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Pope calls for 'revolutionaries' to change hearts by sharing God's love
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 6/19/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians are called to be revolutionaries, changing the world one heart at a time, Pope Francis said.
Catholics, Lutherans look to commemoration of Reformation anniversary
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 6/19/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Joint Catholic-Lutheran commemorations of the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation must recognize the harm caused by the split in Western Christianity, the polemics that exacerbated differences and the progress made through 50 years of ecumenical dialogue, a new document said.
Pope: Don't pretend to be sinless; preaching Gospel demands humility
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 6/19/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When boasting of having Jesus Christ as one's savior, people shouldn't pretend they aren't guilty of sin, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.
What the pope's leaked comments really tells us about the church
By Francis X. Rocca
Posted: 6/19/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A report that Pope Francis privately acknowledged the existence of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican offers a sensational example of his unvarnished speaking style and a reminder of the challenge that style poses for the papacy in the age of digital communications and vanishing privacy.
Quebec's end-of-life bill decried as Belgian-style euthanasia
By Deborah Gyapong
Posted: 6/19/2013
OTTAWA, Ontario (CNS) -- Pro-life and other groups joined forces to denounce a bill governing end-of-life care introduced by the Quebec government June 12 as a form of Belgian-style euthanasia.
Pope Francis decides not to spend summer at Castel Gandolfo
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 6/14/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Unlike many of his predecessors since the early 1600s, Pope Francis has decided not to spend the summer months at the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo south of Rome, although he will observe a reduced schedule in July and August.
The suffering deserve our prayers, not our analysis, pope says
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 6/14/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Those who suffer are brothers and sisters Catholics must pray for, not cases to be analyzed or examples to be used in debates, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.
Vatican bank head says reputation needs more work than operations do
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 6/7/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the popular imagination, the Vatican bank is so shady that even the German businessman appointed its president in February thought his task would be "cleaning out and dealing with improper deposits."
Pope John XXIII's life shows faith leads to interior peace, pope says
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 6/4/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The life of Blessed John XXIII is a lesson in how obedience and trust in God lead to an interior peace that is naturally recognized by and shared with others, Pope Francis said.
Keeping up with Francis: The nuances of Vatican communications
By Francis X. Rocca
Posted: 6/4/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Of the various innovations that Pope Francis has already introduced into the way a pontiff lives and works, one of the most significant is his celebration of weekday morning Masses with invited guests.
Pope Francis: What have you done to make the church holy, welcoming?
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 5/31/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- All Catholics must ask themselves what they personally have done lately to build up the holiness of the church and ensure people feel welcomed and loved in it, Pope Francis said.
Vatican financial investigator says laws, roles will be strengthened
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 5/31/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The director of the Vatican's Financial Intelligence Authority said the Vatican will further amend its finance-related laws in the coming months, increase screening of account holders at the Vatican bank and continue assessing the potential risk that accounts could be used for money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
Gauchos and God: Pope draws life lessons from Argentine cowboy culture
By Carol Glatz
Posted: 5/31/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Dressed in a woolen poncho, leather boots and silver spurs, the traditional gaucho was the cowboy of Argentina's immense plains, herding cattle and living a simple, hard life far from family and close to nature.
Pope calls human trafficking 'despicable, a disgrace'
By Cindy Wooden
Posted: 5/28/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Human trafficking is "a despicable activity, a disgrace for our societies, which describe themselves as civilized," Pope Francis said.
Vatican denies pope performed public exorcism
By Catholic News Service
Posted: 5/24/2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When Pope Francis solemnly laid both hands on the head of a young man in a wheelchair and prayed intently over him for several minutes, he was not performing an exorcism, said the Vatican spokesman.
'Be Open to the Newness of the Holy Spirit,' pope says at Pentecost Mass
By Junno Arocho
Posted: 5/24/2013
VATICAN CITY (ZENIT) -- Over 200,000 people from all over the world gathered in Rome to celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost with Pope Francis on Sunday. The Mass was the concluding event of the two day pilgrimage of ecclesial movements, communities, and lay associations including the charismatic renewal, Focolare movement, Neocatechumenal Way, Regnum Christi, Communion and Liberation and others.
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