Vatican News

Lay rector a first at the 'Pope's university'

Rome, Italy, Jun 7, 2018 / 01:58 pm (CNA).- For the first time in its 245-year history, a lay professor has been appointed rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, also known as the “Pope’s university.”
 
Vincenzo Buonomo, a professor of international law and a consultant to the Holy See since the 1980s, was appointed rector of the Pontifical Lateran University by Pope Francis.
 

Global campaign urges greater involvement to help migrants, refugees

Vatican City, Jun 7, 2018 / 10:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Organizers of the international “Share the Journey” campaign are urging Catholics to step up and interact with migrants and refugees through shared meals or other activities as part of a global action week.

“We invite you to sit down together with migrants and refugees in your community, to look into their eyes, listen to their stories and to share your own,” Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said in a press release on the initiative.

Analysis: Cardinal Parolin at the elite Bilderberg meeting

Vatican City, Jun 6, 2018 / 04:26 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, will take part in the Bilderberg Conference, an annual private gathering of global political, business and media leaders, set to take place this year in Turin, Italy, June 7 – 10.
 
Cardinal Parolin’s name is included in the list of 131 participants in this year’s Bilderberg meeting.
 

Pope focuses on social media use in June prayer video

Vatican City, Jun 6, 2018 / 11:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his prayer video for June, Pope Francis asked that digital communications and social media platforms would be a place of inclusion and encounter, rather than isolation and “alienation.”

In the video, published June 5, the pope opened saying the internet “is a gift from God, but it is also a great responsibility.”

Peripheries, truth, and hope: Pope Francis on upstanding journalism

Vatican City, Jun 5, 2018 / 11:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Ahead the presentation of the Biagio Agnes International Journalism Award, Pope Francis advised journalists to consider of all walks of life in their work, pursue truth, and always introduce hope.

Often, he said, “the nerve centres of news production are found in large centres,” but stories worth telling exist beyond these hubs of human activity. Many of these quiet existences are proof of great “suffering and degradation.”

Pope Francis urges Spirit-centered cooperation between Catholics, Lutherans

Vatican City, Jun 4, 2018 / 03:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In an address Monday to a delegation of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pope Francis encouraged ongoing ecumenism between Catholics and Lutherans.

Referencing efforts such as “various joint prayers” and “many ecumenical meetings,” Francis observed an increased inclination toward Christian cooperation during the past year. He also emphasized its importance.

“It is increasingly becoming a necessity and a desire,” he said.

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