After the Angelus on Sunday, October 25, 2020, Pope Francis announced the creation as Cardinal of Monsignor Celestino Aos Braco, Archbishop of Santiago de Chile. The Spanish Bishop will receive the Cardinal’s hat at the forthcoming Consistory in Rome, on November 28 of this year, along with 12 other Cardinals, among them nine Electors and […]
2020 has been a year of upheaval for families with regard to their children’s education and formation. While many children continue to attend school at least partly online, some families have decided to step into full-time homeschooling, and all Christian parents have had to reckon with reduced access to local religious education programs. However, this […]
Pope Francis has appointed Filipino Archbishop Jose Advincula a Cardinal. The pope made the announcement during his Sunday Angelus in the Vatican and said the new cardinals would be elevated at a consistory on Nov. 28. Advincula becomes the ninth Filipino cardinal, following cardinals Orlando Quevedo, Luis Antonio Tagle, Gaudencio Rosales, Jose Sanchez, Ricardo Vidal, […]
Pope Francis on Oct. 25, 2020, named Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory as one of 13 new cardinals, to be elevated at a Nov. 28 consistory at the Vatican. Archbishop Gregory, installed as Washington’s archbishop in May 2019, will become the first African American to be elevated to the College of Cardinals. In a statement, Archbishop […]
Pope Francis today stressed the importance of love for God and neighbor in his remarks before praying the noonday Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square. “In today’s Gospel passage (cf. Mt 22:34-40), a doctor of the Law asks Jesus ‘which is the great commandment’ (v. 36), that is, the principal commandment of […]
Pope Francis on October 25, 2020, announced that he will hold a consistory on November 28 for the creation of 13 new Cardinals. The Holy Father made his announcement after praying the noonday Angelus with the faithful gather in St. Peter’s Square. “Let us pray for the new Cardinals, so that, in confirming their adherence […]
Pope Francs on October 25, 2020, expressed his hope for peace in Nigeria, which has been the scene in recent days of violent confrontations between police and protesters. The Holy Father’s appeal came after praying the Angelus with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square. “I am following with particular concern the news coming from Nigeria, […]
The Holy Father has appointed as consultors of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue Bishop Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D., bishop prelate of the Prelature of Illapel, Chile; the Reverend Fathers Diego Ramón Sarrió Cucarella, M.Afr., dean of the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Rome, Italy; Sebastian Maria Michael, S.V.D., director of the archdiocesan Commission for Interreligious […]
An honorary Doctorate in Philosophy degree was conferred on Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I by the Pontifical Antonianum University on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. At the ceremony presenting the degree, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, observed that “the harmony with the Petrine magisterium which demonstrates the ecumenical union between the Churches of East […]
Termination of the office of apostolic administrator sede vacante of the exarchate for Ukrainian Catholic faithful of Byzantine rite resident in Italy and appointment of apostolic exarch The Holy Father has terminated the office of apostolic administrator sede vacante of the exarchate for Ukrainian Catholic faithful of Byzantine rite resident in Italy, in the person […]