"The Pope Video" series continues! This month, the Pope asks us to pray for Asia -- an enormous continent where people...
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Pope tells Vincentians to adore, welcome and go #famvin400
On Saturday Pope Francis said Vincentians must adore, welcome and go! Vincentians should share God’s love with action...
EWTN covers Pope Francis with the Vincentian Family at #famvin400 #Rome
You can watch the goings on this Saturday on EWTN - the Global Catholic Network. Times above are EDT (New York USA)...
Following the words of Francis
FamVin visitors have asked about ways of keeping up with the words of Pope Francis. The Vatican News Service provides a handy collection of highlights of the daily meditations of Pope Francis during his morning Mass in the Santa Marta Chapel from the reports by...
Door of Faith: St. Catherine Labouré, DC
Continuing our Vincentian Year of Faith series, this month we highlight the virtues of St. Catherine Labouré, DC. She was a nursing sister for over 40 years during which she humbly kept silent, never boasting about the fact that the Virgin Mary had appeared to her and...
Pope ‘s unscripted comments
A verified summary of private comments by the Pope on a variety of sensitive issues is prompting increased media coverage. For the source texts that most commentary articles are referring to visit the following sites Whispers in the Loggia - influential source for...
Pope – practical environmentalist
Rome Reports During his weekly general audience, Pope Francis talked about the need to protect the Earth and its resources. More specifically, he talked about not wasting food. Wednesday marks 'World Environment Day,' and so the Pope talked about not giving into a...
Door of Faith: St. John Gabriel Perboyre
This month in our Year of Faith series, a new presentation on the life of St. John Gabriel Perboyre, CM, missioner to China and holy martyr. Read about his childhood in southern France, his vocation story, his journey to China, the persecutions and cruel tortures he faced, and his unwavering faith.
Pope’s Address to Women Religious Superiors
"What would the Church be without you? She would lack maternity, affection, tenderness!" VATICAN CITY, May 08, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Here is a translation of Francis' address today to the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) * * * Dear Sisters! I am happy to...
Cardinal affirms lack of consultation
Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, head of the Vatican's Congregation for Religious, has dismissed claims from the Vatican that remarks he made to NCR about a controversial 2012 criticism of U.S. Catholic sisters were misinterpreted, saying he backs NCR's report as "very...
Cardinal kept out of loop on LCWR
The NCR reports candid remarks of Cardinal to 800+ leaders of women's communities gathered in Rome... "The controversial Vatican decision last year to place the main representative group of U.S. Catholic sisters under the control of bishops was made without...
Pope – 6 million Twitter followers
On April 29, at about midday, Pope Francis surpassed six million followers on social network Twitter. Benedict XVI launched the account @Pontifex on December 12, 2012. During his remaining three months as Pope, he gained more than three million followers. On March 13,...
