By Michael Otto Catholic News Service – New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have expressed horror and distress at a terrorist attack in two mosques in Christchurch that saw at least 49 people killed. The shootings took...
Christian Living / Christian Mission / Global Issues
by asiel · Published November 19, 2018 · Last modified November 16, 2018
People must make “a serious examination of conscience to understand whether we are really capable of listening to the poor,” the pope said in a message for World Day of the Poor
by Caleb SC · Published November 18, 2018 · Last modified November 16, 2018
Prayer for the World Day of the Poor
Charity / Christen Torres / Christian Living / Christian Mission / Global Issues
by Christen Torres · Published November 18, 2018 · Last modified November 16, 2018
World Day of the Poor was first proposed in 2016 in Pope Francis’ apostolic letter for the Year of Mercy, Misericordia et misera, which calls on the faithful to “make a serious examination of conscience, to see if we are truly capable of hearing the cry of the poor”.
Abuse / Christen Torres / Church Teaching / Global Issues
by Christen Torres · Published November 14, 2018
Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg has called for the excommunication of all priests who abuse minors, and spoke with concern about the anger of young South Africans at what he called “broken promises”.
The exhibition, “Call for Freedom: Ireland and South Africa”, at the Nelson Mandela Gateway to Robben Island on Cape Town’s Waterfront, is organised by the Irish South African Association.
Christian Living / Global Issues / Pope Francis / Science & Faith / Technology & Christian Life
by Jael SC · Published June 23, 2018 · Last modified June 22, 2018
From Pope Gregory XIII’s observational tower built in the Vatican Gardens in the 16th century so celestial studies could aid the reform of the calendar to Pope Leo XIII, who officially re-founded the Vatican Observatory in the late 19th century, popes have kept their eyes fixed on the heavens.
Global Issues / Magliano / War and Refugees
by Tony Magliano · Published March 15, 2018 · Last modified March 13, 2018
‘To call the world’s nuclear situation dire is to understate the danger and its immediacy.” This is the warning of Dr Rachel Bronson, president of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Robin Hood, the legendary hero of English folklore who took from the rich to give to the poor – whose very name conjures up thoughts of fairness, justice and love for the oppressed – stands in stark contrast to President Trump who wants to take from poor and give to the rich.
Global Issues / Magliano / Pope Francis / War and Refugees
by Tony Magliano · Published January 1, 2018 · Last modified December 26, 2017
On behalf of the world’s often unwanted refugees and migrants, Pope Francis in his Jan. 1 World Day of Peace message titled “Migrants and Refugees: Men and Women in Search of Peace” pleads: “In a spirit of compassion, let us embrace all those fleeing from war and hunger, or forced by discrimination, persecution, poverty and environmental degradation to leave their homelands.”
Even though it is one of the most secularised nations in the world, Sweden is one of the few countries in Europe where the Catholic Church is growing, said the country’s first cardinal.
Christian Living / Global Issues / Politics
by Caleb SC · Published November 7, 2017 · Last modified November 3, 2017
The joyful hope that flows from faith can change the world, which is why Christians have a crucial part to play in revitalising Europe
