📹VIDEO | Pope Francis and the new cardinals just visited Benedict XVI. This beautiful meeting took place right after today's consistory. Let's keep praying for their intentions and health.
📹 VIDEO | Mother Teresa of Calcutta died on Sept. 5, 1997, at the age of 87. St. John Paul II greeted and blessed St. Teresa in St. Peter's Basilica a few months before. One of the last times these saints were seen together.
This is how the world met our beloved Benedict XVI in 2005.
At 95, he is the longest-living person to have been pope.
Let's keep praying for the Pope Emeritus🙏🏼
📹VIDEO: Fr. Giuseppe Corbari, from a parish close to Milan had this idea that went viral: "I asked my parishioners to give me their selfies, I printed and stuck them on the benches. Now, when I celebrate Mass I have their company and I feel close to them."
#coronavirus
#Italy
📹VIDEO: Pope Francis arrived in Baghdad, in the first ever papal visit to Iraq. He will be the first pope to visit the birthplace of Abraham and to celebrate Mass in the Chaldean rite. It is his first trip in over a year. Let's join him in prayer!
#PopeFrancisinIraq
#PopeInIraq
Video has emerged of two men entering a church near the Vatican and stealing indigenous statues. They then filmed the statues being thrown into the Tiber River.
#AmazonSynod
#SinodoAmazonico
Happy 10th anniversary, Holy Father! On March 13, 2013, Pope Francis was elected and asked the whole world to pray for him. United in prayer with the Universal Church, we thank the Lord for his life and service.
#TenYearsPopeFrancis
📹VIDEO | In this place ISIS promised to conquer Rome and behead the Pope. Today
#PopeFrancis
arrived in Mosul to pray for peace, recalling that God is the God of life and “it is wrong for us to kill our brothers and sisters in his Name.”
#PopeFrancisinIraq
#PopeinIraq
📹VIDEO | This is the first time since the coronavirus lockdown began in Italy, that Pope Francis greeted and blessed pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square after the Regina Caeli prayer this Ascension Sunday.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, bringing to a close the momentous life of a Churchman who proclaimed the “eternal joy” of Jesus Christ and called himself a “humble worker” in the vineyard of the Lord.
📹A beautiful memory: St. John Paul II greeted and blessed St. Teresa of Calcutta in St. Peter's Basilica on June 29, 1997, few months before she died. One of the last times these saints were seen together.
📹VIDEO | Dozens of residents of a Roman neighborhood were able to attend Easter Mass thanks to Father Carlo Purgatorio, pastor of St. Emerenziana, who celebrated the Eucharist on a rooftop.
📹Highlights: These images will remain in history. From an empty St. Peter's Square due to
#coronavirus
, Pope Francis offered a moment of Eucharistic adoration and blessed us all.
#urbietorbi
Pope Francis: "...to your Immaculate Heart we solemnly entrust and consecrate ourselves, the Church and all humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine. Accept this act that we carry out with confidence and love. Grant that war may end and peace spread throughout the world."
📹 HIGHLIGHTS | Pope Francis presided over Mass at the Chaldean Catholic Cathedral of St. Joseph in Baghdad. He is the first pope to offer Mass in the Chaldean rite. The beautiful Mass was said in a mix of Italian, Arabic, and the Chaldean language
#PopeinIraq
#PopeFrancisInIraq
📹VIDEO: These are the last images we have of Saint John Paul II on earth. We saw him give himself as a shepherd until his last breath. 15 years after his departure to eternal life, we ask for his intercession for all who suffer in body and soul.
"Jesus Christ is the hope of the world." Forty-one years ago today, the world first met St. Pope John Paul II when he became the first non-Italian pope in more than 400 years.
📹VIDEO | Here, Pope John Paul I was greeted by Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, who a few weeks later, would succeed him as Pope John Paul II. The "Smiling Pope" will be beatified on Sep. 4 by Pope Francis.
📹VIDEO: The Blessed Sacrament was exposed at the feet of the famous Christ the Redeemer of Brazil to ask God to bless all the
#coronavirus
sufferers. The monument was illuminated with the flags of the countries affected by this pandemic.
📹HIGHLIGHTS | Thousands of pilgrims prayed the Rosary and attended the candlelight procession in Fatima on the eve of the anniversary of the last apparition of the Virgin Mary and the miracle of the sun. On October 13, 1917, she identified herself as Our Lady of the Rosary.
Thousands gathered in the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima for her feast celebrations in Portugal. The symbols of WYD: the pilgrim cross and the icon of Our Lady Salus Populi Romani, took part in the candlelight procession. The Virgin Mary appeared to 3 little shepherds in 1917.
