Ordinary Public Consistory

60th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council

The Second Vatican Council and the Future of the Catholic Church

Pope Francis tells a story about Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, a 97-year-old Argentine confessor whom the Pope created a cardinal in 2023. Speaking to the Cardinal’s brother Capuchin Friars, the Pope encouraged priests to always forgive those who come to confession. “You must always be men of love, forgiveness, and reconciliation,” he told participants in the OFMCap General Chapter taking place in Rome. | Vatican News

Pope's Mass for 60th anniversary of Vatican II

Swiss Guard swearing-in ceremony