Vatican opens clinic in St. Peter’s Square for World Day of the Poor
As part of the Vatican celebration of World Day of the Poor, a dozen doctors and nurses and 90 medical students set up shop in St. Peter’s Square.
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by bcadmin | Nov 10, 2022 | Archbishop Rino Fisichella, Catholic healthcare, Catholic News Service, News, Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, Red Cross, St. Peter's Square, Vatican, World day of the Poor | 0 |
As part of the Vatican celebration of World Day of the Poor, a dozen doctors and nurses and 90 medical students set up shop in St. Peter’s Square.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 22, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Jubilees, News, Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, Vatican | 0 |
The Vatican is looking for designs for the official logo for the Holy Year 2025 that will highlight its theme, “Pilgrims of Hope.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 11, 2022 | Archbishop Rino Fisichella, care of creation, Hope, jubilee, lead, News, Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis announced Friday that hope will be the central theme for the 2025 Jubilee, voicing his desire for the holy year will foster a greater sense of global brotherhood and solidarity with the poor, as well as care for the environment.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 14, 2022 | Archbishop Rino Fisichella, Catholic News Service, jubilee, News, Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis approved “Pilgrims of Hope” as the motto for the Holy Year 2025.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 28, 2021 | Archbishop Rino Fisichella, Catholic News Service, jubilee, News, Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Preparations for the Holy Year 2025 have already begun, and Pope Francis has asked the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization to take charge of the efforts.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 8, 2021 | Assisi, Catholic News Service, Economy of Francesco, News, Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, Pope Francis, Vatican, World day of the Poor | 0 |
Pope Francis plans to prepare for his celebration of the World Day of the Poor by meeting with and listening to some 500 poor people making a pilgrimage to Assisi, Italy, Nov. 12.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 24, 2021 | Catholic News Service, News, Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, Pope Francis, Vatican, World Day for the Elderly | 0 |
The Vatican press office said Pope Francis, who had colon surgery July 4, would not preside over a liturgy July 25 marking the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 11, 2021 | Catechist, catechists, Catholic Church, motu proprio, News, Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, Pope Francis, second, Vatican | 0 |
ROME – Pope Francis on Tuesday instituted the “secular” ministry of the catechist, meant for lay men and women who feel called to help in the Catholic Church’s mission of spreading the Gospel. With the formal recognition of the many “competent catechists” who already exercise an “irreplaceable mission in the
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 1, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, COVID-19 pandemic, News, Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, Pope Francis, rosary, Vatican | 0 |
Under the gaze of a seventh-century icon of Mary, Pope Francis launched a monthlong, global recitation of the rosary, pleading for Mary’s intercession for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2020 | Archbishop Rino Fisichella, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, News, Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, Sacraments, Vatican | 0 |
Although he said, “I would never go to war” over the proper age to administer the sacrament of confirmation, Archbishop Rino Fisichella said too often it seems that the sacrament is delayed to “blackmail” young people into continuing to come to church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2020 | Catholic Church, lead, News, Persons with disabilities, Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, Pope Francis, Sacraments, Vatican | 0 |
In a set of updated guidelines for catechesis released Thursday, the Vatican weighed in on what has long been a debate among theologians, insisting that the Church’s sacraments are a gift, and as such, they cannot be denied to disabled people.
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