VIDEO | Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's coffin is carried to St. Peter's Square.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.
Before giving the
#UrbietOrbi
blessing, Pope Francis prayed before the famous Miraculous crucifix in the face of the
#Coronavirus
pandemic. Saint John Paul II did it 20 years ago during the Great Jubilee of 2000, the last time the image came out in procession. 📷Vatican Media
📹VIDEO | Benedict XVI returned to the Vatican after a brief trip to Germany where he visited his ill brother, returned to his family's home, and went to pray at his parents grave. Pray for his health and intentions.
📹HIGHLIGHTS | Pope Francis has not let his walking difficulties slow him down. Amid this week’s busy schedule, he launched a new catechesis series on spiritual discernment in his general audience at the Vatican.
Friends: Dan Burke, former President and COO of
@EWTNews
, has tested positive for COVID-19, as well as his wife Stephanie. Dan is currently in the ICU. May we ask each of you to keep them and those suffering from the
#coronavirus
in your prayers.
📹HIGHLIGHTS | Thousands of pilgrims gathered in Fatima, Portugal, to celebrate May 13, the day that marks the first apparition of the Virgin Mary appearing to 3 little shepherds in 1917. Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
This is not the World Cup, nor the Olympics, this is World Youth Day! Every country (except one) has shown up in Lisbon, where the heart of the Church is beating hard these days.
Look for your flag!
#WYD
#Lisbon2023
📹VIDEO: "Be courageous and brave. You have nothing to fear." These powerful words from our foundress, Mother Angelica, are even more true during these difficult times we are facing. As we honor Mother today on what would've been her 97th birthday, remember her words.
📹 HIGHLIGHTS | Iraq gave Pope Francis a colorful and joyful welcome that touched the world. At a time marked by the pandemic and recent violence in Iraq, these beautiful images from the first day of the papal visit have given hope to thousands.
#PopeFrancisInIraq
#PopeInIraq
📹 VIDEO | Sound on! Listen to thousands of pilgrims encouraging Pope Francis as he makes a huge effort to stand up and walk at the end of the general audience. He is undergoing treatment for a torn ligament in his knee. Stay strong, dear Holy Father!
Pope Francis has declared that these 21 Coptic Orthodox men killed by ISIS in 2015 will be added to the Catholic Church’s official list of martyrs. Let's remember that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.
Today is the feast day of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a beautiful soul who dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the poor.
📹We look back at her journey in life and the impact she continues to leave on the world.
Stunning view of Baghdad: An image of Pope Francis is displayed on the giant screen of the Baghdad Mall, the newest and most modern shopping center in the country. The face of the Pontiff occupies the 33 floors of this building.
#PopeinIraq
#PopeFrancisinIraq
On Oct. 22, 1978, thousands of pilgrims packed into St. Peter's Square to glimpse the new pope, Saint John Paul II. He was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and celebrated his inaugural Mass on this day in 1978. Today, we celebrate his feast. St. JP2, pray for us!
📹VIDEO | Highlights: Pope Francis offered Mass on
#PalmSunday
in a nearly empty St. Peter’s Basilica.
#HolyWeek
liturgies at the Vatican are taking without the presence of the public because of the coronavirus pandemic.
#PrayTogether
📹HIGHLIGHTS | For the first time in two years, Pope Francis celebrated a public liturgy in St. Peter’s Square. Unlike previous years, when he led the Palm Sunday Mass procession around the obelisk, the pope walked directly from a car to his chair on the altar.
#PalmSunday2022
📹HIGHLIGHTS | This
#GoodFriday
, Pope Francis celebrated the Passion of the Lord with great effort, one of the most beautiful liturgical traditions of the Catholic Church from St. Peter's Basilica.
#HolyWeek2020
📹VIDEO |
@AndreaBocelli
performed on Easter Sunday a stunning concert from the Milan Cathedral, also known as il Duomo di Milano, in Italy: “I believe in the strength of praying together.”
Watch the full concert here:
VIDEO | This was the final farewell to Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square.
Pope Francis paid him a tribute and have a final blessing of the coffin at the end of the Funeral Mass in the Vatican
This is how the private ritual for the closing of Benedict XVI's coffin took place. The casket was closed on the evening of Jan. 4. Archbishop Gänswein and Mons. Ravelli placed a white veil over the late pope's face. The action is part of the funeral rites for popes.
