Author Archives: Cindy Wooden

Now is time to build new world without inequality, injustice, pope says

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Cindy Wooden

By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service ROME (CNS) — As the world slowly recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a risk it will be struck by an even worse virus — that of selfish indifference, Pope Francis said. This … Continue reading →

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A WYD Q&A with Cardinal Tagle

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Cindy Wooden

KRAKOW, Poland — Michelle Hough, communications officer for Caritas Internationalis, shared her interview with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, president of the international Caritas network. Q: The pope gave you a big hug when he saw you on the … Continue reading →

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The teaching authority of ‘Amoris Laetitia’

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY — Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, editor of the journal La Civilta Cattolica, interviewed Cardinal Christoph Schonborn about Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” and reaction to it. The journal provided Catholic News Service with an English translation of … Continue reading →

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Wildcat pride in Rome

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Cindy Wooden

By Gaby Maniscalco* ROME — Feelings of hope and anticipation fill the air each year as students at Villanova University, a Catholic university in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania, gather on campus to cheer on the Wildcats at the start of basketball … Continue reading →

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Pope Francis’ prayer, “O Cross of Christ”

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Cindy Wooden

  ROME — Here is the Vatican’s English translation of Pope Francis’ prayer last night at the conclusion of the Via Crucis service at Rome’s Colosseum: O Cross of Christ, symbol of divine love and of human injustice, icon of … Continue reading →

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New book brings together pope’s 30 audience talks on family

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY — Just an hour after Pope Francis finished his series of general audience talks about the family yesterday, the head of the Vatican publishing house and his press assistant dropped a book on my desk.   The volume, … Continue reading →

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Saturday audiences and new head of Vatican health service

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY — Two pieces of small, but interesting news came out of the Vatican Saturday. First, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household, told Vatican Radio that during the jubilee Year of Mercy, which begins Dec. 8, Pope … Continue reading →

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At the Vatican: “Women are here,” they are tackling problems

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY — The women who run the Vatican newspaper’s monthly supplement, “Women — Church — World,” do not mind at all that their conference Friday through Sunday is just the latest in a long line of Vatican meetings focused … Continue reading →

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Pope visits Curia offices; we go on stakeout

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY — As his efforts to reform the Roman Curia continue, Pope Francis is personally visiting the existing offices, praying, meeting all the personnel, listening to their explanations of what they do and responding to their questions. All I … Continue reading →

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Pope: Mercy is “the beating heart of the Gospel”

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis formally presented his official proclamation of the 2015-2016 extraordinary jubilee or Holy Year of Mercy this evening before celebrating vespers in St. Peter’s Basilica. The proclamation, called a “bull of indiction,” is titled “Misericordiae Vultus” … Continue reading →

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