Pope Francis

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-francis-prayer-intention-june-2019.html#play

Pope's June prayer intention: "The Priests' Way of Life"
06 June 2019, 16:00

Pope Francis releases a video message accompanying his prayer intention for June, which is that priests may commit themselves to "solidarity with those who are most poor."

In his prayer intention for the month of June 2019, Pope Francis calls us to pray that priests, "through the modesty and humility of their lives, commit themselves actively, above all, to solidarity with those who are most poor."

It has become the custom of Pope Francis to release a video message detailing his prayer intention for each month.

The full text of his intention is below:

I would like to ask you to look at the priests who work in our communities.

They are not perfect, but many give it their all until the very end, offering themselves with humility and joy.

They are priests who are close to the people, ready to work hard for everyone.

Let us be thankful for their example and testimony.

Let us pray that priests, through the modesty and humility of their lives, commit themselves actively, above all, to solidarity with those who are most poor.
 

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-francis-congress-pastoral-care-vocations-europe.html

Pope Francis: ‘the Church needs vocations’
06 June 2019, 13:42

Pope Francis greets participants at a Congress for the Pastoral Care of Vocations in Europe  (Vatican Media)
Pope Francis tells participants at a Congress for the Pastoral Care of Vocations in Europe not to be afraid to take up the challenge of continuing to proclaim the vocation to consecrated life and to ordained ministry.
By Linda Bordoni 

Noting that the Congress for the Pastoral Care of Vocations in Europe is intended to help implement the Synod of Bishops devoted to young people, Pope Francis urged those present to continue to proclaim the vocation to consecrated life and to ordained ministry.  The Church – he said - needs this!
 
https://zenit.org/articles/its-necessary-to-get-tired-pope-says-full-off-the-cuff-remarks/
‘It’s Necessary to Get Tired,’ Pope Says (Full Off-the-Cuff Remarks) 
Gives Practical Advice to Congress of National Centers for the Vocations of Churches of Europe
June 06, 2019 18:48•Deborah Castellano Lubov

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-francis-gratitude-for-allied-soldiers-courage-d-day.html

Pope Francis ‘grateful’ for courage of D-Day soldiers
06 June 2019, 17:13

A WWII veteran lays a message at a fallen soldier's grave in Bayeux, France  (ANSA)
As world leaders and veterans commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Europe, Pope Francis expresses his appreciation for the courage of soldiers who committed themselves to fighting for freedom and peace.
By Devin Watkins

Pope Francis sent his gratitude to the soldiers who fought in World War II, in a message read out at Mass by Bishop Jean-Claude Boulanger, of Bayeux-Lisieux, in France.

The Holy Father said the Allied landings on June 6, 1944 in Normandy and elsewhere in Europe were “decisive in the fight against Nazi barbarism”.

He said the campaign “opened the path to end World War II, which has so deeply wounded Europe and the world.”
 
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2019-06/d-day-commemoration-sacrifice-hope.html
D-Day: Commemoration, Sacrifice, Hope
06 June 2019, 14:37

As the D-Day landings are commemorated, the Bishop of the British Armed Forces, Paul Mason speaks to Vatican Radio about remembrance and the heroism of those who took part in the campaign 75 years ago.
By Lydia O’Kane

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2019-06/charis-a-new-service-for-the-catholic-charismatic-renewal.html

CHARIS: a new service for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal
06 June 2019, 10:53

CHARIS, a new unified service for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, will be inaugurated at Pentecost. Father Alexandre Awi Mello, secretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, and Jean-Luc Moens, the first moderator of CHARIS, were asked by Vatican News to tell us about this new service, which was commissioned by Pope Francis.

Vatican News (VN): On 8 December 2018, the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life instituted a new unified service for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. This service is called CHARIS, an acronym for Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service. What are its objectives?

Fr. Awi: CHARIS is called to serve all who express this “stream of grace”. Its statutes will enter into force on 9 June 2019 on the Solemnity of Pentecost. That same day, the Catholic Fraternity of Charismatic Covenant Communities and Fellowships (known as Catholic Fraternity) and ICCRS (International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services) will terminate their activities. It is important to note that CHARIS is not a merger between these two organisations, but rather a new service that initiates a new phase for the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal. I believe that after Pentecost this innovation will gradually become more evident. It should also be noted that CHARIS is not a governing body but a Service of Communion in accordance with the explicit desire of the Holy Father.
 

