By Msgr. Charles Pope | On Wednesday, Feb. 12, Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation on the Amazon Synod, Querida Amazonia. I was greatly relieved when I read the carefully penned document...
By Joseph Pearce | A few days ago, whilst being driven around Tampa, I noticed a car bumper sticker telling me to “Just Be Nice.” For some reason this irritated me. Indeed it made me feel decidedly...
By Peter Jesserer Smith | PHILADELPHIA — Clouds upon clouds of incense wafted upon the marbled altars of St. Patrick’s Church in Philadelphia as priests in golden copes swung their thuribles, and...
By Fr. Dwight Longenecker | One of the lines I love most in the first Eucharistic Prayer is the prayer for the Catholic Church and all bishops who “preach the Catholic faith that comes to us from the...
By Patti Armstrong | Not knowing if our son was dead or alive was a horrifying moment. My body shook uncontrollably as I prayed, “Your will be done, Lord, but if it’s possible, please save him.” I...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rhina Guidos By Rhina Guidos HAVANA (CNS) -- New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan met privately with the president of the Republic of Cuba Feb. 11, the last full day of a six-day visit...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Camales-Torrijos family By Agnieszka Ruck VANCOUVER, British Columbia (CNS) -- The morning routine hasn't changed for Marichu and Ding Camales-Torrijos since they and all...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Indiana Office of the Attorney General By Ann Carey SOUTH BEND, Ind. (CNS) -- A cold, gray, wintry day in South Bend seemed like an appropriate setting for the burial of 2,411...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis told a group of U.S. bishops that, like them, he is accused of not being courageous or not listening to the Holy Spirit when he says...
IMAGE: CNS Photo/Francis Wong By HONG KONG (CNS) -- The threat of spreading the coronavirus has forced Catholic officials in Hong Kong to suspend all church programs Feb. 15-28, including Sunday...
Speaking to Crux, Giampaolo Silvestri, secretary general of the AVSI foundation, which sponsors development projects in needy areas throughout the world, said, “There is absolutely an...
Lay men and women live out their Christian calling by sharing the gifts they received from God with others and not keeping them for themselves, Pope Francis said.
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met Thursday with Pope Francis at the Vatican, received a papal blessing and said the two discussed prospects for a “more just and fraternal world.