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A Look Back at Vatican II: The Preparatory Commissions
COMMENTARY: In 1960, Pope John XXIII established 11 commissions and other preparatory bodies to lay the groundwork for the Second Vatican Council.
Read the Message for Divine Mercy Sunday That Pope John Paul II Wrote Just Before He Died
‘Lord, who with your death and resurrection revealed the Father’s love, we believe in you and with trust we repeat today: Jesus, I trust in you, have mercy on us and on the entire world,’ he wrote.
Pope Francis Asks for Prayers for Sudan as Military Factions Battle for Control
The Pope invited prayers for the African country on Divine Mercy Sunday.
Pope Francis: Jesus Is Found in the Community of the Catholic Church
Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to ask themselves if in the name of Jesus’ wounds, they are willing to open their arms to others, especially the wounded, so that no one is excluded from God’s mercy.
Pope Francis Defends St. John Paul II Against ‘Offensive Conjectures’ From Brother of Missing ‘Vatican Girl’
Speaking to the public on Divine Mercy Sunday, a day established by Pope John Paul II in 2000, Pope Francis called a recent insinuation ‘unfounded and offensive.’
Pope Francis Says He Will Travel to Mongolia
In off-the-cuff remarks to employees of the Italian airline company that staffs the papal plane for his international trips, the Pope said that he will travel to Mongolia after his scheduled trips to Hungary and France in the coming months.
St. Peter’s Basilica Introduces New ‘Prayer Entrance’ Amid Influx of Tourism
The new path will bring pilgrims past Michelangelo’s Pietà and the tomb of St. John Paul II directly to the chapel with daily eucharistic adoration and the back corner of the basilica reserved for confessions.
Vatican Announces Date and Theme for 2023 World Day for Grandparents and Elderly
Pope Francis will preside over a special Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark the grandparents’ day and has invited parishes, dioceses, associations, and communities around the world to celebrate the day ‘in their own pastoral context.’
Pope Francis Called in Exorcists as Archbishop, Says ‘Devil Tries to Attack Everyone’
When asked if he had ever performed an exorcism as Pope, the Holy Father replied that he had not but that he had requested the services of exorcists when he served as bishop in Argentina.
