Mass Archives

Pope Francis tells Mozambique it has ‘right to peace’

Pope in Madagascar
Sep 6, 2019

In a country overcoming decades of conflict, Pope Francis on Friday told some 40,000 people that they have the right to peace, but that they have to build their country on forgiveness and not “plotting opportunities for retaliation.”

In Romania, Pope delivers shout-out for women and call to ‘encounter’

Pope in Romania
May 31, 2019

“Contemplating Mary enables us to turn our gaze to all those many women, mothers and grandmothers of these lands who, by their quiet sacrifices, devotion and self-denial, are shaping the present and preparing the way for tomorrow’s dreams,” Pope Francis said Friday.

Francis to religious in Panama: Don’t grow weary, despite sins of Church

World Youth Day Panama
Jan 26, 2019

Francis tells priests and religious gathered in Panama not to grow weary, despite the sins of the Church.

In Estonia, Pope Francis warns against becoming ‘slaves to consumerism’

Church in Europe, Pope in the Baltics
Sep 25, 2018

Listen and seek, Pope Francis said during the last homily of his trip to the Baltic states, and warned against the dangers of power and consumerism.

Annual Mass honors ‘rich cultural diversity’ of Los Angeles archdiocese

Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
Sep 13, 2018

With nearly five million Catholics, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is not only the largest diocese in the United States, it is also one of the most diverse, with people from about 70 different countries and every continent, and Masses said in 42 languages.

Pope apologizes for ‘members of hierarchy’ who ‘kept silent’ on sex abuse

WMF Ireland
Aug 26, 2018

Bringing his 32-hour visit to Ireland to a crescendo, Pope Francis Sunday celebrated an open-air Mass for a half-million people in which he apologized for the clerical sexual abuse crisis, saying “some members of the hierarchy didn’t own up to these painful situations and kept silent.”