Pope’s sensitivity to migrants

In a powerful 1 minute video  John Klink, president of the International Catholic Migration Commission, talks to Catholic News Service about Pope Francis’ special awareness of migrants’ problems. Francis himself said “I have come from the ends of the...

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...
Global, simultaneous Eucharistic Adoration

Global, simultaneous Eucharistic Adoration

Technology opened up a new experience of the universality of Church when millions around the world were able to join in Eucharistic adoration with Pope Francis. RomeReports writes. “It was five o clock in the afternoon in Rome, when the Eucharistic Adoration...

Encyclical on Poverty

Pope Francis writing encyclical on poverty… “Benedict XVI is finishing writing the encyclical on faith which will be signed by Pope Francis. Following this, he himself will prepare his first encyclical on the poor: Beati pauperes,” Bishop Luigi Martella of the...