By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — While nations have a right to defend themselves and a responsibility to protect their citizens, “no war is worth the loss of the life of even one human person, a sacred being created in the image and likeness of the Creator,” said a papal message to […]
Pope encourages children to speak up, work for peace
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — In a celebration of life, peace, joy and harmony, thousands of children representing young people on every continent greeted Pope Francis during an afternoon event in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall. Children from different parts of the world, such as the Amazon and favelas of Brazil, […]
Talk story: God’s style: proximity, compassion, tenderness
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Today I would like to talk to you about a man who made Jesus and his poorest brothers the passion of his life … considering himself a ‘universal brother’ and welcoming everyone, he shows us the evangelizing force of meekness, of tenderness.” (Pope Francis, general audience, Oct. 18) While Catholics from […]
Whoopi Goldberg delivers ‘Sister Act’ swag to pope
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis praised actor and comedian Whoopi Goldberg for helping people laugh and feel joy, telling her, “You are very important.” “Not as important as you!” she replied, shaking her head in disbelief during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 12, seen in a clip […]
New cardinals bring experience of ‘peripheries’ to church
Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Speaking to reporters a few days before receiving their red hats, many of the 21 new cardinals said their induction into the College of Cardinals was less about them and more about their local church and its contribution to the universal church. Cardinal-designate Stephen Chow Sau-Yan of Hong Kong […]
People have a duty to save migrants at risk of drowning, Pope Francis says
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service MARSEILLE, France — At a moving ceremony at the edge of a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, Pope Francis led a moment of silence for the countless lives lost in its blue but treacherous waters. And he warned the world it was now at a crossroads: people must choose […]
Pope Francis in Mongolia: Jesus is the answer to human longing
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — Like the land struck by a “zud,” the human heart has a thirst and longing that can be alleviated only by the God of love, Pope Francis told Mongolians gathered for Mass in Ulaanbaatar’s Steppe Arena. Countless generations of Mongolians have feared the “zud,” an extreme […]
Synod assembly not a TV show, won’t be open to press, pontiff says
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MONGOLIA — The Synod of Bishops is not a television show or a parliamentary debate, and its discussions will not be open to the public or to reporters, Pope Francis said. “We must safeguard the synodal climate,” the pope responded Sept. 4 when asked […]
‘Todos, todos, todos’
WORLD YOUTH DAY Pope Francis urges youth to return home, build a joyful church open to all By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service LISBON, Portugal — Pope Francis asked the 1.5 million young people who attended World Youth Day to take “what God has sown into your hearts” back to their home countries and build […]
Pope to young people: To tackle life’s ups and downs, look to the elderly
By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Gospel calls Christians to bring the elderly to the center of their lives and away from the margins of families, politics and financial markets that banish them as “unprofitable waste” in society, Pope Francis said. “Let it not happen that by pursuing the myths […]
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