📹HIGHLIGHTS | An estimated 1.5 million people gathered in Tejo Park for the prayer vigil with Pope Francis at
#wyd
#lisbon2023
. This is the largest Catholic gathering since the end of the pandemic.
📷Photo of the day: This is how our beloved Benedict XVI looked when he traveled to Germany this morning to accompany his brother, Mgr. Georg Ratzinger, who is very ill. Courtesy: Fondazione Ratzinger
📹VIDEO | Meet Carson. A 13-year-old with a rare skin condition called Epidermolysis Bullosa. Despite the pain he endures, he always has a smile on his face and finds strength in his Catholic faith. Carson broadcasts live on Facebook every day, praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
📹HIGHLIGHTS: On
#DivineMercySunday
Pope Francis offered Mass in Santo Spirito in Sassia, a Roman church containing the relics of both St. Faustina Kowalska and John Paul II. Today is the 20th liturgical anniversary of her canonization and the institution of the feast by JP2.
📹HIGHLIGHTS | Pope Francis receives ashes at the start of Lent 2024. Before the Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza led the traditional penitential procession on Rome’s Aventine Hill.
#Lent2024
#AshWednesday2024
📹VIDEO | Pope Francis, using a wheelchair, greeted hospital staff and patients inside the Gemelli hospital before and after his first public appearance since major intestinal surgery.
Pope Benedict XVI was buried in a strictly private ceremony. His cypress coffin was placed in a zinc casket which was placed in an oak casket. His remains now rest in the first tomb of St. John Paul II.
📹HIGHLIGHTS | In celebration of today's feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Spanish in St. Peter’s Basilica, explaining in his homily how she continues to be present in our lives.
All the international editions of World Youth Day to date!
John Paul II:
1987 Buenos Aires 🇦🇷
1989 Santiago de Compostela 🇪🇸
1991 Częstochowa 🇵🇱
1993 Denver 🇺🇸
1995 Manila 🇵🇭
1997 Paris 🇫🇷
2000 Rome 🇮🇹
2002 Toronto 🇨🇦
Benedict XVI:
2005 Cologne 🇩🇪
2008 Sydney 🇦🇺
2011 Madrid 🇪🇸…
A glimpse at the public meetings of Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI since 2013.
As Pope Francis just said: "We feel in our hearts so much gratitude: gratitude to God for having given him to the Church and to the world; gratitude to him."
#ThankYouBenedictXVI
Tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 17th, let's join Pope Francis and the Catholic Church in the Holy Land for a day of prayer and fasting for peace and the end of the conflict in the region.
Here are the first images of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI since after death. Benedict’s mortal remains have been laid in the chapel of the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery and they will be brought to St. Peter’s Basilica for public viewing on Jan. 2.
📹VIDEO | The Ratzinger brothers were ordained priests in the same ceremony on June 29, 1951 and they leave us a beautiful testimony of fraternal love. We join in prayer for the eternal rest of Msgr. Georg Ratzinger and the intentions of Benedict XVI.
📹VIDEO: After 500 years of the death of Renaissance artist Raphael, his tapestries are on display in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel for one week. Raphael and Michelangelo were considered rivals in their time, though the tapestries were always meant to hang in the Sistine.
We give thanks for the life of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
#ThankYouBenedictXVI
📹HIGHLIGHTS | Pope Francis consecrated Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a solemn penitential celebration. This consecration will be remembered as one of the milestones of his Pontificate. Let's pray together for peace.
📹 VIDEO | History written. 43 years ago, on October 16, 1978, the world met Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pontiff in more than 400 years. Saint John Paul II the Great, pray for us.
📹 HIGHLIGHTS: Pope Francis offered Mass on Palm Sunday in St. Peter’s Basilica. For a second consecutive year, attendance was tightly restricted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Pope Francis urged Catholics to focus on the cross during Holy Week 2021.
#PalmSunday
How It Started // How It's Going 🙏
Fr. Thabet Habeb sees the image of the Virgin Mary destroyed by ISIS for the first time in his parish in Karemlesh.
📷Archdiocese of Erbil
Pope Francis blessed the restored image in Erbil.
📷Vatican Media
#PopeFrancisInIraq
#PopeinIraq
📹 VIDEO | With much effort,
#PopeFrancis
walked through the narrow streets of Najaf to reach the home of the Shiite Muslim leader, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, on a courtesy visit. The strength of the 84-year-old Pontiff never ceases to amaze.
#PopeinIraq
#PopeFrancisInIraq
📹VIDEO | Pope Francis met with the long-suffering Qaraqosh Catholic community at the largest church in Iraq. ISIS burned down the Immaculate Conception church and built a shooting range. Today the place looks radiant.
