Prayer for a Holy Church and Priests: Prayer of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2023
O my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church: Grant it love and the light of Your Spirit and give power to the words of priests so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance and return to You, O Lord. Lord, give
Abuse expert leaves Vatican commission for protection of minors, citing concerns
Father Hans Zollner. / Rebecski CC 4.0 Rome Newsroom, Mar 29, 2023 / 09:30 am (CNA). Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, an internationally-renowned expert in protecting children and vulnerable adults from clerical sex abuse, has resigned from his position on the Vatican’s safeguarding commission.The move was announced
Vatican: Pope Francis at Rome hospital to undergo checkups
Pope Francis, seated in a wheelchair, greets a child during the pope's general audience at the Vatican on Jan. 25, 2023. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Mar 29, 2023 / 08:57 am (CNA). Pope Francis has been undergoing some medical checkups at one of Rome’s most
Pope Francis: ‘The true Christian is one who receives Jesus within’
Pope Francis' General Audience in St. Peter's Square on March 29, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Mar 29, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday spoke against a comfortable Christianity that keeps Jesus at arm’s length rather than inviting him into the heart
Pope Francis mourns ‘senseless act of violence’ at Nashville Christian school
null / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Vatican City, Mar 29, 2023 / 05:27 am (CNA). Pope Francis has expressed his sorrow over a shooting at a private Presbyterian Christian school in Nashville.A person took the lives of three 9-year-old students and three adult staff members at Covenant School
Cardinal Hollerich: There’s ‘space to expand’ Church teaching on all-male priesthood
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, speaking at a press conference in the Vatican on Aug. 26, 2022. / Vatican News YouTube Channel Rome Newsroom, Mar 28, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, the archbishop of Luxembourg and a key leader of the Synod on