Remembering Pope Benedict XVI

Saturday, January 7, 2023

Salt + Light Hour

Benedict XVI was pope from 2005 to 2013. He is perhaps best known for being the first pope to step down from the papacy in over 700 years. On December 31, 2022, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died, at the age of 95. This week, on a special edition of the SLHour we remember Pope Benedict […]

#TFImoments: Cindy Wooden on the evolution of papal press conferences

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Sebastian Gomes

For Cindy Wooden, a distinguished Vatican journalist, Pope Francis is a dream and a nightmare. Watch this #TFImoment to find out why!

Meet the Cardinals: Edoardo Menichelli

Friday, February 6, 2015

Alicia Ambrosio

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Instead of accepting the letter of resignation that the archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy, submitted in October, Pope Francis named him a cardinal. Cardinal-designate Edoardo Menichelli is 75 — the age church law requires bishops to submit their resignations — but he still kicks a soccer […]

Meet the Cardinals: Francesco Montenegro

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Alicia Ambrosio

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Not long after Pope Francis became pope, Cardinal-designate Francesco Montenegro was standing next to him “and I could feel his heart beating as he repeated, ‘What suffering.'” As archbishop of Agrigento on Sicily’s southern coast, the cardinal-designate’s archdiocese includes Lampedusa, the Mediterranean island where thousands […]

Meet the Cardinals: Dominique Mamberti

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Alicia Ambrosio

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal-designate Dominique Mamberti, the only official of the Roman Curia among the 20 new cardinals named by Pope Francis, said the honor binds him even more closely to the pope and the church of Rome. Pope Francis’ announcement came just days before the cardinal-designate, the […]

CNS Vatican Report: Back in Black

Friday, July 15, 2011

Matthew Harrison

After being in the red for the last few years, Vatican finances are back in the black — but a decrease in donations by the faithful means a mixed financial picture for the Vatican. Catholic News Service Rome Bureau Chief John Thavis and Rome correspondent Cindy Wooden report investments and tourism can play a role […]

CNS Vatican Report: Climate Change and the Church

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Matthew Harrison

A report from a Vatican-sponsored working group is examining the environmental issues of greenhouse gas emissions, reforestation, air pollution, and global warming. In this week’s Vatican Report, Catholic News Service’s Rome correspondent Cindy Wooden and Rome Bureau Chief John Thavis discuss the Pontifical Science Academy’s findings, and how it relates to what the Church teaches. […]

A feast for a Pope: October 22nd

Monday, April 11, 2011

Matthew Harrison

The day October 22nd has a storied history. A parliamentary committee chose the design that would become the Canadian flag. The Supremes became the first all-female music group to have a number one selling album. Toastmasters was established. Some even speculate that Harry Houdini’s physical encounter with a student in Montreal on that day eventually […]

CNS Vatican Report: Looking at Jesus of Nazareth II

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Matthew Harrison

It’s the perfect Lenten reading: Jesus of Nazareth – Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection. The followup to Pope Benedict XVI’s first volume on our Lord is now available. Catholic News Service’s Cindy Wooden and John Thavis offer a review. To download Flash Player please click here

CNS Vatican Report: Sharing and living the Gospel online

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Matthew Harrison

Pope Benedict XVI proposed a Christian way for engaging the online world with his message for the 45th World Day of Communications. The message, which was released this week, takes the theme Truth, proclamation and authenticity of life in the digital age. Catholic News Service’s Cindy Wooden and John Thavis have the details. To download […]