CNN, by B Christopher Lamb, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Ivana Kottasová: Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of…

Vatican News, by Joseph Tulloch: Eighty-eight “public-facing Catholics”, including five cardinals, came together in New York late last week for a three-day conference hosted by Fordham University. The ‘ecclesial gathering’, which was dedicated to Pope Francis’ 2020 encyclical Fratelli tutti,…

USA Today, by Marc Ramirez: “Who am I to judge?” With those five words, Pope Francis signaled that his papacy was going to be different from his predecessors’, especially when it came to LGBTQ issues. In 2013, the pope was…

Politico, by Ben Munster: Pope Francis is seriously worried about his health after being hospitalized with severe bronchitis, and is rushing to tie up loose ends ahead of the battle to succeed him. The pope was admitted to a special…

America Magazine, by Meg Giordano: I teach philosophy at a Jesuit liberal arts college. I am an ecumenical chaplain at that same Jesuit school, where I have also been a mentor in the Manresa program, an undergraduate community inspired by…

Prima Pagina, by Redazione Prima Pagina Mazara: (translated from Italian) About 500 scouts yesterday morning participated in the event “100 years of Scouting in Mazara del Vallo” organized by A.G.E.S.C.I. (Italian Catholic Guides and Scouts Association), A.I.S.A. (Italian Adventist Scout…

Catholic News Agency, by AC Wimmer: Pope Francis has proposed celebrating the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea together with Orthodox leaders in a personal letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. The letter, published by the Vatican…

Catholic Culture, by Peter Wolfgang: To me, October 31st is Halloween. No, not the gruesome Halloween. Not the celebration of the occult that our culture has increasingly leaned into since at least the 1990s. October 31st is, rather, the more…

Holy See Press Office: This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience a group of CEOs of major companies and banks, to whom he addressed the following greeting:   Greeting of the Holy Father It is with pleasure that…

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EarthBeat, by Kate Scanlon: Catholic and Christian groups joined together March 20 to discuss a faith-driven approach to solving problems associated with climate change in a panel discussion on Capitol Hill. At the event sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, the offices of Sens. Bill…