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Pope warns against ‘closed’ groups claiming righteousness‍

Pope Francis has warned against those doing the work of the devil by claiming “exclusive” rights over Jesus and the King-dom of God. Referring to September 26 gospel reading from St Mark, Pope Francis cited Jesus’ warning that “instead of dividing people into good and bad, we are all called

Getting old is not a disease, it’s a privilege, pope tells older priests

Getting to be a ripe old age is a privilege, Pope Francis told older priests. If facing an illness, that too, becomes a privilege in that one resembles Jesus, “who suffers, and one carries the cross, just like him,” he said in a written letter. “Pray for me as I am a little old and […]

Media critical of the pope do ‘the devil’s work,’ Francis says

In his conversation with Slovakian Jesuits while visiting the country, Pope Francis took a swipe at his media critics, saying he sometimes loses patience with people who insult without know-ing the facts. He also criticized members of the Church who he said are too nostalgic for the past, such as priests who are more attached […]

Armenian bishops elect former U.S. pastor as patriarch

The bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church elected Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian, the ordinary for Armenian Catholics in Eastern Europe, to be their church’s new patriarch. Upon his election, the 74-year-old patriarch took the name Patriarch Raphaël Pierre XXI Minassian, the Vatican said in an announcement Sept. 23. The patriarch-to-be and his 11 confreres began […]

Leadership is distorted by thirst for power, betraying charism, pope says

Pope Francis praised Catholic lay movements and associations for living out the Gospel in their everyday lives and for promoting education, social support and evangelization in the world’s peripheries. They show how “we don’t have to wait for a priest to come, for the priest to evangelize or a missionary,” he said, applauding the way […]

Collegiality, synodality needed to face challenges in Europe, bishops say

Heads of several bishops’ conferences and councils around the world called for greater collegiality and communion among bishops to confront the challenges facing the church in Europe and across the globe. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, who addressed the plenary assembly of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences Sept. 24, called on the […]