins New Year with apology, prayers for peace
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis began the New Year with an apology for losing his patience the night before with a woman who grabbed his hand and yanked him closer to her while he was greeting people in St. Peter’s Square. To get away, the pope had slapped her […]
Put the phone away and talk to each other, pope urges families
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis prayed that people all over the world would end 2019 “in peace, peace in their hearts,” and that families would mark New Year’s by “communicating with one another.” Reciting the Angelus prayer Dec. 29, the feast of the Holy Family, Pope Francis entrusted to […]
Pope Francis’ 2019
Marking his 50th anniversary as a priest, preaching the Gospel globally, dealing with scandals at home By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — For Pope Francis, 2019 included his sixth anniversary as pope, his 83rd birthday and his 50th anniversary as a priest, but it also was a year that saw him still […]
Mary is loving mother, humble disciple, pope says on Guadalupe feast
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service ROME — Celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis said she reminds Catholics of her true essence as a woman, a mother and a “mestiza” or person of mixed race. She revealed herself to St. Juan Diego as a “mestiza” to show “that she is everyone’s […]
Call me ‘Father’: Pontiff’s priestly vocation is his favorite gift
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In Caravaggio’s painting of Matthew, the sinful tax collector being called by Jesus to “Follow me,” Pope Francis sees the same unexpected, grace-filled moment found in his own call to the priesthood. A 17-year-old Argentine student headed to a school picnic on Sept. 21, 1953, the […]
Synod: New ministries can serve evangelization in Amazon
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — To proclaim the Gospel message of hope, the Catholic Church in the Amazon must open new paths of evangelization in the region, including by instituting new ministries for lay men and women, the Synod of Bishops said. The final document of the Synod of […]
Pope apologizes that statues were vandalized
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis apologized that two men entered a church near the Vatican, took controversial statues and tossed them into the Tiber River. “As bishop of the diocese, I apologize,” he said Oct. 25, the first time the full membership of the Synod of Bishops for […]
Respect for the indigenous
Ministry, ecology, mission are the main themes for the first week of the Synod for the Amazon By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The first week of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon saw support for the priestly ordination of married indigenous men, impassioned pleas for respect for indigenous culture and […]
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