Advent is opportunity to get off pedestal of superiority, pope says
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY — The season of Advent is a moment of grace to help believers stop being presumptuous and pretending to…
Pastor reflects on 10th anniversary of Sandy Hook school shooting
By Beth Griffin RYE, N.Y. — Ten years ago, Newtown, Connecticut was catapulted into the national spotlight when a young man shot and killed…
USCCB committee decries rising antisemitism in U.S.
By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON — Saying they are outraged by growing “antisemitic rhetoric” across the country, members of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical…
First deaf priest in U.S. visits Minnesota parish, inspires Jesuit novice
By Barb Umberger MINNEAPOLIS — Parishioners at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Minneapolis, about half of whom are deaf, had the chance…
Migration must be managed, not stopped, pope tells European governments
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Migration across the Mediterranean Sea is as old as humanity, and while some governments say they want to…
‘Sueñen en grande’, tomen pequeños pasos por la paz todos los días, dice papa a estudiantes
Por Cindy Wooden CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — El papa Francisco les dijo a los estudiantes italianos que “soñaran en grande” como San Juan XXIII…
New Orleans archbishop prays for murdered priest, missing worker
By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON — The head of the Archdiocese of New Orleans spoke of horror and pain in a Nov. 30 statement, following…
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…