By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The international community must ramp up its efforts if it expects to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, Pope Francis said. In a video...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters By ALBANO, Italy (CNS) -- Christians are not licensed "inspectors of other people's lives," but rather disciples who reach out to others, assuring them...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church must not become a distant memory for men and women today but must be a welcoming place where everyone...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Father Sterlin Londono has been a priest for 21 years among his fellow Afro-Colombians in his home region of Choco in Colombia, which...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves By Junno Arocho Esteves QUITO, Ecuador (CNS) -- The upcoming Synod of Bishops for the Amazon will focus on the devastating effects of climate change on the...
Christians are not licensed “inspectors of other people’s lives,” but rather disciples who reach out to others, assuring them of God’s love and welcoming them into the community, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis has named Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston and the other members of his international Council of Cardinals to be voting members of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon.
The Catholic Church must not become a distant memory for men and women today but must be a welcoming place where everyone feels at home, Pope Francis said.
Soon-to-be Cardinal Michael Czerny, one of Pope Francis’s top collaborators inside the Roman Curia who serves as both the public face of Francis’s agenda for migrants and refugees and who is playing...
Integral ecology -- a phrase often used when discussing the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon -- highlights not just the interconnectedness that exists among God, humanity and creation, but also...
By Edward Pentin | The decision to have the notorious abortionist Emma Bonino speak about immigration in an Italian church last week drew widespread condemnation. But it also led some to argue...
By Patty Knap | Anthony Fuina of Long Island is a walking miracle. He credits the intercession of Padre Pio for curing him of cancer in 1997. Since then, he's been devoted to bringing others to...
By Joseph Pronechen | Padre Pio will long be remembered for the countless spiritual insights, succinct spiritual direction, and constant encouragement he gave through his concise sayings and teaching.
By Edward Pentin | Cardinal Robert Sarah has said the Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazon Region, being a regional assembly of bishops, is not the forum to discuss priestly celibacy — a subject that...
By Catholic News Agency | VATICAN CITY — A member of the International Theological Commission has announced that she is no longer available to participate in the “binding synodal path” undertaken...