Be Peacemakers Prayer – International Day of Peace
With the International Day of Peace to be celebrated worldwide today (September 21), it’s urgent that we reflect on praying for peace.
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Britain: 53% Say They Have ‘No Religion’
More than half of the people in Britain say they no longer belong to a religion, said data released by NatCen Social Research.
How to Do Mission like the Apostles!
Inspired by the first Apostles, 72 members of Neocatechumenal Way of South Africa went on a ten-day mission, journeying without means in pairs.
1.1 Million at Papal Mass in Bogota
More than 1.1 million people gathered in the park for Mass in Bogota’s Simon Bolivar Park. Many of them were soaked in a rainstorm before the pope arrived, but as Mass began, bits of blue sky began to appear.
Plea to World Leaders – Hear the Cry of the Earth
Environmental destruction is a sign of a “morally decaying scenario” in which too many people ignore or deny that, from the beginning, “God intended humanity to cooperate in the preservation and protection of the earth
Catholic Church Teaching and War – the Just Use of Force
In light of the escalation of tensions between the United States and North Korea, Stephen Colecchi, director of the U.S. bishops’ Office of International Justice and Peace, answered these questions about Catholic Church teaching and war.
Pope: God wants People to Dream Big
God wants people to live with hope and joy – not bitterness – and to dream with him of a better world, Pope Francis said.
World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
Together with the head of the Orthodox Church, Pope Francis urged people to be respectful and responsible toward creation while being aware of how disrupted ecosystems impact the poor.
African-American Couple Demands Apology from Priest for Past KKK Actions
We reported earlier that a Catholic priest from the Diocese of Arlington had come clean about his past in the Ku Klux Klan. William Aitcheson, while a member of the Klan, burnt a cross on the lawn of a couple in Maryland. He was charged with the crime and ordered to pay restitution, but never did.
