In age of excess, temperance helps one experience real joy, pope says
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Exercising the virtue of temperance is not a recipe for a boring life, Pope Francis said, but…
Global group of priests to share reflections on synodality with pope
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Hundreds of parish priests from around the world will spend three days praying and talking about experiences…
Seek contact with nature to change polluting lifestyles, pope says
By Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Humanity must have more direct contact with nature to counter the modern lifestyles that are destroying the…
Cultivate solidarity through prayer, adoration, pope tells donors
By Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Today’s “growing culture of indifference and individualism” must be countered with prayer and adoration, which inspires solidarity…
Pope asks Bible scholars to highlight Jesus’ care for those who suffer
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the Bible, Jesus never explains suffering, but he reaches out to those who are hurting, heals…
Pope condemns culture that views people with disabilities as ‘burdens’
By Justin McLellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Today’s “throwaway culture,” driven by “profit, efficiency and success,” marginalizes people with disabilities and threatens their God-given…
Recen por la ‘gracia’ de las lágrimas que nos hablan de la compasión, dice el Papa
Por Cindy Wooden CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) — La Virgen de las Lágrimas de Siracusa es un signo de que María no sólo llora…
Everyone has the same human dignity no matter what, cardinal says
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s document on human dignity highlights Pope Francis’ decade-long insistence…
Pope meets with family members of Hamas hostages
By Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Eight people united in their anguish carried into the papal library posters bearing the…
Vatican says abortion, surrogacy, war, poverty are attacks on human dignity
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death…