Vatican City, Jan 30, 2019 / 04:12 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Everyone should pray the Stations of the Cross, Pope Francis said Wednesday, revealing that he always has with him a pocket-size book of “Via Crucis” meditations to pray with when he has a spare moment.

“Walking with Mary, behind Jesus carrying the cross, is the school of Christian life: there you learn patient, silent, and concrete love,” he said at the general audience Jan. 30.

Vatican City, Jan 29, 2019 / 08:22 am (CNA).- Unity and fidelity in a Christian marriage can offer an example of true love to the world, Pope Francis said Tuesday.

In his annual speech to the members of the Roman Rota, the Vatican’s highest court, the pope described “unity and fidelity” as fundamental cornerstones of Catholic theology and canonical matrimonial law.

Aboard the papal plane, Jan 28, 2019 / 07:52 am (CNA).- Please read below for CNA's full transcript of the Pope's July 28 in-flight press conference from Panama City to Rome:

Aboard the papal plane, Jan 28, 2019 / 06:35 am (CNA).- Pope Francis said Monday he is opposed to the idea of optional priestly celibacy in the Latin rite, and he would consider it only for very remote places if a serious need existed.
 
“Personally, I think that celibacy is a gift to the Church,” the pope said Jan. 28. “I would say that I do not agree with allowing optional celibacy, no.”