Sergeant Stephan Probst speaks about his experience in the Pontifical Swiss Guard, in charge of the Pope’s safety. Serg. Stephan Probst on duty while Pope Francis greets the faithful from his popemobile in St. Peter’s Square before his weekly general audience. Most of the young Swiss men who decide to come to the Vatican [...]
An interview with photographer Janusz Rosikon about his extraordinary adventure in Russia. A friend of mine, Polish photographer Janusz Rosikon, who has been covering Marian celebrations for years, came to Rome for this October’s “Marian Days” in the Vatican. On Saturday, October 12, we attended the recitation of the Rosary in St. Peter’s Square presided over [...]
Pope Francis at the end of the Angelus, with a box of Misericordina in his hand. During the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis recommends a mysterious medicine, and 25,000 small boxes, each containing a rosary, are distributed to the faithful. A great many medicines are used today in Western countries. Modern man expects to find [...]
Here are a few of the main features of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (“The Joy of the Gospel”), which was released November 26 at the Vatican: — With a mix of conversational style and formal papal magisterial language, Pope Francis sets forth a vision for giving the entire Church, at every level, a missionary [...]
On November 26, the Holy See released Evangelii Gaudium (“The Joy of the Gospel”), an apostolic exhortation which lays out Pope Francis’ vision for a Church dedicated to evangelization. In his first extensive piece of writing as Pope, Pope Francis lays out a vision of the Catholic Church dedicated to evangelization in a positive key, with [...]
HOMILY FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE YEAR OF FAITH ON THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE. Young priests great the Pope. Today’s solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, the crowning of the liturgical year, also marks the conclusion of the Year of Faith opened by [...]
On Sunday, November 24, Feast of Christ the King, Pope Francis closed the “Year of Faith.” He also, for the first time, ordered the relics of St. Peter, found beneath the main altar in the 1940s, to be placed on public display for veneration. The relics of St. Peter the Apostle, exposed for public veneration [...]