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-names-delegate-to-lourdes-for-care-of-pilgrims.html

Pope names delegate to Lourdes for care of pilgrims
06 June 2019, 12:33

The Marian Shrine of Lourdes 
Pope Francis has named Bishop Antoine Hérouard, auxiliary of Lille, France, as his special delegate charged with the pastoral care of pilgrims visiting Lourdes. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the President of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, announced the appointment at the French Marian shrine on Thursday.
By Andrea Tornielli

The decision is line with the one already taken in 2017 for Medjugorje. Pope Francis has shown his particular concern for the care of pilgrims, and desires that centres of Marian devotion should become “ever more a place of prayer and of Christian witness corresponding to the needs of the People of God.” This is seen in the letter that the Pope has sent to Bishop Antoine Hérouard, auxiliary Bishop of Lille, France, in which he communicates to him the decision to nominate him as delegate ad nutum Sanctae Sedis (that is, “at the disposition of the Holy See) for the sanctuary of Lourdes.
 

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Hmmm...

https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/11763/-lead-us-not-into-temptation-falls-out-of-lord-s-prayer

06 June 2019, The Tablet
'Lead us not into temptation' falls out of Lord's Prayer
by Christopher Lamb

Pope Francis has approved a revised translation of The Lord’s prayer which will no longer say “lead us not into temptation” but instead reads “do not let us fall/be abandoned to temptation”.

It is part of a revised translation of the Roman Missal for Italy. The change to the The Lord's Prayer is a change that Francis has called for in the past.   

Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, the President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, told Avvenire, the bishops' conference newspaper, that the Pope had signed off the liturgical changes, which also include a revision of the Gloria. The line “peace on earth to people of good will” is to be “peace on earth to people beloved by God.

During an Italian television interview in December 2017, the Pope said the line “lead us not into temptation” in the Our Father was “not a good translation”. He suggested “do not let us fall into temptation” as an alternative.
 

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Update--Cardinal Pell

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/prosecution-falters-during-cardinal-pell-appeal-hearing-14887
Prosecution falters during Cardinal Pell appeal hearing

Melbourne, Australia, Jun 6, 2019 / 08:10 am (CNA).- The lead prosecutor arguing to sustain the conviction of Cardinal George Pell struggled Thursday in presenting the Crown’s case. Christopher Boyce struggled to answer questions from the three-judge appeal court, accidentally naming the alleged victim on a live stream of proceedings.

Following the conviction of Pell on five counts of sexual abuse of minors last December, judges at the Supreme Court of Victoria have been hearing an appeal against the jury’s unanimous decision. After extensive arguments from the defense on June 5, the prosecution put its case in favor of the decision Thursday.

The prosecution’s case against the appeal centers on upholding the sole witness and alleged victim in the case whom, Boyce insisted, was not a “liar” or a “fantasist,” while conceding that the witness had changed the dates and years of the alleged attacks over the course of the case and no longer agreed with the prosecution’s own assertions.
 
The hearing ended at 4pm local time, with the judges reserving their judgement. There is no established time frame for their decision.

https://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2019/cardinal-pell-returns-to-prison-to-await-ruling-on-appeal.cfm
Cardinal Pell returns to prison to await ruling on appeal
By Catholic News Service
6.6.2019 9:52 AM ET

CNS photo/Reuters

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Weekly papal news program/podcast in Latin...

Video at the link
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2019-06/latin-news-vatican-radio-hebdomada-papae.html#play
‘Hebdomada Papae’: News in Latin on Vatican Radio
07 June 2019, 13:29

Saturday, 8 June, sees the launch of “Hebdomada Papae, notitiae vaticanae latine redditae” (The Pope's week in review: Vatican news bulletin in Latin), on Vatican Radio.
By Linda Bordoni

Starting on Saturday, 8 June, a 5-minute weekly news bulletin in Latin will be broadcast to the world on Vatican Radio frequencies through the Italian language audio channels. Of course you will also be able to follow it on our web portal and listen to it on podcast, and it will soon be available on the English-language audio frequencies as well.

The bulletin goes to air thanks to the collaboration of the Vatican’s Latin Letters Office, a department of the Secretariat of State where Church documents are written in or translated into Latin. The bulletin will be edited by veteran Vatican Radio journalist Alessandro De Carolis.
 
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/06/06/vatican-news-to-launch-news-program-podcast-in-latin/
Vatican News to launch news program, podcast in Latin
Carol Glatz   Jun 6, 2019
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-message-bishops-england-wales-day-for-life-domestic-abuse.html

Pope Francis condemns ‘shameful ill-treatment’ of women
07 June 2019, 17:19

Marking the Day for Life in England and Wales, dedicated this year to domestic abuse, Pope Francis issues an appeal to fight all forms of exploitation.
By Linda Bordoni

As the Catholic Church in England and Wales prepares to celebrate the Day for Life focusing on the theme of the Scourge of Domestic Abuse, Pope Francis has sent a message of greetings, support and participation.

