Ascension shows that no one is left behind en route to heaven, pope says
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Jesus’ ascension shows that, despite the difficulties in peoples’ lives, they are all made for…
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Proclaiming Holy Year, pope says it is time to strengthen and share hope
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — “The time has come for a new Jubilee when once more the Holy Door will…
Pope asks lay Catholics to prepare for synod’s ‘prophetic’ stage
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The most important outcome of the current Synod of Bishops on synodality is the synodal…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Doctrinal dicastery explains how, when gay couples can be blessed
byBy Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Catholic priest can bless a gay or other unmarried couple as long as it is not…
‘Laudate Deum’: Planet mirrors a deeply flawed view of human life and activity
byBy Gina Christian (OSV News) — Pope Francis warns the clock is ticking on the dangers of climate change — and both a paradigm shift…
Pope Francis says situation at U.S.-Mexico border is ‘serious problem’
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called the migration crisis between Mexico and the United States a “serious problem”…