Bishop Olmsted celebrates Mass for Arizona pilgrims at World Meeting of Families
PHILADELPHIA — As pilgrims from the Diocese of Phoenix stood outside the historic church of St. John the Evangelist in downtown Phoenix, there was an unmistakable sense of excitement in the air.
Spread mercy, build fraternity, pope urges Morocco’s Christian minority
RABAT, Morocco (CNS) — Celebrating Mass with members of Morocco’s tiny Catholic community, Pope Francis praised them for the many ways they “bear witness to the Gospel of mercy in this land.”
Christian community a place of welcome, solidarity, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To be part of a Christian community is to belong to a group of believers who shun selfishness and give witness to God’s love by loving and caring for one another, Pope Francis said.
Advent matters
The secular world makes it so easy to forget a vital part of the Christian calendar: Advent.
People not politics: Pro-life groups unite to send aid to the border
More than 40 different pro-life groups have supported the border drive already this week. Legal aid to reunite children with their families is still a huge unmet need.
Schools try to curb migration from Guatemala with little success
One school has lost 12 students so far this academic year.
Louisiana’s Democratic governor signs pro-life ‘heartbeat bill’
BATON ROUGE, La. (CNS) — Louisiana’s Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Catholic, said he will sign into law a measure that makes nearly all abortions illegal in the state once the fetal heartbeat is detected, which could be as early as six weeks.
When it comes to scheduling, pope says he’s definitely not infallible
Being infallible when formally defining a doctrine does not mean a pope doesn't make mistakes at other times, Pope Francis said, admitting he caused confusion for about 5,000 members of the Cursillos in Christianity movement.
Pokémon Go: Getting people to Church since … Thursday
LINCOLN, Neb. (CNA) — “I caught one!” Someone screamed this outside of Fr. Ryan Kaup’s rectory window the other night, waking him up at 12:30 a.m. That’s because Fr. Kaup’s parish, Cristo Rey in Lincoln, Nebraska, is a “Pokéstop.”
Let Jesus cleanse you of your sins, pope urges
Christian faith and a moral life are responses to God's mercy and not the result of "titanic" human effort, Pope Francis said.