#PopeinIraq
#PopeFrancisinIraq
📹 VIDEO | Thousands of pilgrims filled the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima for her feast celebrations in Portugal. They had a beautiful candlelight procession and an outdoor Mass. The Virgin Mary appeared in Fatima to 3 little shepherds in 1917.
📹VIDEO | Highlights of the Beatification Mass of Carlo Acutis celebrated in Assisi, Italy. His parents and siblings attended the ceremony. His heart was presented as a relic. Blessed
#CarloAcutis
, pray for us!
📹HIGHLIGHTS | Fr. Michael McGivney, founder of the
@KofC
, was beatified Oct. 31, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Connecticut. After his portrait was unveiled, little Michael McGivney Schachle, presented his relics. Blessed Michael McGivney, pray for us!
7 years ago Benedict XVI’s finished his Pontificate: “I’m simply a pilgrim that is starting the last stage of his pilgrimage on Earth... Let us go forward with the Lord for the good of the Church and the world. Thank you.” 📷 Vatican Media
Pope Francis paid a heartfelt visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal for the second time in his pontificate. He stayed in his wheelchair but brought flowers to the Marian image and prayed the Rosary along with thousands of pilgrims.
📹HIGHLIGHTS | Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gathered at Eduardo VII Park, to attend the Opening Mass of
#WYD
#Lisboa2023
. Cardinal Manuel Clemente, Patriarch of Lisbon, presided over the solemn Mass.
📹VIDEO: In the Basilica of Our Lady of
#Guadalupe
in Mexico City, blind visitors are able to "see" the tilma thanks to this creative display. First, they read the description of the symbolism in braille. Then, passing their hands over the image, they can "see" her.
📹VIDEO | On his 86th birthday, Pope Francis celebrated with a birthday cake, a circus show, and a loud 'Feliz Cumpleaños' song with dozens of children assisted by the Vatican's Santa Marta Pediatric Dispensary. He also took the time to urge everyone to pray for peace in Ukraine.
📽️VIDEO | During his opening speech of the
#AmazonSynod
in the Vatican, Pope Francis remarked on a 'snide' comment he had overheard about the native dress of an indigenous participant.
#SinodoAmazonia
📹VIDEO | Two young seminarians who are actively promoting Dominican Gregorian chant through their YouTube channel, OPChant, are going viral. They believe the beauty of this tradition can be used as a powerful tool for evangelization by touching the hearts of nonbelievers.
📹HIGHLIGHTS | Thousands of pilgrims attended Mass at the Shrine of Fatima, Portugal. On October 13, 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared for the last time in Fatima, and the famous "miracle of the sun" occurred.
VIDEO | In Poland, the solemnity of
#CorpusChristi
was celebrated on Thursday with a procession in the streets of Warsaw and Krakow that had preventive measures against the
#coronavirus
. Poland will open its borders with European Union countries this weekend.
📹VIDEO:
#PopeFrancis
presided over the canonizations of
St. John Henry Newman
St. Marian Thresia
St. Giuseppina Vannini
St. Dulce Lopes Pontes
St. Marguerite Bays
Watch the highlights from their Canonization Mass.
#NewmanCanonisation
#CardinalNewman
📹VIDEO: Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Francisco and St. Jacinta, the siblings who witnessed the Marian apparitions at Fatima. Today also marks 100 years since the death of St. Jacinta, who died at the age of 9.
📹 VIDEO | 101 years ago today, Karol Jozef Wojtyla, later known as Pope St. John Paul II, was born in Wadowice, Poland. His life changed the world. Watch some highlights of his beautiful service, as he greets and blesses his flock.
📹VIDEO: Pope Francis gave this advice for
#Lent2020
: "Turn off the television and open the Bible; disconnect from the cell phone and connect to the Gospel."
He urged the faithful to step away from the noise of the world and spend more time with the Lord.
#AshWednesday
#Lent
📹VIDEO | This is how the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem looks before Christmas. The church is built over the cave that tradition points out as the birthplace of Christ and is one of the oldest in the world in continuous operation.
#ChristmasEve
#Christmas2022
Today in history: Thousands of pilgrims packed into St. Peter Square for a glimpse of the new pope, Saint John Paul II. The first non-Italian pope in 455 years, he celebrated his inaugural Mass on this day in 1978.
#StJohnPaulII
#JPII
📹VIDEO | Habemus papam. 42 years ago, on a day like today, the world met Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pontiff in more than 400 years. Saint John Paul II, pray for us.