by Michael McG | Jan 3, 2023 | Pope Francis, Pax Christi, Justice and Peace, Organisations
Pax Christi, the international Catholic movement for peace, has produced online and paper resources to celebrate this year’s theme for World Peace Sunday (January 15). Pope Francis has announced the theme as: “No one can be saved alone. Combatting Covid-19 together,...
by Michael McG | Jan 3, 2023 | Pope Francis, Rome
Pope Francis will preside at the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, which takes place in St Peter’s Square on Thursday (January 5) at 8am UK time.The body of the Pope Emeritus has been lying in St Peter’s Basilica so the faithful can pay...
by Michael McG | Nov 14, 2022 | Pope Francis, Encyclicals, CAFOD, Organisations
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin told the COP27 climate change conference that “we cannot ignore” the link between the climate crisis and lack of access to food and water. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the secretary of state of the Holy See, addressed roundtables...
by Michael McG | Nov 10, 2022 | Pope Francis
Canons of the Norbertine Order, including two from their smallest community at Fuston, near Filey, met Pope Francis during a private audience in Rome. Father Thomas Swaffer and Father Martin Gosling were taking part in an international symposium to celebrate 900 years...
by Michael McG | Sep 20, 2022 | Appeals and Special Events, Pope Francis
The 108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2022 is celebrated on September 25 – the last Sunday of the month.The Holy Father has chosen the theme, “Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees”.The Church has been celebrating the World Day of Migrants and...
by Michael McG | Sep 12, 2022 | Appeals and Special Events, Pope Francis
This coming Sunday (September 18), churches will celebrate Evangelii Gaudium Sunday.Formerly called Home Mission Sunday, and now named after Pope Francis’ first (solo) Apostolic Exhortation on the Joy of the Gospel, the day offers Catholics the opportunity to...