Numbers released by Vatican show significant rise in attendance at papal events
Topic: Pope Francis
Don’t just observe life ‘from the balcony’, says Pope as year begins
Posted on Wednesday, 1 January 2014
Francis gives thanks for the graces of 2013 on New Year’s Eve in St Peter’s Basilica
Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus exchange Christmas greetings
Posted on Friday, 27 December 2013
Pope Francis and his predecessor met publicly for the second time since his election
Francis leads silent prayer for world’s persecuted Christians
Posted on Thursday, 26 December 2013
Pope also prays for western Christians who ‘encounter abridgements of liberty’
Let God’s tenderness warm you, Pope says in Christmas address
Posted on Wednesday, 25 December 2013
Francis prays for peace in Syria, Iraq and South Sudan in Urbi et Orbi message
Full text of Pope Francis’s homily at Christmas night Mass at St Peter’s
Posted on Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Holy Father says Jesus is the light who brightens the darkness
Pope Francis wishes Benedict XVI a happy Christmas
Posted on Tuesday, 24 December 2013
The two leaders pray together in the Mater Ecclesiae chapel
Be ‘conscientious objectors’ to gossip, Francis urges curial officials
Posted on Monday, 23 December 2013
In annual address, Pope says ‘there have been, and still are, saints’ at the Vatican
Pope sends message of sympathy after London theatre accident
Posted on Friday, 20 December 2013
Holy Father thanks God there were no fatalities after last’s night accident
Bravo, France! And shame on you, David Cameron!
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith