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3 days ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kristina Millare |George Weigel
10 countries Pope Leo XIV visited before becoming pope By Kristina Millare for CNA Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023. / Credit: Frayjhonattan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsRome Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 14:24 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV traveled to several countries as prior general of the Order of St. Augustine between 2001 and 2013 and also as a member of the Roman Curia since 2019.
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1 week ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kristina Millare |Nick Olszyk
Why it matters what the new pope will wear when he appears on the balcony By Kristina Millare for CNA Vestments rest in the Room of Tears at the Sistine Chapel ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, May 7, 2025 / 13:30 pm (CNA).
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kristina Millare |Carl Olson
2 cardinal electors, from Spain and Kenya, will not attend upcoming conclave By Kristina Millare for CNA Archbishop Cardinal John Njue and Archbishop Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera. / Credit: Centro Televisivo Vaticano, CC BY 3.0 via Creative Commons; Daniel Ibáñez/CNAVatican City, Apr 30, 2025 / 09:43 am (CNA).
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kristina Millare |Robert Barron
Divine Mercy Sunday: Pope Francis was an ‘instrument of mercy for humanity,’ says Parolin By Kristina Millare for CNA Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin presided over the solemn Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday held in St. Peter’s Square, highlighting the need for the Church to follow in Pope Francis’ footsteps as “instruments of mercy for humanity” in the world today. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Apr 27, 2025 / 09:45 am (CNA).
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kristina Millare |Carl Olson
Divine Mercy Sunday: Pope Francis was an ‘instrument of mercy for humanity,’ says Parolin By Kristina Millare for CNA Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin presided over the solemn Mass for Divine Mercy Sunday held in St. Peter’s Square, highlighting the need for the Church to follow in Pope Francis’ footsteps as “instruments of mercy for humanity” in the world today. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Apr 27, 2025 / 09:45 am (CNA).
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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kristina Millare |Carl Olson
Evening pilgrims bid farewell to Pope Francis ahead of Saturday funeral By Kristina Millare for CNA Thousands of Catholics said their last goodbyes and paid their respects to Pope Francis on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, as the late pope lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNAVatican City, Apr 25, 2025 / 17:56 pm (CNA).
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4 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kristina Millare |Carl Olson
Vatican City, Apr 17, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Jubilee of Hope pilgrims are undertaking two ancient church pilgrimages this week to prayerfully prepare for Easter: St. Philip Neri’s Seven Churches Pilgrimage and the Holy Thursday Seven Churches walk. As one of the oldest Roman traditions for Catholics, the 15.5-mile St. Philip Neri pilgrimage was popularized by the saint himself in the 16th century with the purpose of bringing people — together as a community — closer to God.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kristina Millare |Carl Olson
Vatican City, Apr 9, 2025 / 09:44 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday highlighted the need to overcome the “logic of merit” to be a committed follower of Jesus Christ and to trust more in God’s gratuitous love. Continuing his jubilee catechesis series “Jesus Christ Our Hope” on the life of Jesus, the pope wrote a reflection on Chapter 10 of St. Mark’s Gospel when Christ encounters a rich young man with a “fine resume” of good deeds.
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1 month ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Kristina Millare |Carl Olson
Pope Francis shows slight improvements during convalescence, Vatican says By Kristina Millare for CNA Pope Francis blesses the faithful at the Jubilee of the Sick in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, on April 6, 2025, as his personal nurse, Massimo Strappetti, assists him in the wheelchair. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNAVatican City, Apr 8, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA). Pope Francis has shown slight health improvements and continues to work while in convalescence, the Vatican said on Tuesday.
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1 month ago | 
thecatholictelegraph.com | Kristina Millare |Greg Hartman
Home»National & World News»Pope Francis approves decree to advance sainthood causes of 5 people / / 1 By Kristina Millare Vatican City, Mar 31, 2025 / 13:17 pm Pope Francis has advanced five people’s paths to sainthood after approving decrees promulgated by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints on March 28. Blessed Peter To Rot of Papua New Guinea, Blessed Ignatius Shoukrallah Maloyan of Turkey, and Blessed María Carmen of Venezuela will be proclaimed saints of the Church. The pope...
