Founder of Peru’s Shining Path insurgency, which targeted church, dies
By Lucien Chauvin – Abimael Guzmán, founder of Peru’s violent Shining Path insurgency, died in his prison cell on Sept. 11. He was 86. Guzmán, a philosophy...
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Pope: Bishops must handle Communion debate as shepherds
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The debate about denying Communion to politicians who support abortion must be handled in a pastoral way, not by public condemnations that...
Pope reminds Roma community, young people that church is their home
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Pope Francis made sure that while the world often disregards the young and the marginalised, in the Catholic Church, “no one ought...
Religious leaders offer prayers before start of UN General Assembly
By Beth Griffin – In the face of widespread evidence of humanity’s dark side, speakers a prayer service on September 13 – on the eve of the...
Pope: Christianity without the cross is sterile
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Falling into the temptation of rejecting the cross and choosing a triumphalist form of Christianity leads to a faith that is superficial and...
Pope: Consecrated life is not doomed to die out
By Carol Glatz – Consecrated life is not doomed to die out, Pope Francis told a group of Discalced Carmelites. “These pessimistic views are destined to be...
Pope to Slovak Jews: Horrors of Holocaust must not be forgotten
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The violence of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed against the Jewish people are tantamount to blasphemy, Pope Francis said. “The divine name,...
Pope Urges Slovak Church and Government to Put People First
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Slovakia’s tradition of hospitality along with its witness of faith amid persecution must be at the forefront of government policies and the...
Pope Francis says Pope Benedict rightly warned against not respecting life
Pope Francis praised his predecessor’s courage in denouncing the danger of people no longer respecting or understanding the sacredness of human life. Pope Francis highlighted retired Pope...
Pope Warmly Welcomed in Slovakia
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Hundreds of men, women and children gathered on the tarmac of Bratislava international airport on September 12 to welcome Pope Francis for...
Pope at Eucharistic Congress: Eucharist Heals from Idolatry of Self
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Spending time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament can heal Christians from a self-absorbed religiosity that is ostentatious and triumphalist, Pope Francis...
9/11 anniversary renews call of sainthood for Franciscan priest
By Mark Pattison – The 20th-anniversary remembrances of the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States is renewing a canonisation push for the first identified casualty: Franciscan...