In the message, signed on his behalf by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Pope said that as the bishops consider the theme of Domestic Abuse, “and in particular the shameful ill-treatment to which women are sometimes subjected (cf Amoris Laetitia, 54).”  He prays that the efforts of the bishops’ to “support the most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters will bear much fruit and contribute to a growing commitment to fight against all forms of exploitation.”

“The responsibility to share the good news that every human life is beautiful and sacred is a noble calling”, said Pope Francis. He continued offering “his encouragement to all who strive to promote a culture of life, gladly imparting his Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of strength and peace in the Lord.”

The 2019 Day for Life is being held in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland on 16 June.
 

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https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/holy-see-confirms-changes-to-italian-liturgical-translation-of-our-father-gloria-63355

Holy See confirms changes to Italian liturgical translation of Our Father, Gloria
By Hannah Brockhaus

Vatican City, Jun 7, 2019 / 02:36 pm (CNA).- The Apostolic See has confirmed the translation of the third edition of the Roman Missal prepared by the Italian bishops' conference. The translation has garnered attention for its changes to the Our Father, as well as the Gloria.

The newly-approved Messale Romano will translate the penultimate line of the Our Father (ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem) (lead us not into temptation) as “non abbandonarci alla tentazione” (do not abandon us to temptation). The existing version had translated it as “non ci indurre in tentazione” (lead us not into temptation).

In the Gloria, the line “in térra pax homínibus bónae voluntátis” (on earth peace to people of good will) will be translated “pace in terra agli uomini, amati dal Signore” (peace on earth to men, loved by the Lord). It was translated “pace in terra agli uomini di buona volontà” (peace on earth to men of good will).

The Italian bishops' conference had approved the new edition of the Messale Romano during their November 2018 general assembly. The Apostolic See's confirmation of the text was communicated during the conference's meeting last month.

News reports in English may have given the impression that Pope Francis had changed the Our Father for the whole of the Church, rather than his see having confirmed a change made by the bishops of Italy.

The new Italian text is a translation of the third edition of the Missale Romanum, the Latin typical edition which was issued in 2002. The existing Messale Romano was a translation of the second edition of the Missale Romanum, which had been promulgated in 1975.

The English translation of the third edition of the Missale Romanum was issued in 2011.

A spokesman for the English and Welsh bishops has said that the International Commission on English in the Liturgy “is not currently considering the Lord's Prayer,” and that “there are no plans at present for [the Our Father] to change in English,” but that “I am sure there will be some consultation with the English-speaking nations.”
 

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-francis-caring-for-our-common-home-requires-conversion.html

Pope Francis: Caring for our common home requires conversion
08 June 2019, 11:12

Pope Francis with members of the Foundation Centesimus Annus Pro Pontefice  (Vatican Media)
Pope Francis meets with participants taking part in an International Conference of the Centesimus Annus - Pro Pontifice Foundation which is focusing on the Pope’s Encylical Laudato si’

The occasion that gave rise to the idea of ​​setting up the Centesimus Annus - Pro Pontifice Foundation was the Encyclical "Centesimus Annus" promulgated by Saint John Paul II on 1 May 1991.

This year, the foundation’s International Conference has chosen to reflect on Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter, Laudato si’.

Greeting conference participants on Saturday, the Pope noted that in the last four years since the document’s publication there had been signs of an increased awareness of the need to care for “our common home.”
 

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-to-charis-be-witnesses-of-love.html

Pope to CHARIS: Be witnesses of love
08 June 2019, 13:24

Pope Francis with Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service  (Vatican Media)
Pope Francis on Saturday greeted the leaders of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Service (CHARIS) in the Paul VI hall who are taking part in an International Conference in the Vatican.

On the occasion of a new unified service for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, Pope Francis met with its members in the Vatican on Saturday. He told them that, “this Pentecost begins a new stage on the journey inaugurated by the Charismatic Renewal fifty-two years ago.

The new service is called CHARIS and the Pope thanked the Dicastery for Laity, Family for making it a reality.

Service of communion

In his address, the Pope alluded to the fact that they were embarking on “a new and unique service of communion.”
 

