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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The wounds of Christ’s passion and death and the stigmata given to some Christians over the centuries are reminders of “the pain Jesus suffered in his flesh out of love for us and for our salvation,” Pope Francis said. But, the pope said, the stigmata also is a reminder that through…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Priests are called to be “a true icon of Jesus,” drawing closer to God the father by devoting their lives to the care of all God’s children, Pope Francis wrote. The pope met April 4 at the Vatican with Latin American priests doing graduate studies in Rome and living at the…
WASHINGTON – Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Parsegh Baghdassarian, I.C.P.B., as Auxiliary Bishop of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States and Canada. Bishop-elect Baghdassarian is a priest of the Institute of the Patriarchal Clergy of Bzommar (I.C.P.B.), a religious order, and currently serves as pastor of St. Gregory the…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis held up a well-thumbed, camouflage-covered pocket edition of the New Testament and Psalms and a small fabric pouch containing a rosary. He told people at his general audience April 3 that the Bible and rosary had belonged to 23-year-old Oleksandr, a Ukrainian soldier killed at Avdiivka. “He had his…
WASHINGTON – “There are places where ministry is marked by the deep commitment of parishioners and the clergy who serve them, who often travel many miles through mountains, deserts, or arctic terrain to attend Mass and serve each other and their communities,” said Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City. Referring to dioceses in the…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For the nearly 10 years that Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI lived on opposite sides of St. Peter’s Basilica, the two popes’ relationship was marked by a deep mutual respect and profound sense of solidarity, Pope Francis said. The retired pope, he said, would even defend Pope Francis before…