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Looking out for No. 2: Who will be Vatican secretary of state?
Of the several widely acknowledged priorities in the run-up to the conclave that chose Pope Francis, including the challenge of secularism and the growth of the church in the global South, none was more prominent than a need to reform the Roman Curia, the church’s central administration in the Vatican.
At Easter pope calls Christians to be channels of mercy, justice, peace
With Jesus’ resurrection “love has triumphed, mercy has been victorious,” Pope Francis said in his first Easter message “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world).
Image on Turin shroud is reminder of God’s love, pope says in message
Gazing upon the image of a crucified man on the Shroud of Turin, Catholics contemplate Jesus and are called on to remember his great love for them and for all who suffer, Pope Francis said.
In Easter messages, Mideast church leaders call for peace in Syria
In Easter messages, Catholic patriarchs in the Middle East highlighted the need for an end to the war in Syria, now entering its third year.
Pope urges Catholics to let grace transform, work through them
Catholics must allow the grace of their baptism and of the Eucharist to transform their lives and make them instruments of God’s grace in the world, Pope Francis said.
Cardinal urges Kenyans to accept court verdict on election
Nairobi Cardinal John Njue urged Kenyans to maintain peace as the Supreme Court decides on the nation’s disputed presidential election. He also urged Kenyans to accept the court verdict, expected March 30.
Pope washes feet of 12 young detainees to serve them ‘from the heart’
Pope Francis told young inmates that, just as Jesus came to help and serve others, he, too, was at their service as a priest and bishop. During the evening Mass at Rome’s Casal del Marmo prison for minors, Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 young people of different nationalities and faiths, including at least two Muslims and two women, who are housed at the juvenile detention facility.
Sainthood candidate always had ‘a missionary heart,’ nephew says
The sainthood cause for Father Joseph Walijewski, a La Crosse diocesan priest who established a Bolivia parish and a Peru orphanage on behalf of the diocese, has been officially opened.
Pope Francis says good priests bring joy, comfort to those in need
Pope Francis called on the world’s priests to bring the healing power of God’s grace to everyone in need, to stay close to the marginalized and to be “shepherds living with the smell of the sheep.”
Self-absorption is root of evils within church, future pope said
Evils within the church are caused by a self-centeredness and “theological narcissism” that forget to share Christ with people outside of the church, Pope Francis said in the days before his election.