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-francis-vatican-mass-pentecost.html

Pope on the eve of Pentecost: ‘allow the Spirit to help us hear the cry of the city’
08 June 2019, 18:43

Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass on the eve of Pentecost  (Vatican Media)
Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass with the faithful of the Diocese of Rome on the eve of the feast of Pentecost. The ceremony is followed by a pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Madonna of Divine Love.
By Linda Bordoni

Pope Francis encouraged the faithful of the city of Rome to allow the Spirit to take them by the hand and bring them to the heart of the city to hear the cry of those in need of salvation.

He was celebrating Holy Mass with the faithful of the Diocese of Rome in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday evening, the eve of the feast of Pentecost.

Noting that the celebration marks the evening of the last day of the Easter Season, the Pope said, on the feast of Pentecost, “Jesus is in our midst and proclaims out loud: Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink”.

The Pope said that the Holy Spirit springs from the heart of the Risen Jesus, and fills our hearts with mercy.

“How I wish that the people who live in Rome would recognize the Church, recognize us”, for the humanity, the mercy, the tenderness of which there is so much need, he said.
 
Video at the link below--
Pope Francis – Evening Mass 2019-06-08
https://www.youtube.com/user/vatican

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-francis-pentecost-mass-homily.html

Pope at Mass: the Holy Spirit brings harmony within us and among us
09 June 2019, 11:00

Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass on the feast of Pentecost  (Vatican Media )
Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass on the feast of Pentecost lamenting divisions and urging believers to open their hearts to the Holy Spirit who brings harmony and unity.
By Linda Bordoni

Celebrating Mass on the solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis urged the faithful to implore the gift of the Spirit that makes us artisans of concord, sowers of goodness, apostles of hope.

Reflecting on the liturgy of the day, the Pope explained that thanks to the Holy Spirit, the disciples’ worries disappeared.

Rejuvenated by the Spirit, he said, their lives were changed, and he pointed out that “far from being an abstract reality: he is the Person who is most concrete and close, the one who changes our lives”.
 
https://zenit.org/articles/the-holy-spirit-rejuvenates-the-apostles/
The Holy Spirit Rejuvenates the Apostles 
Pope Francis’ Homily on Pentecost (Full Text)
June 09, 2019 15:05

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-regina-coeli-appeal-sudan.html
Pope at Regina Coeli prays for dialogue in Sudan
09 June 2019, 12:07

https://zenit.org/articles/regina-coeli-address-on-the-feast-of-pentecost-2/
Regina Coeli Address: On the Feast of Pentecost 
June 09, 2019 15:18•Virginia Forrester

Video at the link below--
Pope Francis - Holy Mass for Pentecost 2019-06-09
Published on Jun 9, 2019
From St. Peter’s Square, Holy Mass for Pentecost presided over by Pope Francis- Recitation of the Regina Coeli prayer
https://www.youtube.com/user/vatican

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-world-mission-day-2019-message.html

Pope Francis releases Message for World Mission Day 2019
09 June 2019, 12:38

Members of the Missionaries of Charity founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta  (ANSA)
The Vatican on Sunday released the message of Pope Francis for this year’s World Mission Sunday, which falls on the penultimate Sunday of October every year.
By Linda Bordoni

World Mission Sunday in 2019 falls on 20 October. Instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1926, the annual day encourages prayers, cooperation and help for missions as well as reminding Christians about the fundamental missionary character of the Church and of every baptized person.

The theme of this year’s observance is “Baptized and Sent: The Church of Christ on Mission in the World.”

Please find below the full text of the Pope’s Message:
 

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Update--Archbishop Fulton Sheen

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/fulton-sheen-remains-will-to-peoria-ny-archdiocese-says-40387
Fulton Sheen remains will move to Peoria, NY archdiocese says

Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Peoria, Ill., Jun 8, 2019 / 03:14 pm (CNA).- The Archdiocese of New York will work to help transfer the remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a spokesman for the archdiocese told CNA Saturday. The decision is the conclusion of a long legal battle over the late archbishop's burial place.

“We have been informed that the New York Court of Appeals has denied further appeal of the New York Supreme Court decision upholding Joan Cunningham’s petition to disinter Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s mortal remains from under the altar at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where they have rested for nearly 40 years,” Joseph Zwilling, spokesperson for the Archdiocese of New York, told CNA.

The denial of the archdiocese’s appeal to keep Sheen’s remains in New York was delivered by the New York Court of Appeals on Friday, June 7.
   
