Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco Archives

Pope prays for victims of Genoa bridge collapse

Vatican
Aug 15, 2018

After a major bridge collapsed in Genoa on Tuesday, killing 38 and leaving many others wounded or missing, Pope Francis offered prayers for the victims and all those effected by the disaster, entrusting them to God’s mercy.

African, European bishops: Globalization demands vigilance from Church

Catholic News Service, Global Church
Apr 16, 2018

While globalization at its best can enable the sharing of spiritual and material riches, it also can lead to huge destruction, the bishops of Europe and Africa said after a four-day meeting in Fatima, Portugal.

Pope expresses concern over intolerance, xenophobia toward migrants and refugees

Global Church, Vatican
Sep 22, 2017

“I will not hide my concern before the signs of intolerance, discrimination and xenophobia that can be found in different regions of Europe,” Pope Francis said at an audience at the Vatican. “The contemporary migrant flows represent a new missionary frontier,” he added.

Meet the man who could define what a ‘Francis bishop’ means

Analysis
May 26, 2017

In general, the president of a national bishops’ conference may be an important post domestically, but it doesn’t have great international interest. The one exception tends to be Italy, where the president of the conference is presumed to be a role model for bishops trying to reflect the current pope’s vision, and now the Italians have a new prelate at the helm.

Italian bishops get a leader cut from Pope Francis’s cloth

Global Church
May 24, 2017

Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti has been named the new president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference. The cardinal is seen as being in the mold of Pope Francis, including a commitment to simplicity and service to the poor, but is difficult to pigeonhole as a liberal or conservative.

After Brexit, will Europe still be Europe?

Commentary, Global Church
Mar 29, 2017

The Vatican has long supported the European Union as the vehicle for the integration of the continent. In the wake of Brexit, will the European project, and the building of a common European identity, fall to the wayside?