by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Apr 11, 2021 / 05:48 am America/Denver (CNA). At every Mass we adore and kiss Christ’s wounded and risen body in the Eucharist, a channel of his mercy, Pope Francis said on Divine Mercy Sunday. Offering Mass at the Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia …

by Courtney Mares Vatican City, Apr 8, 2021 / 08:00 am America/Denver (CNA). On Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis will offer Mass in a church containing the relics of both St. Faustina Kowalska and St. John Paul II. This will be the second year that the pope has chosen to …

Vatican City, Apr 4, 2021 / 06:00 am MT (CNA).- On Easter Sunday 2021, Pope Francis offered Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica. Afterward, he gave the Urbi et Orbi message and blessing. The following is the full text of the pope’s Easter message. Dear …

Vatican City, Apr 3, 2021 / 03:30 pm MT (CNA).- Here is the full text of the Easter Vigil homily of Pope Francis, delivered April 3 at St. Peter’s Basilica. The women thought they would find a body to anoint; instead they found an empty tomb. They went to mourn …

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Mar 29, 2021 / 08:28 am MT (CNA).- Cardinal Robert Sarah has asked Pope Francis to reinstate the celebration of private Masses at the side altars in St. Peter’s Basilica, after individual Masses were suspended earlier this month in favor of concelebration. “I humbly beg …

Vatican City, Mar 28, 2021 / 04:50 am MT (CNA).- Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ Palm Sunday homily, delivered March 28, 2021, at St. Peter’s Basilica: Every year this liturgy leaves us amazed: we pass from the joy of welcoming Jesus as he enters Jerusalem to the …

Vatican City, Mar 25, 2021 / 03:00 pm MT (CNA).- The Vatican has published Pope Francis’ schedule for Holy Week at the Vatican this year. For the second year in a row, the papal liturgies for Holy Week will be much smaller than usual due to the coronavirus pandemic, with …

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Mar 24, 2021 / 08:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis issued a letter Wednesday cutting the salaries of some Vatican employees as a way to contain costs after the institution’s budget projected a deficit of $60 million in 2021. The pope said that cardinals paid …

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Mar 18, 2021 / 02:00 pm MT (CNA).- Pope Francis has invited Catholic priests to rediscover St. Joseph and learn from his fatherhood during the year dedicated to him. Speaking to priests and seminarians on Thursday, the pope said: “I invite you to rediscover in …

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Mar 19, 2021 / 06:00 am MT (CNA).- At the end of December, Pope Francis announced that on March 19, the Catholic Church would begin a special year dedicated to deepening pastoral outreach to families, based on his 2016 apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia. Here’s a …