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Here is a translation of the prayer by which Cardinal José da Cruz Policarpo, patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal, consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima the pontificate of Pope Francis. Monday was the …
read moreFebruary 11, 2013, did not only shift the plates of the earth for the church, but marked a seismic shift in my life. Early that morning in Rome, the pope resigned and caught the world and the …
read morePope Emeritus Benedict XVI is expected to return to the Vatican this afternoon and will be received by Pope Francis. The Pope Emeritus has been living at the Papal residence in Castel …
read morePope Francis was presented with the stamps issued jointly between the Vatican City State and Argentina, which are dedicated to the beginning of his pontificate. The presentation was made this …
read moreJesuit Father Juan Carlos Scannone was teaching Greek and literature in 1957, when a young Jorge Bergoglio was among his students. Father Scannone is today retired from the philosophy faculty …
read moreLast Sunday Pope Francis took possession of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, the third of the four papal basilicas. ZENIT spoke with the former archpriest of the basilica, about …
read moreHere is an excerpt from the book"On Heaven and Earth," taken from Chapter 1: On God. The book is a transcription of conversations between Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio and Rabbi Abraham Skorka, …
read morePope Francis took a moment today at the beginning of his daily mass in the chapel of Domus Sanctae Marthae to pray for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who celebrates his 86th birthday today. “ …
read moreOn Sunday evening, Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, one of the four major Papal basilicas in Rome. The Holy Father took possession of the Basilica …
read moreHere is the full text of Pope Francis' homily at yesterday's mass in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. Proclamation, witness, and worship were the three key ideas on which …
read moreThis morning, Pope Francis paid a visit to the Secretariat of State, located in what is known as the Third Loggia of the Apostolic Palace. Almost 300 people composed of both religious and lay …
read moreWhat does Pope Francis think about subjects such as bioethics, the family, education, youth, political power, human trafficking, social justice, and other themes? The archbishopric of Buenos …
read moreAfter St. Peter's Basilica closed this evening, Francis visited the tomb of Blessed Pope John Paul II, on the eighth anniversary of his death. The Pope was accompanied by Cardinal Comastri, …
read more“I am a great sinner. Trusting in the mercy and patience of God, in suffering, I accept.” Monsignor Dario Edoardo Viganò, director of the Vatican Television Center (CTV), revealed those words …
read morePope Francis will officially "take possession" of St. John Lateran one week after Easter, the Vatican reported today. The first of four major papal basilicas of Rome, the Archbasilica of St. …
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