Tags
Tag Results for "New Pope"
Board Game to Test Your Knowledge of Jesus Hitting it Big in Spain- Coming to a Store Near you Soon
May 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A board game created by a nun in Cuenca that tests players' knowledge about Jesus is hitting it big in Spain and will also be marketed in the Americas. According to information provided to Efe by Edice, the Spanish bishops conference's publishing house, the game went on sale in late March and in April there were many requests for it all over Spain, above all as a gift for children on the occasion of their first communion. continue reading »
For the First Time, Pope Francis Speaks to Audience in Spanish
April 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
For the first time during one of his Wednesday public audiences, Pope Francis spoke in Spanish, the language he used along with Italian to greet the roughly 40,000 people from all over the world who came to St. Peter's Square f continue reading »
Pope Francis Holds 1st Angelus Prayer, Says God “Never Tires” of Forgiving
March 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Pope Francis told the approximately 300,000 people who gathered Sunday in St. Peter's Square for his first Angelus prayer that God "never tires" of forgiving. "If God did not forgive us all, the world would not exist," the pope told continue reading »
Pope Francis Explains Choosing Name, Hopes Church Will Focus on Helping the Poor
March 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Pope Francis told reporters here Saturday why he chose to name himself after St. Francis of Assisi, explaining that he wants a church focused on the poor. continue reading »
Pope Francis Warns of Pessimism In Address to Cardinals
March 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Pope Francis said Friday in his meeting with the cardinals that they must avoid pessimism and find the courage every day to spread the Gospel to all corners of the earth. continue reading »
Pope Francis Holds First Mass in Sistine Chapel
March 14, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Pope Francis on Thursday celebrated the first Mass of his papacy in the Sistine Chapel in the presence of the 114 cardinals who elected him the 266th successor of St. Peter. continue reading »
Death of Chavez: Cardinal Urosa Savino Will Celebrate Mass for the Repose in Rome
March 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, will celebrate a "Mass" in honor of the late President of Venezuela Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias in Rome, where he is to attend the conclave that will elect a new pope. continue reading »
Latin Americans Hope New Pope Understands Them—And Their Region
March 5, 2013 | by US Catholic | Latino Daily News
If numbers were used to choose the next pope, he might come from Latin America. Four in 10 Catholics live in Latin America, more than any other region, and it is home to the countries with the two largest Catholic populations, Brazil and Mexico, respectively. continue reading »
Cardinals to Meet on March 4 Before Official Conclave
March 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cardinals will begin holding formal meetings starting March 4 as part of their preparations for a conclave to elect the new pope, the Vatican said Friday. continue reading »
Who are the Members of the College of Cardinals?
March 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
As the former Pope Benedict, now Pope Emeritus Benedict, enjoys his first hours of retirement with music and praying, the College of Cardinals will be getting down to business very soon. continue reading »
PEW STUDY: 60% of Catholics Think New Pope Should Hail from Developing Region Like South America
February 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
As the pontificate of Benedict XVI winds down, many American Catholics express a desire for change, according to a new survey report by the Pew Research Center. For example, most Catholics say it would be good if the next pope allows priests to marry. And fully six-in-ten Catholics say it would be good if the next pope hails from a developing region like South America, Asia or Africa. continue reading »
