Pope approves simplified rites for papal funeral, burial
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, who will celebrate his 88th birthday in December, has approved simplified liturgical rites…
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Pope: Interreligious dialogue key to peace, youth education
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — As the world faces the persistent threat of nuclear conflict, people of faith must unite…
Pope prays for dialogue, reconciliation, peace in Ukraine
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis prayed for a conversion of hearts and a start to dialogue, reconciliation and…
Pope calls on G20 to work for food equality, end armed conflicts
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The “silent acceptance” of famine in the world is a “scandalous injustice and a grave…
The poor cannot keep waiting for justice, solidarity, pope says
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — A Christian faith that does not disturb the powers that be and cannot generate a…
Vatican’s World Day of the Poor features medical care, lunch with pope
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Before Pope Francis presides over Mass Nov. 17 for the World Day of the Poor,…
Care for Creation — We need to experience the wonder of God-given creation
byLast week I brought a group of my Bellarmine students to the Falls of the Ohio State Park, a natural treasure located right across…
Be on the lookout for hope; keep moving forward in faith, pope writes
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Christians should make a practice each night of identifying signs of hope, even small ones,…
Everyone can be a saint by following the Beatitudes, pope says
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — God wants everyone to be a saint, and the clearest path to achieving that goal…
Only love will save humanity, pope says in encyclical on Sacred Heart
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — A world that has become “heartless” and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in…