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On 27 June 2015, Pope Francis, through a motu proprio ("on his own initiative") apostolic letter, established the Secretariat for Communications in the Roman Curia, with the aim of unifying and optimize Vatican communication. The website News.va and the Pontifical Council were expected to be incorporated in it eventually. [5]
In July 2019, Pope Francis named British-born Italian layman Matteo Bruni as Director. [7] Bruni is the first non-journalist to serve in this position. [ 8 ] The same month, the Pope appointed Brazilian laywoman Cristiane Murray , who previously served as the Vatican Radio's commentator for papal events and international trips for 25 years, as ...
The pope approved further equipollent canonizations on 3 April 2014 for the Jesuit José de Anchieta, as well as the Ursuline nun Marie of the Incarnation and bishop François de Laval. [248] Francis canonized his two predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II on 27 April 2014 and canonized six additional saints the following 23 November.
Speaking to pilgrims in St Peter's Square, Francis said he had been following news of Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel with a sense of concern and pain. Pope Francis urges end to 'spiral ...
Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, far outpacing the “two or three” years he once envisioned for his papacy and showing no signs of slowing down. On the ...
The Letter: A Message for our Earth is a 2022 documentary film presented by YouTube Originals, telling the story of the Laudato Si' encyclical by Pope Francis. The film was produced by Oscar-winning Off The Fence Productions and directed by Nicolas Brown, in partnership with the Laudato Si' Movement .
Pope Paul VI, the last pope to be crowned or to use a papal tiara, abandoned the use of his tiara in a ceremony at the end of the second period of the Second Vatican Council, and announced that it would be sold and the money obtained would be given to charity; it was in fact bought by Catholics in the United States and is now kept in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate ...
[23] [24] Following his coronation, the pope imparted the solemn papal blessing Urbi et Orbi . Following 1929, the new pope would have received a salute by a guard of honour of the Italian Armed Forces and the Swiss Guards together with the Noble Guard , as military bands play the Pontifical Anthem and Il Canto degli Italiani (until 1946 the ...