by AC Wimmer Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 14, 2022 / 10:26 am Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas has said he is “sad” over the way Pope Francis has handled the controversy surrounding the pro-abortion actions of President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose positions on …

Sunday, July 17, 2022 6:30 a.m. Angelus with Pope Francis 8:00 a.m. Sunday Mass from Irondale AL 9:20 a.m. Holy Rosary and Devotions Join the Franciscan Friars of the Eternal Word as we pray for our country and our leaders from Our Lady of the Angels Chapel in Irondale, AL. …

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jul 13, 2022 / 04:48 am Pope Francis on Wednesday named three women to the Dicastery of Bishops, the Vatican office responsible for evaluating new members of the Catholic Church’s hierarchy. The two religious sisters and one consecrated virgin are the first women to ever …

by CNA Staff Denver Newsroom, Jul 12, 2022 / 13:00 pm Pope Francis has described it as an “incoherence” that President Joe Biden, a Catholic, is in favor of legal abortion. During an interview with Univisión and Televisa broadcast July 12, Pope Francis spoke about abortion and Biden’s position, after …

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jul 10, 2022 / 05:45 am Pope Francis on Sunday implored the authorities of Sri Lanka to listen to the cries of their people, suffering under the country’s worst economic crisis in 70 years. “I join in the grief of the people of Sri Lanka, …

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jul 9, 2022 / 05:30 am Pope Francis expressed his condolences at the assassination of Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, who was shot on Friday while giving a speech in the city of Nara. “His Holiness Pope Francis was deeply saddened to …

by CNA Staff Denver Newsroom, Jul 5, 2022 / 11:00 am On Sunday Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Chicago, and appointed his auxiliary, Bishop Joy Alappatt, as his successor. The resignation of Bishop Jacob Angadiath, 76, was …

by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Jul 5, 2022 / 16:00 pm A Catholic priest overseeing missionaries serving in Hong Kong reportedly told the missionaries that they should prepare for a much more difficult future, as the Chinese government tightens control over the exercise of religion in Hong Kong. Archbishop Javier …

by CNA Staff Vatican City, Jul 6, 2022 / 05:59 am Pope Francis has said he would announce the appointment of two women to the Vatican committee that elects bishops. In comments to Reuters published Wednesday, the pope said “two women will be appointed for the first time in the …

by CNA Staff Vatican City, Jul 5, 2022 / 06:53 am Pope Francis has expressed shock and sadness over the mass shooting that led to the death of at least six and wounded some 30 others at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland on Monday. In a …