Articles by Courtney Mares
Fatima’s Sister Lucia is one step closer to being beatified
Oct 18, 2022 / 11:00 amThe postulators of the cause for beatification of Sister Lucia dos Santos have submitted the positio to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.
Cardinal Hollerich: Without Vatican II, ‘the Church today would be a small sect’
Oct 18, 2022 / 10:00 amCardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the relator general of the Synod on Synodality, has said that he is convinced that the Second Vatican Council “saved the Church.”
They died praying for others: Two Catholic priests martyred by Nazis beatified in Italy
Oct 17, 2022 / 08:50 amTwo Catholic priests killed by Nazis while ministering to the dying amid the Boves massacre were beatified as martyrs on Sunday in northern Italy.
Pope Francis: Prayer is medicine for the weary soul
Oct 16, 2022 / 07:40 amThe pope also suggested a simple traditional spiritual practice that “is a bit forgotten today.”
Pope Francis announces decision to extend Synod on Synodality to 2024
Oct 16, 2022 / 05:30 amThe pope explained that he made the decision to provide more time for discernment.
Pope Francis adds feast of Our Lady of Loreto to Roman Calendar
Oct 9, 2022 / 05:30 amIn 2019 Pope Francis decreed that the feast of Our Lady of Loreto be included in the Roman Calendar as an optional memorial to be celebrated on December 10.
Pope Francis canonizes two new saints: St. Artemide Zatti and St. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini
Oct 9, 2022 / 04:30 amScalabrini is known for founding a missionary order that ministered to immigrants, while Zatti was himself an immigrant, leaving Italy for Argentina with his family in 1897 at the age of 16.
Pope Francis: ‘Saints do not come from a parallel universe’
Oct 6, 2022 / 05:07 amWhat does it look like to be a Catholic saint today? A Vatican conference taking place in Rome this week has been discussing just that.
Pope Francis shares a spiritual life hack: Know the ‘passwords’ of your heart
Oct 5, 2022 / 03:04 amPope Francis shared a spiritual life hack for discernment at his general audience on Wednesday.
‘St. Francis helps us not to run from suffering’: Cardinal Zuppi offers Mass in Assisi
Oct 4, 2022 / 10:00 amOn the feast of St. Francis on Tuesday, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi offered Mass in Assisi in the basilica that holds the 13th-century saint’s tomb.
Video on St. Peter’s facade ‘an encounter between ancient and modern,’ cardinal says
Oct 3, 2022 / 13:02 pmThe facade of St. Peter’s Basilica was illuminated on Sunday night with 3-D projection mapping of art from the Vatican Museums.
Pope Francis meets Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Vatican
Oct 3, 2022 / 04:22 amPope Francis met with Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Vatican on Monday morning.
Pope Francis appeals to Putin for an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine
Oct 2, 2022 / 06:32 amSpeaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace on Oct. 2, the pope dedicated nearly all of his Angelus address to the war in Ukraine.
House of saints: Visiting St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s home has inspired conversions
Oct 1, 2022 / 01:00 amScenes from St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s autobiography “Story of a Soul” come alive when walking through her childhood home in France.
Pope Francis says that he tried to help Ukraine, Russia prisoner swap
Sep 29, 2022 / 09:23 amPope Francis has said that he was involved in a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.
Cardinal Zen’s second day in court: Magistrate rules there is sufficient evidence
Sep 28, 2022 / 04:48 amOn Tuesday, Cardinal Joseph Zen’s second day in court in Hong Kong, the magistrate ruled that there was sufficient evidence to justify a trial.
Andrea Bocelli to sing in St. Peter’s Square this Sunday
Sep 27, 2022 / 09:30 amAndrea Bocelli will sing at the Vatican this Sunday as a special guest for the inauguration of a new light display on the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica.
A handful of Catholic leaders and others voice support for Cardinal Zen as his trial begins
Sep 26, 2022 / 17:00 pmThese are Catholic leaders, scholars, and human rights activists who have publicly shown their support for Zen as his trial commences.
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Pope Francis names new head of Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education
Sep 26, 2022 / 08:00 amThe Vatican announced on Sept. 26 that the pope appointed Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça as the prefect of the newly formed dicastery.
Cardinal Zen stands trial in Hong Kong
Sep 26, 2022 / 02:40 amCardinal Joseph Zen and five others stood trial in Hong Kong on Monday for failing to properly register a fund to provide legal aid to pro-democracy protesters.