Articles by Courtney Mares
Vatican to vaccinate 1,200 people in need during Holy Week
Mar 26, 2021 / 09:50 amThe Vatican plans to vaccinate 1,200 people living in poverty during Holy Week with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Cardinal who stayed in Syria says ‘time is running out’ for recovery after 10 years of war
Mar 25, 2021 / 05:15 amA cardinal who remained in Syria for the entire duration of the 10-year civil war has said that he fears “time is running out” to rebuild the country as it descends into deeper poverty.
Pope Francis appoints Juan Carlos Cruz to pontifical commission for protecting minors
Mar 24, 2021 / 09:00 amPope Francis has appointed Juan Carlos Cruz, a Chilean survivor of clerical sex abuse, to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
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Pope Francis: Doctor of the Church St. Alphonsus Liguori is ‘model of missionary outreach’
Mar 23, 2021 / 13:00 pmPope Francis has marked the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of St. Alphonsus Liguori as a Doctor of the Church by praising the saint as a model of moral teaching.
Vatican marks World Water Day with call to end waste and contamination
Mar 22, 2021 / 09:00 amThe Vatican has marked World Water Day by urging an end to water waste and contamination.
Private Mass restrictions come into force at St. Peter’s Basilica
Mar 22, 2021 / 05:30 amThe restriction of private Masses in the upper side chapels of St. Peter’s Basilica has come into force
Pope Francis blesses Carlo Acutis statue for orphanage in Egypt
Mar 19, 2021 / 07:00 amPope Francis has blessed a statue of Carlo Acutis, the first millennial to be beatified, which will be sent to an orphanage in Cairo
Relics of Carlo Acutis brought to Poland in hope of inspiring young Catholics
Mar 17, 2021 / 17:00 pmRelics of Carlo Acutis can now be found in a cathedral in Poland thanks to the initiative of a youth chaplain.
Pope Francis: ‘I too kneel on the streets of Myanmar and say stop the violence’
Mar 17, 2021 / 06:00 amAt today’s general audience, Pope Francis made an emotional appeal for an end to violence against protesters in Burma.
Pope Francis: Support working mothers amid the coronavirus pandemic
Mar 15, 2021 / 08:05 amPope Francis has called for more support for working mothers during and after the coronavirus pandemic, saying that women are vital for the renewal of society and the economy.
Catholic campaign to aid Syrian children who ‘have known nothing but war’
Mar 14, 2021 / 15:04 pmAhead of the 10th anniversary of the start of the Syrian war, the Catholic charity Caritas has launched a campaign to help children in Syria with much needed medical, humanitarian, and educational resources.
Pope Francis prays for 'martyred Syria' on eve of 10th anniversary of war
Mar 14, 2021 / 07:00 amPope Francis urged the world not to forget the ongoing suffering of the “martyred” people of Syria on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the start of the Syrian war.
Pope Francis celebrates 500 years of 'the joy of the Gospel' in the Philippines
Mar 14, 2021 / 05:00 amPope Francis offered Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark 500 years of Catholic faith in the Philippines.
Religious sister who treated Covid patients honored as 'Woman of Courage'
Mar 9, 2021 / 10:45 amA religious sister and registered nurse who served those sick with COVID-19 in Italy has been honored by the U.S. State Department with the “Women of Courage” Award.
Pope Francis returns historic prayer book saved from Islamic State to the Nineveh Plains
Mar 8, 2021 / 06:05 amDuring his trip to Iraq, Pope Francis returned a historic Aramaic prayer manuscript which was restored after the Islamic State desecrated the Catholic church where it was once held.
Pope Francis in Iraq meets with father whose children died as refugees in shipwreck
Mar 7, 2021 / 11:00 amPope Francis met Sunday with a father who lost his wife and two children in a shipwreck as Syrian war refugees.
Pope Francis in the Nineveh Plains: ‘Terrorism and death never have the last word’
Mar 7, 2021 / 04:00 amPope Francis entrusted the rebuilding of Christian communities in the Nineveh Plains to the protection of the Virgin Mary at a cathedral that was once desecrated and burned by the Islamic State.
Pope Francis in Iraq: ‘The name of God cannot be used to justify acts of murder’
Mar 5, 2021 / 06:48 amIn his first speech in Iraq, Pope Francis called for an end to violence and extremism so that ordinary Iraqis can live, work, and pray in peace.
Pope Francis meets with Iraqi refugees before flight to Baghdad
Mar 5, 2021 / 03:40 amPope Francis met with Iraqi refugees in Rome early Friday before his flight to Baghdad.
Pope Francis will bless this Virgin Mary statue desecrated by Islamic State
Mar 4, 2021 / 07:20 amIraqi Catholics have asked Pope Francis to bless a statue of the Virgin Mary that was desecrated by the Islamic State.