Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified Dec. 21, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria announced. He said the Vatican had just notified him of the beatification and he was announcing the news “with...
By Cindy Wooden – The poor are the church’s treasure because they give every Christian a chance to “speak the same language as Jesus, that of love,” Pope Francis said, celebrating Mass for the World...
By Cindy Wooden – Calling migration “one of the principal moral issues” facing humanity today, Pope Francis thanked the government and people of Thailand for the way they’ve welcomed migrants and refugees, but he urged...
By Cindy Wooden – Missionaries are not mercenaries, but beggars who recognise that some brothers and sisters are missing from the community and long to hear the good news of salvation, Pope Francis told...
By Cindy Wooden – Arriving in Thailand after an 11-hour flight, Pope Francis was greeted by 11 children – one for each of the country’s dioceses. Pope Francis caressed the faces of the shy little...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The Vatican reiterated its call for a two-state solution in the Holy Land after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the United States would no longer recognise the illegality...
In life, Christians face the choice of either being open to encountering God’s generosity or closed in on their own interests, Pope Francis said. The banquet that Jesus often refers to in his parables...
Catechesis / Christian Living / Church / Church Teaching / Pope Francis
by CNS · Published November 19, 2019 · Last modified November 18, 2019
Following through on a proposal made at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, Pope Francis said there are plans to include a definition of ecological sins in the church’s official teaching. “We should...
By Simon Caldwell – Catholic priests would die rather than break the seal of confession to report child abusers to the police, said an English cardinal. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster told the Independent...
By Rhina Guidos – No one can deny that the act was horrific. Six priests found face down on a lawn with bullet holes through various parts of their bodies. One was in his bathrobe....
Christian Living / Church / Pope Francis
by CNS · Published November 11, 2019 · Last modified November 18, 2019
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Christians who preach the Gospel must see people who do not know Christ as children of God and not as nonbelievers worthy of hostility and contempt, Pope Francis said....
By Carol Glatz – Jesus invites everyone to always go to him, which, Pope Francis said, also means no longer making life revolve around oneself. “What direction is my journey going? Do I only try...
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