Pope meets with family members of Hamas hostages
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Eight people united in their anguish carried into the papal library posters bearing the…
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Vatican says abortion, surrogacy, war, poverty are attacks on human dignity
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death…
Pope marks 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi’s stigmata
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The wounds of Christ’s passion and death and the stigmata given to some Christians over the centuries…
Multiple states to place abortion on the ballot in November
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News WASHINGTON — Multiple states will have measures to expand access to abortion on their ballots in November, a key…
Pope tells priests: Be icons of Christ, wipe tears like Veronica
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Priests are called to be “a true icon of Jesus,” drawing closer to God the father by…
Pope prays for all those affected by deadly quake in Taiwan
byBy Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis expressed his closeness to and solidarity with all those affected by a deadly earthquake in…
Righteous people work for the good of all, pope says
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While giving each person his or her due is fundamental for justice, the virtue of justice is…
War is ‘folly,’ pope says as he leads prayers for Ukraine, Gaza
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis held up a well-thumbed, camouflage-covered pocket edition of the New Testament and Psalms…
Shrine’s Divine Mercy Sunday weekend to focus on Eucharist, ‘spiritual fatherhood’
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News An upcoming celebration of the Divine Mercy devotion focuses in particular on the Eucharist and on the need for…
On Easter, pope asks Christ to ‘roll away’ the stones of war worldwide
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Just as Jesus removed the stone that sealed his tomb on the morning of the…