Pope wants parishes to be generous, open communities
February’s Pope Video calls parishes to truly be communities, places of listening and welcome whose doors are always open. February’s Pope Video The second Pope Video of the year has just been published with the prayer intention that the Holy Father is...
Free resources to help mark World Peace Sunday
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,...
Pope Francis to preside at Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s funeral
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...
Cardinal: Hunger, conflict, climate and inequality ‘all interconnected’
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...
