VATICAN CITY — Go to confession. Soon. For Pope Francis, the Year of Mercy is all about sharing the experience of God’s mercy with others. But first, he wants people to experience it themselves, in the confessional.
Canonization of Mother Teresa set for approval
By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will preside over a consistory to approve the canonization of five men and women, including Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, the Vatican announced. The March 15 consistory will also determine the approval of the canonization of Argentine “gaucho priest,” Blessed Jose Gabriel del Rosario […]
Oscar-winning ‘Spotlight’ not an anti-Catholic film, Vatican newspaper says
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Vatican newspaper said the Oscar-winning film, “Spotlight,” is not anti-Catholic. “It is not an anti-Catholic movie, as has been written, because the film succeeds in giving voice to the alarm and deep pain” experienced by the Catholic faithful when a team of investigative newspaper reporters […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Can my marriage get a Catholic blessing?
QUESTION CORNER Q: I am a Catholic who will be marrying a Methodist (baptized and confirmed) who now attends a Christian church. We have decided to have her Christian pastor marry us at a “neutral” venue outside of either faith’s church. However, it is still very important to my family and to me to receive […]
Father John Catoir: How grace changed my life
Our planet needs hope and joy. It needs what you have to give. Each of us must try to find a way to help others find encouragement and inspiration in this darkened world. When these insights hit me — and I concluded that one person can make a difference — it changed everything. In 1977, […]
Father William J. Byron SJ: Service and sacrifice
LOOKING AROUND Lent is a time to think about sacrifice and service. The generation of Americans who were kids during the Great Depression and in uniform during World War II tended to equate service with time in the military. As returning veterans, many went to college under the GI Bill of Rights and moved into […]
Yes, the pope is human
VATICAN CITY — The pope is human. Pope Francis demonstrated that in Mexico, as he does wherever he goes, and most people find it attractive most of the time.
Pope Francis at the border: ‘No more death, no more exploitation’
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Speaking from the symbolic platform of the U.S.-Mexico border, Pope Francis pleaded for the plight of immigrants while warning those refusing to offer safe shelter and passage that their actions and inhospitable attitudes were bringing about dishonor and self-destruction as their hearts hardened and they “lost their sensitivity to pain.”
Building walls to keep immigrants out is ‘not Christian’
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MEXICO — As the plane carrying him back to Rome from Mexico was flying over Texas, Pope Francis insisted building walls to keep immigrants out of one’s country is un-Christian.
‘Simple, not silly’: Children’s questions become book by Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — Children may say the darnedest things, but when it comes to questions about faith they can make even the most learned parents and priests pause.
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