First stage of the pilgrimage. The emotional moment for detainees and operators. Symbols and human experiences. And an invitation to hope. For everyone;

Francis in Santa Marta: the couple in love are the image and likeness of God. “Marriage is a silent homily for everyone else, a daily homily”. Faith cannot be reduced to “you can or you cannot, yes or no” answers.

Two lovers resemble God. This is the greatest beauty of marriage. Francis exclaims in this morning’s Mass, 25 May 2018, at Casa Santa Marta, to which celebration, seven married couples celebrating their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries were also present.

Pope Bergoglio’s interview shows an approach in tune with that of his predecessor, an indispensable gaze for understanding the Holy See’s approach from China to Cuba.

In a dialogue with the director of the Echo of Bergamo, Pope Francis said that at global level he was concerned about “the imbalances that are always tied to reckless exploitation: both of people and of nature”. And he significantly added: “yet, the Church’s true task is not to change governments, but to bring the logic of the Gospel into the thinking and actions of those who govern”.

The Pope’s interview with the Echo of Bergamo for the arrival in the city of John XXIII’s body: “the Church’s task is not to change governments, but to bring the logic of the Gospel into the thinking and actions of rulers”

The 72-year-old “white-bearded archbishop” is a tireless promoter of inter-religious dialogue, attentive to both the issue of human rights and the abuse of the blasphemy law.

Papal almoner Krajewski is the most surprising name in the list of new cardinals announced by Pope Francis.

At the Pentecost Mass in St Peter's, the Pope stressed that “Plenty of people promise change, yet no earthly attempt to change reality can ever completely satisfy the human heart” and warned communities against self-preservation”.

At Pentecost, which brings the Easter season to a close, Christians witness the final fulfillment of the revelation of the Word of God begun in the creation of the world and completed in the work of Jesus Christ.

When the Lord told his disciples to go and teach all nations and baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit [Matthew 28:19], he conferred on them the power of giving men new life in God.

It is now official. Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a Vatican ceremony Oct. 14. Romero will be elevated to universal veneration at the Vatican ceremony alongside Pope Paul VI.

After a 38-year-wait, it is now official. Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, murdered in 1980 for speaking out against military oppression, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a Vatican ceremony Oct. 14.