The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith affirms that Baptisms administered with modified formulas are invalid, including: “We baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”. The Sacrament of Baptism…
Vatican Publishing House publishes downloadable .pdf publication containing Pope Francis’s daily homilies from Casa Santa Marta and prayers suggested for the Coronavirus pandemic. As a sign of his closeness to those who were ill, under quarantine, or for whatever reason,…
Featured Image: Archbishop Rino Fisichella presenting the new Directory for Catechesis during the press conference The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization releases a new Directory for Catechesis, providing guidelines for the Church’s mission of proclaiming the Gospel through…
Featured Image: The Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei, Italy. “Mater misericordiae”, the Latin for “Mother of mercy”; "Mater spei", or “Mother of hope”; and “Solacium migrantium", or “Solace of migrants” are the new invocations to the Blessed…
The new Pope Video is a call to compassion to draw us closer to the Heart of Jesus In June, the message of “The Pope Video” shares an intention full of compassion and tenderness: it asks us to pray for all those…
In a letter marking the 25th anniversary of Saint John Paul II’s landmark encyclical “Ut unum sint”, Pope Francis calls for a renewed commitment to ecumenism. Pope Francis has recalled the Church’s “irrevocable” commitment to the task of ecumenism on…
The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization announces that Pope Francis is to join Marian sanctuaries across the world, to pray to the Virgin Mary for help amidst the pandemic. "Devoted and with one accord to prayer, together with…
Celebrating Mass on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Karol Wojtyla, the future St John Paul II, Pope Francis described his predecessor as a man of prayer, closeness, and justice. By Christopher Wells, vaticannews.va Pope Francis celebrated the 100th anniversary…
Forty-two institutions connected with various religious denominations announce their decision to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry. By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp, vaticannews.va Institutions hailing from the Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, United Reformed, Baptist, Quaker and Buddhist traditions…
Pope Francis makes the feast of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska an optional memorial for the universal Church, celebrated on 5 October. By Vatican News The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments issued a decree on Monday, 18…