Church / Crisis / Global Issues / Pope Francis / Theology
by CNS · Published August 2, 2020 · Last modified August 1, 2020
By Cindy Wooden – Besides the immediate considerations of trying to stay healthy, to mourn the dead and protect others, the coronavirus pandemic should be prompting Christians to reflect on their faith, Pope Francis wrote. “The...
Church / Global Issues / Magliano / Peace & Justice / Poverty & Social Justice
by Tony Magliano · Published June 26, 2020
In the Gospel of Matthew, there is a scene where the Pharisees and Sadducees, in their desire to test Jesus, ask him to show them a sign. In reply to them, Jesus says that in...
Church / Economy / Fr Pierre Goldie / Global Issues
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published June 23, 2020 · Last modified June 19, 2020
It is surprising to note how many commentators contend that the pandemic, apart from its devastating effect on life and the economy, is heralding a new way of doing things, a new way of thinking,...
Christian Living / Church / Crisis / Earth Life / Environment / Global Issues / Magliano
by Tony Magliano · Published May 2, 2020 · Last modified April 30, 2020
As the dreadful coronavirus pandemic clearly illustrates: Life is fragile. In just a matter of a few months, the highly contagious Covid-19 has killed over 225,000 people, sickened many more, eliminated millions of jobs and...
Christian Living / Church / Global Issues / Justice & Peace / Magliano
by Tony Magliano · Published February 10, 2020
My fellow brothers and sisters in Christ: As followers of the God whose very essence is love, a love so deep and abundant that this love took on human flesh and dwelt among us to...
Christian Living / Church / Crisis / Global Issues
by CNS · Published December 11, 2019 · Last modified December 10, 2019
By Barbara J. Fraser – From Chile to Haiti to Hong Kong, protests appear to be sweeping the globe. Although sparked by different events, they also reflect a common frustration with economic inequality and corrupt governments,...
Bishops / Christian Living / Church / Crisis / Global Issues
by CNS · Published October 31, 2019 · Last modified October 30, 2019
As demonstrations pitting pro-government groups against pro-democracy protesters continue, a bishop urged Catholics to pray for the realisation that all are humans and not “cockroaches or dogs.” Ucanews.org reported Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing of...
Church / Crisis / Global Issues
by CNS · Published October 24, 2019 · Last modified October 28, 2019
By Dale Gavlak – When Rifaa, her husband and three daughters escaped into Iraq in the dead of night, “there were dead bodies on the street” in Qamishli, Syria. “We found a smuggler to bring us...
Church / Crisis / Global Issues / Human Rights / Religious Life
by CNS · Published September 17, 2019 · Last modified September 15, 2019
By Valentine Iwenwanne – Fatima Atewe, a single mother, knew it would be hard work, but she was excited to start a new job loading bricks into delivery trucks, earning as much as $27 a day....
By Eduardo Campos Lima – After denouncing the record number of wildfires in the Amazon in August and the growing deforestation of the region, the Brazilian Catholic Church is pressuring the government to guarantee the safety...
Dealing With Life / Death / Global Issues / Magliano / Violence
by Tony Magliano · Published August 12, 2019
The recent tragic mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, killing at least 29 people, point to an ongoing epidemic of mass shootings in the United States. As of Aug. 5, the...
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 place...
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