Papa: Observar Adviento incluye notar a Dios obrando en la vida diaria
Por Robert Duncan CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — Estar tan distraído que uno no nota la presencia de Dios en la vida diaria es una…
Loss of print media seen as posing challenges to U.S. church communications
By Christina Lee Knauss Readers of The Tablet, newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, now see something on the paper’s website that…
Papa: violencia contra la mujer es un flagelo social
Por Cindy Wooden CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — La violencia contra las mujeres es “un flagelo social que también está vinculado a actitudes culturales, mentalidades…
Senate passes Respect for Marriage Act; bill now heads to House
By Julie Asher WASHINGTON — Ahead of the U.S. Senate’s Nov. 29 61-to-36 vote approving the Respect for Marriage Act, the chairmen of two…
Papa escribe a los ucranianos a los nueves meses de guerra
Por Cindy Wooden CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — Nueve meses después de que Rusia lanzara guerra contra Ucrania, el papa Francisco escribió al pueblo ucraniano…
Overcoming Christian divisions would give world hope, pope tells patriarch
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — While formal dialogue about the theological and historical causes of the splits in Christianity is essential, so, too,…
Some U.S. dioceses are lifting restrictions on Communion cup
By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — As many restrictions put in place at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted, some Catholic dioceses…
With America magazine pope talks about church division, women, abortion
VATICAN CITY — In a wide-ranging interview with top staff of America magazine, Pope Francis decried increased polarization within the Catholic Church, affirmed the need to…
Advent watching includes noticing God at work in daily life, pope says
By Robert Duncan VATICAN CITY — Being so distracted that one does not notice God’s presence in daily life is a warning sign that…
Pope: Spiritual consolation is deep joy that motivates one to ‘do good’
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — The spiritual practice of discernment, of seeing where God is at work in one’s life and what God…