COMMENTARY: Approved on the same day as ‘Lumen Gentium’ and ‘Unitatis Redintegratio,’ ‘Orientalium Ecclesiarum’ manifests the ...

referencing Fratelli Tutti (All Brothers), his 2020 encyclical “on fraternity and social friendship.” Further reading: 'Renewal and transformation of the world': Pope Francis opens the Jubilee ...

The Catholic Church has its own history of prophetic voices using the moral authority of the priesthood to remind political ...

Day-of-release blog posts are likely not the best place to attempt – or look for – considered commentary on so significant a magisterial event as a papal encyclical. Day-of-release blog posts are ...

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Archbishop Diego Ravelli, master of papal liturgical ceremonies, published a list of the pope’s upcoming liturgies Jan. 8. The other papal liturgies in January and February: — Jan. 25: An ecumenical ...

His remarks align with Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si', which frames environmental stewardship as a moral obligation. Then-Bishop of San Diego Robert Walter McElroy poses during a meeting at ...

This restriction of the ability to properly pray led to religious leaders calling them "Satan's claws", and in 1215 Pope Innocent III banned priests from wearing them - along with green or red ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators gathered at the Vatican on Saturday. Speaking to ...

Pope Francis gestures during an audience with Catholic associations of teachers and students' parents in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) A ...