This page is dedicated to topics related to Pope Francis. We report on the Pope’s requests, intentions, and the most important issues surrounding the reality of the Holy Father. Schoenstatt remains connected to the Vatican and lives its love for the Church in fidelity to the Pope.
At a ceremony in St Peter’s Basilica on Ascension Thursday, Pope Francis solemnly proclaims the upcoming Jubilee Year 2025, consigning the Bull of Indiction – “Spes non confundit. Hope does not disappoint” – to the Archpriests of the Papal Basilicas and representatives of the world’s bishops.
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of April 2024, and invites everyone to pray for the role of women.
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for March, asking for prayers for the martyrs of our day.
“We left the auditorium without believing what had happened,” said the young seminarians of the Schoenstatt Fathers who, without expecting it, were received by Pope Francis.
From Pope Francis to Sister Emilie Engel: Tips for celebrating the day of baptism. Why is it important to celebrate it? What do the symbols of baptism mean? Let’s take a look at them below.
Pope Francis has inaugurated a Year of Prayer ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, calling on the faithful “to intensify prayer to prepare us to live well this event of grace and to experience the power of God’s hope.”
Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. We’re not reacting enough, he says, we’re close to breaking point. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.
Bishop Ramón Alfredo de La Cruz Baldera, from the Schoenstatt Institute of Diocesan Priests, is one of those summoned to the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which begins this October 4th. During an interview he tells us about his expectations for this great moment in the history of the Church.
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of September, and invites everyone to pray and assist people who live on the margins of society.
The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announces the theme of this year’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees focused on the right to choose migration as an option for livelihood and personal development.
Marking World Water Day Pope Francis reminds us that water is a primary necessity that must never be wasted, abused or serve as grounds for war.
A period marked by bold statements such as “culture of encounter”, “tenderness revolution”, “synodality”, “Church on the move” and many other terms, which have been translated, much more than in words, into tangible attitudes.
A Place, a Movement, a Way of Life, a Mission
