Writing about LGBTQ ministry, pope says God loves all his children
God loves all his children, "each and every one," Pope Francis said in a letter Jesuit Father James Martin read to people participating in the Outreach LGBTQ Ministry webinar.
Pope: Christians must see the world through the eyes of the poor
Parish, diocesan and national Catholic charities help the Catholic Church live the Gospel by being a "church of tenderness and closeness where the poor are blessed, where mission is at the center and where joy is born of service," Pope Francis said.
Lack of love is life’s greatest disease, pope says
While the suffering brought on by the coronavirus pandemic continues to make headlines, there is another serious illness plaguing the world today that deserves attention, Pope Francis said.
During border visit, bishop speaks with vice president about immigration
Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, asked Vice President Kamala Harris June 25 to engage with the faith community as partners on a path to bring relief and a compassionate solution to immigration issues in the Americas and to "hear the voices" of those turned away at the border.
Catholic agency offers help after ‘heartbreaking’ collapse of building
Staff members with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami were on location and developing a response strategy June 24 near the stunning wreckage of a partially collapsed beachfront high-rise apartment building.
Catholics must know how Peter’s Pence is spent, Vatican official says
The head of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy said he hopes efforts at financial transparency and reform will foster Catholics' trust ahead of the annual Peter's Pence collection.
Pain of division must push Christians to seek unity, pope says
After receiving the gift of a chalice from leaders of the Lutheran World Federation, Pope Francis said divided Christians should suffer because they cannot share the Eucharist, but that suffering should spur them to work and pray harder for Christian unity.
Bishop hails ruling on one immigration policy, calls for end to another
The chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration June 24 hailed a Supreme Court decision dismissing a lawsuit challenging a Trump-era immigration policy that kept asylum-seekers in Mexico, while he urged the end of another policy that keeps migrants out of the U.S.
Hundreds of bodies found at former Saskatchewan residential school
The Cowessess First Nation will put a name to each of the hundreds of bodies found at the unmarked graves on the former Marieval Indian Residential School, vows Chief Cadmus Delorme.
Abandoned at birth, Safe Haven Baby Boxes founder: ‘I was made for this’
Monica Kelsey knew she was adopted. She also knew she wanted to find her birth mother.
