Be messengers and builders of hope” for “a new evangelizing season in the Church, which is sent to revive hope in a world over which dark shadows loom;” “be harbingers of a new humanity in a world ...

In his message, the Holy Father decried how obsession with efficiency, materialism, ambition, and self-centeredness has created a culture of loneliness and indifference in wealthy nations.

Pope Francis ... the Holy Father said Christians should know and celebrate the date of their baptisms as a “new birthday” that commemorates their “birth in the Spirit of God.” “ ...

In an interview with CNA, Professor Mary Healy of Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Michigan discussed her Jan. 11 appointment by Pope Francis to ... docilely to the Holy Spirit and his charisms ...

In October of this past year, Pope Francis added his voice to this chorus of encouragement inviting people not to lose heart. The Holy Father ... us to maintain a spirit of joy in the midst ...

Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to ...

A holy year is an opportunity to start fresh with one's relationship with God and with other people, Pope Francis told thousands ... how blessed are the poor in spirit, those who mourn, those ...

Echoing the biblical jubilee themes of reconciliation and forgiveness, Pope Francis prayed that the Holy Spirit would soften hardened hearts so that “enemies may speak to each other again, adversaries ...

While calling himself an “old man” and saying he never expected to be pope this long, Pope Francis said he still has dreams for the future. “We must not stumble upon tomorrow, we must build it, and we ...

Pope Francis gives a rosary to a patient at Gemelli hospital in this file photo taken in Rome July 11, 2021, when the pope was in the hospital for 10 days to recover from a scheduled colon surgery.

And in receiving this sacrament, the first of all, the Holy Spirit manifests himself in Jesus and the Epiphany ... who come from all over the world in search of a new beginning”, Pope Francis repeated ...