Abortion / Church / Social Media / Technology & Christian Life
by CNS · Published April 20, 2019 · Last modified April 17, 2019
By Jacob Comello – Before the crowd at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, displayed a billboard containing a tweet of a St. Teresa of Kolkata...
Church / Church Teaching / Life Issues / Pope Francis
by CNS · Published April 20, 2019 · Last modified April 17, 2019
By Junno Arocho Esteves – When done ethically and free of charge, organ donation is a selfless gesture that contributes to fostering a culture of life, Pope Francis said. Christians who donate their organs offer...
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis will celebrate Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper with prisoners in Velletri, about 58km south of Rome. The pope will celebrate the Mass and the foot-washing ritual at...
By Cindy Wooden – The president of France and the archbishop of Paris have vowed to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral after a devastating fire, continuing what a professor of architecture described as the...
By Cindy Wooden – The life of a young person and the vocation to which God calls each one is “holy ground” that pastors and parents must respect, nurture and encourage, Pope Francis wrote in...
By Tom Dermody – Jesus likely died from excessive blood loss, a Catholic surgeon said during a talk that examined the 18 hours of Christ’s passion and crucifixion from a medical perspective. “Christ emptied himself,”...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – At the Shrine of the Holy Face in Manoppello, visitors see a transparent cloth encased between two glass panes within an ornate silver frame above the sanctuary’s altar. Once light...
By Carol Glatz – Everyone is “in debt” to God, who offers his infinite love and graces for free, Pope Francis said. “We have received so much: our existence, a father and a mother,...
By Cindy Wooden – Presenting the Pharisees as self-righteous hypocrites concerned more with the law than with people is prejudicial, biblically inaccurate and offensive to many Jews, several scholars said. The prejudice has been around...
By Carol Glatz – Sometimes Christians seem to prefer complaining and being unhappy in life, but that makes them a perfect target for the devil, Pope Francis said in a morning homily. “Desolation is...
Catholic Media / Church / Pope Francis
by CNS · Published April 10, 2019 · Last modified April 9, 2019
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis told a group of journalists to deliver facts and objective reporting, not fake news and rumours. He encouraged the group to continue offering platforms for “a free and open...
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