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FAITH/STORIES

Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Jan. 29, 2023.

Pope Francis, Anglican, Presbyterian leaders ask for prayers before trip

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Before beginning their ecumenical pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan, Pope Francis and the leaders of the Anglican Communion and the Presbyterian Church of Scotland asked Christians around the globe to accompany them with prayers.

A likeness of St. Francis de Sales is seen in stained glass at Caldwell Chapel on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington in this May 25, 2021, file photo. Pope Francis in his message for World Communications Day said that the media and the field of communications need to exercise more kindness and share the truth with charity.

Mass media needs more kindness, truth spoken with charity, Pope Francis says

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The media and the field of communications need to exercise more kindness and share the truth with charity, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis speaks to diocesan liturgy directors during an audience at the Vatican Jan. 20, 2023. The liturgists were attending a course at the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy in Rome.

Long homilies are 'a disaster,' keep it under 10 minutes, Pope Francis says

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Lengthy, abstract homilies are "a disaster," so preaching should be limited to 10 minutes, Pope Francis said.

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for the Service of Charity, distributes humanitarian aid in Zaporizhzhia, eastern Ukraine in September 2022. The dicastery distributed a total of $10.7 million in funding for charitable works in 2022, with $2.2 million of the total alone going to needs in Ukraine.

Vatican funding for charitable works totals $10.7 million in 2022

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It was a sunny day in Rome Jan. 13 when a truck was fully loaded with supplies. Thermal clothing, power generators and food were put inside with the help of a papal official: Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Pope Francis’ almoner.

January 18, 2023
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 18, 2023.

To be pastoral, look to the Good Shepherd, Pope Francis says

Christians must develop a pastoral heart to care for those who have not heard the Gospel or who have left the fold, Pope Francis said.

January 11, 2023
Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the Vatican Jan. 11, 2023.

Evangelization is the 'oxygen' of Christian life, Pope Francis says

Sharing the faith is the "oxygen" that "invigorates and purifies" Christian life, Pope Francis said.

Workers inspect an ossuary at the Teutonic Cemetery at the Vatican in this July 20, 2019, file photo. The ossuary was inspected in the hope of finding the missing remains of a German princess and duchess and possibly the remains of Emanuela Orlandi, who disappeared in 1983. The Vatican prosecutor has opened a new investigation into the disappearance 40 years ago of Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee.

Vatican prosecutor opens investigation into Orlandi disappearance

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The disappearance 40 years ago of Emanuela Orlandi has haunted her family, fueled conspiracy theories and provided grist for a recent Netflix series.

Pope Francis baptizes one of 13 babies during a Mass celebrating the feast of the Baptism of the Lord in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican Jan. 8, 2023.

Pope Francis baptizes babies, urges parents to teach them to pray

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Telling parents and godparents to teach their little ones to pray from the time they are small, Pope Francis baptized 13 babies in the Sistine Chapel as their older brothers and sisters looked on -- or got away and ran around.

January 4, 2023
Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 4, 2023.

Pope Francis remembers predecessor as a 'great teacher of catechesis'

Pope Benedict XVI was a "great teacher of catechesis" whose "sharp and gentle thinking" led others to encounter Jesus, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis holds his crosier as he celebrates Mass on the feast of Mary, Mother of God, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 1, 2023.

On New Year's, Pope Francis calls for taking the risk of changing the world

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The best way to usher in a truly "new" year is to stop waiting for things to get better on their own, and instead recognize what is essential and reach out now to help others, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis speaks during a traditional evening prayer service on New Year's Eve in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 31, 2022. Pope Benedict XVI died in the morning Dec. 31 at his residence at the Vatican. He was 95.

Pope Francis pays tribute to the late Pope Benedict, highlighting his gentleness

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Keeping his appointment to celebrate vespers as 2022 was ending, Pope Francis also paid tribute to his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, who died early Dec. 31.

Mexican Jesuits Father Javier Campos Morales and Father Joaquín César Mora Salazar were murdered in their rural parish June 20, 2022, while providing shelter to an individual fleeing a gunman.

Vatican agency pays tribute to 18 missionaries killed in 2022

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Most of the 18 Catholic missionaries murdered in 2022 were not carrying out high-risk missions when they were assassinated but were simply "immersed and submerged in the ordinariness of their lives and their apostolic work," said the editor of Fides, the Vatican's missionary news service.

Pope Francis delivers his Christmas blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 25, 2022.

Pope Francis' Christmas message: Listen to the cries of the newborn Prince of Peace

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With the birth of Jesus, God became flesh to share the joys and sorrows, hopes and fears of all people, especially the poor and those living daily amid danger, Pope Francis said in his Christmas message.

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