Vatican prefect: Fiducia Supplicans draws ‘some negative reactions’ from Christian leaders
Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, speaks with EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief Andreas Thonhauser on Jan. 18, 2024. / Credit: EWTN Rome Newsroom, Jan 19, 2024 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Orthodox and other Christian leaders have raised concerns to the Vatican about its recent declaration allowing nonliturgical blessings of same-sex couples, according to a top
January 20 2024
Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time 1st Reading – 2 Samuel 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27 David returned from his defeat of the Amalekites and spent two days in Ziklag. On the third day a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. Going to David, he fell to the ground in homage.
Come, Holy Ghost: Prayer of the Day for Saturday, January 20, 2024
Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and kindle in them the fire of Thy love. V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created; R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. O God, who didst teach the hearts of Thy faithful people by sending them the light of Thy Holy
Could Pope Francis become the first pope to visit Vietnam?
Pope Francis receives a delegation from Vietnam’s Communist Party government at the Vatican on Jan. 18, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jan 18, 2024 / 15:13 pm (CNA). Vietnam has one of the largest Catholic populations among countries never visited by a pope. According to the Vatican’s foreign minister, Pope Francis is keen to visit the Southeast Asian
January 19 2024
Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time 1st Reading – 1 Samuel 24:3-21 Saul took three thousand picked men from all Israel and went in search of David and his men in the direction of the wild goat crags. When he came to the sheepfolds along the way, he found a cave, which he entered to relieve himself. David
Pope Francis issues new regulations setting spending limits for Vatican offices
By Courtney Mares Catholic News Agency January 18, 2024 ROME— Pope Francis amended the Vatican’s financial regulations on Tuesday, enshrining a spending limit into law that requires Vatican offices to get permission before making large purchases. The pope published two apostolic letters — which the Holy Father issued motu proprio (“on his own impulse”) — on Jan. 16 that make