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FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“We behave completely unjustly, unjustly toward the pope because the opposition to him is always based on one or two phrases taken out of context,” Cardinal Ryś said in an exclusive interview America.
Same-sex couples take part in a public blessing ceremony in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Several Catholic priests held a ceremony blessing same-sex and also re-married couples outside Cologne Cathedral in a protest against the city's archbishop, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
FaithNews Analysis
Michael J. O’Loughlin
When Catholic same-sex couples seek a blessing from a priest, it often flows from a deep faith in God.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
As the death toll rises in Israel, Pope Francis prayer for the families of the victims and “for all those who are living through hours of terror and anxiety.”
FaithNews Analysis
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
In 'Laudate Deum,' Pope Francis takes direct aim at the failure of human action on climate change on the global level.
FaithSynod Diary
Gerard O’Connell
What strikes me most about the synod, now in its third day, is the climate of prayer that envelops it, Gerry O’Connell writes.
Pope Francis talks with new Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, after presenting the red biretta to him during a consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 30, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
FaithDispatches
Noga Tarnopolsky
In his first Mass as cardinal, he acknowledged the flood of congratulations he had received from all quarters and all sects of his diocese. “Cardinals in our time are no longer the princes of the church,” Cardinal Pizzaballa said, “but its servants and those of the people of God.”