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Pope Francis issues exhortation praising the ‘middle class’ of holiness

Vatican City, Apr 9, 2018 / 09:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis released an apostolic exhortation in which he aims to “repropose” the universal call to holiness – which he says is the mission of life for every person.

Pope: Relationship with Jesus is our own personal love story

Vatican City, Apr 8, 2018 / 04:20 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On the Second Sunday of Easter, also known as Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis said that our relationship with God is a personal one, filled with his love and mercy, where we proclaim like St. Thomas: “My Lord and my God!”

“To enter into Jesus’ wounds is to contemplate the boundless love flowing from his heart. It is to realize that his heart beats for me, for you, for each one of us,” the pope said April 8.

Vatican arrests priest under investigation for possession of child porn

Vatican City, Apr 7, 2018 / 08:58 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Saturday Vatican police arrested former Vatican diplomat Fr. Carlo Alberto Capella, who has been under investigation for the violation of laws concerning the possession of child pornography and its distribution or sale.

Remember the missionaries of mercy? Here's what they've been up to

Vatican City, Apr 6, 2018 / 02:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Hundreds of Pope Francis' missionaries of mercy are gathering at the Vatican in coming days for formation and fellowship, for the first time since their mandate was extended at the end of the Jubilee of Mercy.

Analysis: What to expect from a weekend conference on Church 'confusion'

Vatican City, Apr 6, 2018 / 11:05 am (CNA).- Before he died, the late Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, emeritus Archbishop of Bologna, told friends that he wished for a conference that would gather bishops and other Catholics to reflect on the state of the Church.

In April, Pope Francis prays for people with economic responsibility

Vatican City, Apr 6, 2018 / 04:27 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his prayer video for the month of April, Pope Francis requested prayers for those who have a large responsibility when it comes to economic affairs, that they will always value what is good for the human person over profit.

Pope Francis to issue apostolic exhortation on holiness

Vatican City, Apr 5, 2018 / 10:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis will next week publish an apostolic exhortation on holiness titled Gaudete et exsultate, or “Rejoice and be glad”, the Vatican announced Thursday.

Subtitled “on the call to holiness in the contemporary world”, the exhortation will be presented April 9 by Archbishop Angelo De Donatis, vicar general of the Diocese of Rome and archpriest of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.

Los Angeles' newest auxiliary bishop is a cancer survivor

Vatican City, Apr 5, 2018 / 05:12 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Thursday Pope Francis appointed Msgr. Marc V. Trudeau, who survived lymphoma in 2008, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

He replaces Bishop Thomas J. Curry, whose resignation was accepted by Pope Francis April 3, after he reached age 75, the usual age of retirement, in January.

St. Gregory of Narek statue, a sign of Armenian faith, to be installed at Vatican

Vatican City, Apr 4, 2018 / 01:49 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At the end of Pope Francis’ visit to Armenia in June 2016, the pope was given a small statue of St. Gregory of Narek, a gift from Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan.

“This is a present from the Armenian people, and we hope that one day a statue of St. Gregory of Narek will be installed in the Vatican,” he said.

Pope Francis responded: “I do like both the statue and the idea.”

Pope Francis: We should leave every Mass better than when we went in

Vatican City, Apr 4, 2018 / 03:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said the Eucharist is key to living an authentic Christian witness, and that those who leave Mass unchanged, continuing to gossip or hold onto unholy habits, have missed the point.

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