Young adults at FOCUS summit urged to help others live their faith
byBy Kirsten Bublitz Catholic News Service PHOENIX — Young adult Catholics can lead others to God through their actions and daily experiences, a priest…
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Ecological sin: Idea of updating catechism sparks debate
byBy Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ announcement that the Catechism of the Catholic Church would be updated to…
‘A victory for women is a victory for humanity,’ pope says on Marian feast
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The world will not know peace unless there is an end to violence against women,…
Maltese cardinal, patristic scholar, dies at 94
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Maltese Cardinal Prosper Grech, an Augustinian priest and expert on the fathers of the early…
God is at work in the world, pope says at prayer service closing 2019
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — God sent his only begotten son into the world, where he continues to dwell in…
The quiet, urgent work of Catholic Rural Life plows ahead
byBy Christina Capecchi Catholic News Service ST. PAUL, Minn. — “There is something almost sacramental about the life of the rural family.” Those words…
Catholic, Christian, Muslim voices condemn knife attack on N.Y. rabbi
byBy Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — A host of voices from throughout the religious spectrum condemned the Dec. 28 knife attack at the suburban…
Vatican magazine looks at women in the church in the age of Pope Francis
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis sees the “masculine monochrome” of leadership and influence in the Catholic Church as…
Texas bishops offer prayers for those affected by fatal church shooting
byBy Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Two Texas Catholic bishops offered words of condolence and prayers to the members and families of the victims…
Put the phone away and talk to each other, pope urges families
byBy Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis prayed that people all over the world would end 2019 “in peace, peace…