Cardinal days of August: Pope’s pick for cardinals wasn’t the only surprise
One American among 21 new cardinals to be created
Pope Francis arrives for an audience with students and professors of Rome's Pontifical Institute of Liturgy at St. Anselm, at the Vatican May 7, 2022. The pope said that the celebration of the liturgy and the study of it should lead to greater unity in the church, not division and squabbles. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Liturgy must lead to awe, unity, mission, pope says
‘It is not possible to worship God and at the same time make the liturgy a battlefield’
A local resident rides a bicycle past a bomb crater as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues in the village of Demydiv, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, April 6, 2022. (CNS photo/Vladyslav Musiienko, Reuters)
Cardinal reaffirms pope’s willingness to go to Moscow to try to stop war
‘We are waiting for them to tell us what they want’
Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, speaks as Pope Francis meets with members of the council at the Vatican May 6, 2022. Seated are Cardinals Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, Luis Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Peter Turkson, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Christian divisions make fertile ground for conflict, pope says
Ignoring the divisions ‘means tolerating that pollution of hearts’
Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the "Regina Coeli" from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 18, 2022. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)
Jesus renews love for life, pope says
‘It is time to begin again with Jesus’
Pope Francis blesses the womb of a pregnant woman during an audience with members of the U.S.-based Papal Foundation at the Vatican on April 28. In speaking to members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the pope said families play an important role in a society’s development when ideologies are not imposed upon them. CNS photo/Vatican Media
Ideology obstructs beauty of family, pope says
‘It is inscribed in the very nature of woman and man’
Pope Francis listens as Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks during a meeting with members of the commission at the Vatican April 21. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) See PROTECTION-COMMISSION-POPE April 23, 2018.
Pope wants annual audit of Church’s safeguarding measures worldwide
‘Abuse in any form is unacceptable’: Pope Francis
Pope Francis arrives to lead an audience with members of the U.S.-based Papal Foundation at the Vatican April 28, 2022. The pope praised the group for its generosity in helping fund humanitarian and church projects around the world. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope praises Papal Foundation’s generosity, including to Ukraine
Foundation approves $14 million in grants, scholarships, humanitarian aid
Pope Francis greets a priest during an audience with Missionaries of Mercy priests at the Vatican April 25, 2022. The pope commissioned the priests during the Year of Mercy for the special mission of preaching God's mercy and showing it, especially through the sacrament of reconciliation. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Be voice of God to all, pope tells missionaries of mercy
'Always forgive. Don’t put it off,’ pope says
Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with thousands of young people taking part in a pilgrimage organized by the Italian bishops' conference in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 18, 2022. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)
Light of risen Christ dispels darkness of fear, pope tells young people
Fears ‘must be brought to light’
