Articles by Courtney Mares
Ukrainian soldier appeals to Pope Francis to help save the people of Mariupol
Apr 19, 2022 / 09:20 amMajor Serhiy Volyna, who has been leading the 36th marine brigade in the battle for the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, pleaded with the pope to help do something to safely evacuate people from the city.
Pope Francis tells 80,000 teens to ask Our Lady for courage to do God’s will
Apr 19, 2022 / 05:30 amThe youth pilgrimage was organized in an effort to reach out to young people whose lives were upended during the past two years of isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pope Francis at Easter Vigil: The Risen Lord has robbed evil of its power
Apr 16, 2022 / 13:45 pmPope Francis did not preside over the Easter Vigil Mass, but he delivered the homily and baptized seven people.
How the Good Friday Holy Land collection unites Catholics with the places of Christ’s Passion
Apr 14, 2022 / 09:10 amCardinal Sandri said: ‘It is truly a providential opportunity for the whole Catholic Church to take advantage of this collection.’
Benedict XVI was ‘a prophet’ of Church’s future, Pope Francis tells Malta’s Jesuits
Apr 14, 2022 / 04:30 am‘It will be a Church that is more spiritual, poorer and less political,’ Pope Francis said.
With pope’s blessing, Knights of Columbus to give 10,000 Easter care packages to Ukraine war victims
Apr 13, 2022 / 09:47 am‘Our efforts in Ukraine and Poland have only just begun,’ said Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly.
Here’s what Pope Francis says about World War III in a new book
Apr 13, 2022 / 06:45 am‘And so, step by step, we are moving towards catastrophe,’ the pope writes.
Pope Francis plans to visit Kazakhstan in September
Apr 12, 2022 / 04:35 amThe pope hopes to take part in the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
Ukrainian and Russian families to carry cross at pope’s Good Friday Via Crucis
Apr 11, 2022 / 08:24 amThe two families will carry a wooden cross together for the 13th station in the Colosseum.
Pope Francis receives new US ambassador to the Holy See
Apr 11, 2022 / 05:00 am‘I look forward to deepening our ties with the Holy See,’ Joe Donnelly said in a video message.
Pope Francis: We are witnessing the ‘impotence’ of the UN in the Ukraine war
Apr 6, 2022 / 06:30 amThe pope made the comments during a reflection on his recent trip to Malta at his weekly general audience.
Pope Francis: Blood of Bucha victims ‘cries out to heaven’ for end to Ukraine war
Apr 6, 2022 / 03:00 amThe pope held up a blue and yellow flag which he said was brought to him from “the martyred city” of Bucha, Ukraine.
Pope Francis addresses his health problems during in-flight press conference
Apr 3, 2022 / 13:11 pmThe pope was speaking at the end of his two-day visit to the Mediterranean country.
Pope Francis reminds migrants in Malta of his ‘closeness’ on last day of visit
Apr 3, 2022 / 10:31 amAddressing a crowd on Sunday at the John XIII Peace Lab, an immigration reception center in Hal Far, Malta, Pope Francis called for strengthening “the fabric of social friendship and the culture of encounter, starting from places such as this.”
Pope Francis in Malta: God’s endless mercy means no one is ‘irredeemable’
Apr 3, 2022 / 03:20 amThe pope urged Malta’s Catholics to be ‘tireless witnesses’ of God’s mercy.
Pope Francis prays at St. Paul’s Grotto in Malta
Apr 3, 2022 / 02:05 amTradition holds that St. Paul stayed at the site for three months in 60 AD.
Pope Francis in Malta: Christ himself appears to you in the faces of migrants
Apr 2, 2022 / 11:19 amPope Francis told Catholics in Malta on Saturday that when they offer charity to the migrants and refugees who arrive on their shores, they are serving Christ himself.
Pope Francis: Visit to Kyiv is 'on the table'
Apr 2, 2022 / 06:52 amPope Francis on Saturday said a papal visit to Kyiv is "on the table," raising the possibility of a dramatic escalation of the Holy See's diplomatic and spiritual effort to bring about an end to the fighting that has raged in Ukraine since Russia invaded the country on Feb. 24.
Pope Francis arrives in Malta calling for peace and the protection of life
Apr 2, 2022 / 06:18 amPope Francis urged authorities in Malta to protect life and appealed to the international community to work for peace in the midst of war, which he said has “swept down powerfully upon the lives of many people and affected us all.”
Pope Francis greets Ukraine war refugees before first papal flight of 2022
Apr 2, 2022 / 00:57 amThe group of 15 refugees consisted of mothers and children.