Pope Francis on Thursday declared a priest, three religious sisters and two laywomen as venerable servants of God, moving them each a step closer to canonization. “Venerable” is the title ...
Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on March 22, 2023. To receive these remarks and more in your inbox every week, sign up for America’s daily newsletter.
To effectively witness to the Gospel, Christians need to be consistent in what they believe, how they live, and what they preach, Pope Francis said Wednesday. “The witness of an authentically ...
Pope Francis last week told editors of the European cultural magazines of the Society of Jesus that, in his opinion, World War III had been declared, it was reported Tuesday by La Civilta Cattolica.
Pope Francis has hinted that he would review the Roman Catholic Church’s rule of priestly celibacy, describing it as an individual “discipline” rather than a “contradiction” to the church.
The German Catholic bishops conference has entered formal schism (“Apostasy in Germany’s Catholic Church” by George Weigel, Houses of Worship, March 17), but if I want to attend a centuries ...
That’s why Father Larrey said conversations on AI must shift to what Pope Francis calls “person-centered AI.” The pope, he said, “is insisting that you need to put the human person at the ...
A former Catholic priest who left the vocation to start a family says Pope Francis is "speaking the truth" when he says celibacy is not an essential element to Catholic priesthood. The pontiff ...
We should treat the physical and social differences of others as a chance to love, not as an inconvenience, Pope Francis said in his Angelus address on Sunday. The pope’s weekly message focused ...
For insight into how Pope Francis is viewed among those with different faiths, or none, NCR invited the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, an atheist, a Muslim scholar and a rabbi to ...
Although a number of universities, Catholic organizations and even NCR held events for the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' election, the only multiday conference in the U.S. dedicated to marking ...
