World Day for Grandparents and Elderly: A time for small acts of kindness
By Cindy Wooden – Try a little tenderness. That’s basically how Cardinal Kevin Farrell, 73, summarised Pope Francis’ vision for...
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Franciscans open general chapter focusing on diversity, evangelisation
By Cindy Wooden – As a worldwide religious order, Franciscan friars need to find new and better ways to welcome...
Healthy roots: Elderly provide secure foundation for future generations
By Carol Glatz – Highlighting the importance and gifts of older people has been a constant refrain throughout Pope Francis’ ministry....
Neocatechumenal Way requests opening sainthood cause of co-founder
Members of the Neocatechumenal Way formally presented to the archbishop of Madrid a request to open the sainthood cause of...
US Conference of Catholic Bishops general-secretary resigns amidst scandal
Msgr. Jeffrey D. Burrill, the general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops since November, has resigned from the...
Zambia’s Bishops plea for peace and fair elections
By Francis Njuguna – With violence rising and a government crackdown against dissidents continuing, Zambia’s Catholic bishops have called for...
Iraqi prelate: Dignity takes longer to rebuild than structures
By Mark Pattison – When fighters from the Islamic State group overran huge swaths of Iraq seven years ago, they...
EU bishops’ commission urges action to protect religious freedom
European bishops called on the European Union to do more to protect religious freedom as part of efforts to strengthen...
Magna Carta Illustrates the ties Democracy has to the Bible
By Maisy Sullivan – The star document of a new exhibit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington is...