“While we did not initiate this matter, the Trustees of St. Patrick’s and the Archdiocese believed that it was not simply their duty, but a solemn obligation, to seek to uphold Archbishop Sheen’s last wishes, as directed in his Will, to be buried in New York – a position held until recently by Joan Cunningham herself,” Zwilling said.

Cunningham is Sheen’s niece and closest living relative. Cunningham has said in the past that although her uncle’s will states that his wish was to be buried in New York, she believes he would have wanted to have been interred in Peoria if he knew it would help advance his cause for sainthood.

The Peoria diocese opened the cause for Sheen’s canonization (the process to become an officially recognized saint in the Catholic Church) in 2002, after Archdiocese of New York said it would not explore the case. In 2012, Benedict XVI recognized the heroic virtues of the archbishop.
 

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-to-air-chaplains-let-missionary-spirit-inspire-ministry.html

Pope to aviation chaplains: Missionary spirit must inspire your ministry
10 June 2019, 12:11

Pope francis meets with participants in the International Seminar of Civil Aviation Chaplains  (Vatican Media)
Pope Francis receives civil aviation chaplains and pastoral agents, calling on them to “carry out [their] ministry with commitment and enthusiasm”.
By Christopher Wells

Pope Francis on Monday addressed members of Catholic Airport Chaplaincies who are meeting in Rome for a seminar dedicated to their “Catholic civil aviation chaplains and members of the airport chaplaincy at the service of integral human development. The 17th International Seminar is being promoted by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

In ministering to the millions of people who travel by air each day, Pope Francis told pastoral workers “you are called to bring the message and presence of Christ… and to bring to everyone, whether Christian or not, the Good News of God’s tender love, hope, and peace”.
 

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-06/pope-francis-iraq-roaco-oriental-churches.html

Pope Francis wishes to travel to Iraq in 2020
10 June 2019, 13:03

People at Mass at St. Thomas of Syriac, a Catholic church in the old city of Mosul, Iraq
Receiving members of the 92nd Plenary Session of ROACO, the Reunion of Aid Agencies that provides aid to the Oriental Catholic Churches, Pope Francis reveals it is his wish to travel to Iraq in the coming year.
By Linda Bordoni

Pope Francis said on Monday he "thinks constantly of Iraq", where he wishes to travel in the coming year.

He was addressing representatives of ROACO, the ‘Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches.’

As he listed countries that fall within the Reunion’s reach and where the faithful continue to suffer, - including Syria, Ukraine and the Holy Land – the Pope focused on Iraq.

He said he hopes it is able to build a peaceful future based on the “shared pursuit of the common good on the part of all elements of society, including the religious”, without falling back into “hostilities sparked by the simmering conflicts of the regional powers”.
 

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https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2019-06/meeting-of-pontifical-representatives-in-vatican.html

Meeting of Pontifical Representatives in Vatican
10 June 2019, 12:15

Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti 
A meeting of the Pontifical Representatives has been convened in the Vatican by Pope Francis and will take place from 12 to 15 June. The Holy Father wishes to consolidate the three-yearly frequency of these meetings after those held in 2013 and 2016.

The "ad interim" director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Alessandro Gisotti says the preparation and coordination was entrusted by the Pope to the Section of the Secretariat of State for the Diplomatic Staff of the Holy See. There are 103 pontifical representatives taking part in the meeting, 98 of whom are apostolic nuncios and 5 permanent observers.

Please find English text below
 

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https://zenit.org/articles/pope-francis-to-lead-corpus-christi-procession-in-casal-bertone/

Pope Francis to Lead Corpus Christi Procession in Casal Bertone 
Instead of Celebrating Mass at Basilica of St. John Lateran & Having Traditional Procession in Rome’s Center
June 10, 2019 14:39•Deborah Castellano Lubov

Pope Francis will celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, with a Eucharistic Procession, in the zone of Casal Bertone in Rome. Last year, Francis led the procession in Ostia.

This news was communicated in a brief statement from Director of the Holy See Press Office, Alessandro Gisotti, today, June 10, 2019.

“On Sunday June 23, on the Solemnity of the Holy Body and Blood of Christ, at 6 p.m.,” it read, “Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on the churchyard of the Church of Santa Maria Consolatrice, in the Casal Bertone district of Rome.”

“At the end of the Eucharistic Celebration,” it concluded, “the procession with the Blessed Sacrament will take place in the streets of the neighborhood, ending with the Eucharistic blessing imparted by the Holy Father.”

After some 100 years without the Eucharistic Procession in Rome, Pope John Paul II had restored the Roman tradition in 1982. Last year, 2018, marked the first year since then without it.