Pope Francis opens a big Vatican meeting on the church’s future and says ‘everyone’ is welcome
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis said the Catholic Church needed to be rebuilt to make it a place of welcome for “everyone, everyone, everyone,” as he opened a divisive meeting on the future of the church that has sparked hope among progressives and alarm among conservatives. Francis presided over a solemn Mass in St Peter’s Square […]
ESSAY: HOW ST FRANCIS CREATED THE NATIVITY SCENE, WITH A MIRACULOUS EVENT IN 1223
In an article first published on The Conversation, VANESSA CORCORAN, adjunct professor of history at Georgetown University, looks at the history of the Nativity scene – and St Francis’ role in it…
40 Catholic organisations around the globe announce they are shunning investments in fossil fuels
A coalition of 40 Catholic institutions, located on five continents, announced this week that they were shunning investments in fossil fuels and urged others to follow suit. As well as financial organisations including Germany’s Bank für Kirche und Caritas eG and Oikocredit Belgium, the institutions include four organisations based in Assisi, Italy, the home of St […]