by Michael McG | Sep 6, 2023 | Encyclicals, Pope Francis
In the first year of his pontificate, 2013, Pope Francis released an apostolic exhortation on the joy of the Gospel titled Evangelii Gaudium.In it, he encouraged the Christian faithful to “embark on a new chapter of evangelisation” marked by this joy, while striving...
by Michael McG | Aug 1, 2023 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
In the latest “Popecast” by Vatican News’ Salvatore Cernuzio, Pope Francis listens to recorded questions from a group of young people who share their personal stories.To each he responds with words of encouragement. |The questions and his answers are featured in an...
by Michael McG | Aug 1, 2023 | Appeals and Special Events, Pope Francis, World Youth Day, Pope's Prayer Intention
Pope Francis’ monthly prayer intention for August is for World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal.The Pope invited the Church to pray for this intention in this month’s The Pope Video, which is entrusted to the entire Catholic Church through the Pope’s Worldwide...
by Michael McG | Jul 4, 2023 | Pope Francis, Pope's Prayer Intention
The new Pope Video invites us to place the Eucharistic celebration at the centre of our lives: “It is the presence of Jesus, it is deeply transforming.”Pope Francis affirms that the Eucharist “gives us the courage to go out of ourselves, and to open ourselves to...
by Michael McG | Jun 6, 2023 | Pope's Prayer Intention, Pope Francis
The new Pope Video contains a powerful call for the abolition of torture.The Holy Father condemns not only the most violent forms of torture but also those that are “more sophisticated, such as degrading someone, dulling the senses, or mass detentions in inhumane...
by Michael McG | Apr 13, 2023 | Pope Francis, Catholic Bishop's Conference
Pope Francis has appointed His Excellency Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain.Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, welcomed the news.”On...
