Articles by Courtney Mares
On this day 400 years ago, the Vatican founded Propaganda Fide
Jan 6, 2022 / 12:00 pmThe founding is commemorated by a Chapel of the Magi.
Pope Francis at Epiphany Mass: Let us adore Christ like the Magi
Jan 6, 2022 / 06:00 amHe was offering Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany.
Which countries will Pope Francis visit in 2022?
Jan 5, 2022 / 13:00 pmPossible destinations include Lebanon, Malta, and Papua New Guinea.
Pope Francis: Society loses when ‘dogs and cats take the place of children’
Jan 5, 2022 / 04:20 amThe general audience featured a circus performance.
Pope Francis: Let us place the new year under the protection of Mary
Jan 1, 2022 / 09:35 amPope Francis’ first public act of 2022 was to offer Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God.
Pope Francis’ Christmas Mass: ‘God comes into the world in littleness’
Dec 24, 2021 / 13:00 pmIn his Christmas homily, Pope Francis asked Christians to contemplate that God did not choose to come into the world in grandeur, but as a humble child born into poverty.
Piñatas, Posadas and other Christ-centered Mexican Christmas traditions
Dec 21, 2021 / 01:30 amHere’s what happens during the 9-day Mexican Christmas tradition called ‘las Posadas.’
Assisi is illuminated with Giotto’s frescoes this Christmas season
Dec 17, 2021 / 15:17 pmAssisi debuted its Giotto Christmas light display in December 2020, but Italy’s coronavirus restrictions last year prevented people from visiting.
Pope Francis: Vaccine access is a matter of justice
Dec 17, 2021 / 14:00 pmThe pope told new ambassadors that the ongoing pandemic is a reminder that “we are a global community where one person’s problems are the problems of all.”
Pope Francis celebrates his 85th birthday with refugees he helped bring to Italy
Dec 17, 2021 / 10:30 amThe group of about ten refugees are being supported directly by Pope Francis.
Christmas at the Vatican: Here are the liturgies Pope Francis will celebrate this year
Dec 14, 2021 / 15:35 pmThe Vatican has published Pope Francis’ Christmas schedule for this year.
Two Jesuit priests win 2021 Centesimus Annus prize for Catholic social teaching
Dec 13, 2021 / 17:00 pmTwo Jesuit priests have been named the winners of the 2021 edition of the Centesimus Annus Foundation’s prize for writing on Catholic social teaching.
Pope Francis: The value of a person is not determined by ability
Dec 13, 2021 / 14:00 pmIn a meeting with disabled children and their caregivers at the Vatican, Pope Francis said that if disability or illness makes life more difficult, it is no less worthy of being lived, and lived to the fullest.
Pope Francis approves miracle attributed to a French nun who will be made a saint
Dec 13, 2021 / 12:00 pmThe miracle attributed to Rivier, who can now be canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church, involved the healing of a newborn baby in the Philippines in 2015.
PHOTOS: Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations in a small town in Mexico
Dec 12, 2021 / 15:05 pmFor the past 15 days, the town has held rosary processions through the streets each day at 6 a.m. in spiritual preparation for the Marian feast.
Pope Francis updates norms on crimes judged by Vatican’s doctrinal office
Dec 7, 2021 / 10:00 amThe norms address the delicts of schism, sacramental desecration, and abuse of minors
New report finds freedom of conscience under threat in France, Spain, and Sweden
Dec 7, 2021 / 09:00 amThe report said further developments could lead to ‘complete exclusion of Christians from certain professions.’
Pope Francis says he accepted Paris archbishop’s resignation ‘on the altar of hypocrisy’
Dec 6, 2021 / 07:21 amThe pope accepted Archbishop Michel Aupetit’s resignation on Dec. 2.
Pope Francis in Greece: ‘Let us ask for the grace of hope’
Dec 5, 2021 / 09:05 amThe pope encouraged the 2,000 people gathered in Athens’ Megaron Concert Hall to be “witnesses of hope and sowers of joy.”
Pope Francis calls migrant crisis a ‘shipwreck of civilization’ during refugee camp visit
Dec 5, 2021 / 05:00 amPope Francis visited the Mavrovouni migrant reception and identification center located along the shore of the island of Lesbos,