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Rome, Italy

• Lent breathes life into world asphyxiated by sin, pope says

  

  By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Service
  Published March 9, 2017

  ROME (CNS)—Lent is a time to receive God’s breath of life, a breath that saves humanity from suffocating under the weight of selfishness, indifference and piety devoid of sincerity, Pope Francis said. “Lent is the time to say no to the asphyxia born of relationships that exclude, that try to find God while avoiding the […] Full Story

• Celebrating Corpus Christi feast, pope honors persecuted Christians

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published June 12, 2015

  ROME (CNS)–The Eucharist is the seal of God’s covenant, uniting Christians and giving them the strength to bring God’s love to others, even when faith carries a high price, Pope Francis said. Celebrating the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ with an evening Mass outside Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran June 4, […] Full Story

• Pope: Get a pocket Bible, read on commuter bus, in breaks

  

  By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
  Published March 20, 2014

  ROME (CNS)—If you get a seat on a crowded bus, you should use your travel time to read a few lines from the Bible, Pope Francis told members of a suburban parish filled with people who commute to Rome for work. “A Christian’s first task is to listen to the word of God, to listen […]

• New head of Legionaries of Christ weighs burden of founder’s sins

  

  By FRANCIS X. ROCCA, Catholic News Service
  Published March 7, 2014

  ROME (CNS)—When accusations of sexual abuse against Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder and then-general director of the Legionaries of Christ, were first published in 1997, Father Eduardo Robles Gil was running one of the congregation’s schools in Mexico City. Father Robles Gil did not believe Father Maciel had molested boys in his own seminaries, yet […]

• New head of Legionaries of Christ weighs burden of founder’s sins

  

  By FRANCIS X. ROCCA, Catholic News Service
  Published March 6, 2014

  ROME (CNS)—When accusations of sexual abuse against Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder and then-general director of the Legionaries of Christ, were first published in 1997, Father Eduardo Robles Gil was running one of the congregation’s schools in Mexico City. Father Robles Gil did not believe Father Maciel had molested boys in his own seminaries, yet […] Full Story

• Supreme Court DOMA Decision: U.S. Archbishop: Rulings suggest ‘worrisome’ future

  

  Published July 4, 2013

  ROME (CNS)—The “future of our democracy” is “very, very worrisome,” U.S. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said in reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 26 rulings striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and refusing to rule on the merits of a ban on same-sex marriage in California. The court high court remanded the […] Full Story

• Legionaries, Regnum Christi Asked To Make Novena

  By CINDY WOODEN, CNS
  Published June 6, 2013

  ROME (CNS)—As the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi prepare for a new beginning after a Vatican-ordered reform, the groups asked members to participate in a novena of atonement and healing in the aftermath of their founder’s misconduct. “In each of us, the healing process has been and continues to be deeply personal,” said a […] Full Story

• Pope Consecrating Pontificate To Our Lady Of Fatima

  By FRANCIS X. ROCCA, CNS
  Published May 9, 2013

  ROME (CNS)—The first of Rome’s four major basilicas to receive a visit from Pope Francis after his election March 13 was not the closest one, St. Peter’s, which sits under the “Loggia of the Blessings” from which the new pontiff first appeared to the world. Instead, at 8 the next morning, in a gesture not […] Full Story

• Archbishop Says Simplicity Marks His Mentor

  By CINDY WOODEN, CNS
  Published March 28, 2013

  ROME (CNS)—For the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, “authenticity and simplicity” characterize the man who mentored him as a young bishop and who has just been elected Pope Francis. Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said Pope Francis’ simplicity and commitment to a new form of evangelization was exemplified when he came out onto the balcony of […]

• Pope Francis Meets Retired Pope, Says ‘We’re Brothers’

  By CNS
  Published March 28, 2013

  CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS)—With a warm embrace, a helping hand, shared prayer, a long discussion and lunch together, Pope Francis spent several hours with retired Pope Benedict XVI March 23 at the papal summer villa. Pope Francis gave Pope Benedict an icon of Mary and Jesus that the Russian Orthodox delegation to his inauguration had […] Full Story

• Witnessing History In St. Peter’s Square

  By FATHER LUKE BALLMAN, Commentary
  Published March 28, 2013

  Father Luke Ballman, of the Atlanta Archdiocese, serves at the North American College in Rome. He spoke to The Georgia Bulletin March 13 by phone after witnessing the announcement of the election of Pope Francis and the pope’s first public appearance on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. The previous night, March 12, I went […] Full Story

• Archbishop Serves As Commentator For ABC News

  Published March 28, 2013

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory spent a week in Rome during the papal conclave, where he served as an analyst for ABC News. He answered a few questions about the experience via email. Q. How would you describe your experience participating in the papal coverage? A. I’m grateful to ABC for their invitation to serve as […] Full Story

• Legionary Priest From Atlanta Ordained In Rome

  Published January 19, 2012

  On Dec. 12, 2011, Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, CS, the papal delegate for the Legionaries of Christ, ordained 49 new priests, including Father Juan Pablo Durán Rueda, formerly of Atlanta. Father Durán was a parishioner of the Cathedral of Christ the King while going to high school in Atlanta. Father Frank McNamee, rector of the […] Full Story