Pope arrives in Iraq, promoting peace, tolerance, equality
To consolidate peace and ensure progress, the government and people of Iraq must never treat anyone as a second-class citizen and must work each day to promote harmony, Pope Francis said.
Catholic health care officials aim to get COVID-19 vaccine to everyone
To make sure COVID-19 vaccines reach everyone, Catholic health care officials are working to overcome hurdles of bias, language barriers, and technology and transportation access.
In remote area of Colombia, bishops want cease-fire between army, rebels
Bishops in Colombia's Chocó department are calling for a cease-fire between the Colombian army and rebel groups fighting over drug trafficking routes and illegal gold mines in one of the country's most remote regions.
‘Finally,’ pope says he will be able to make pilgrimage to Iraq
Pope Francis told the people of Iraq he was going to their country as a "penitential pilgrim," asking God's forgiveness for years of war, persecution and destruction, and as a "pilgrim of peace," hoping to remind people that they are all brothers and sisters no matter their ethnic or religious identity.
Pope taps Newark cardinal as member of Congregation for Bishops
Pope Francis has named Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, a member of the Congregation for Bishops, the office that advises the pope on the nomination of bishops around the world.
God offers humanity a love with no equal on earth, pope says at audience
There is no greater love in the world than the love God has for humanity, Pope Francis said. "What kind of God is prepared to die for people? What kind of God loves always and patiently, without demanding to be loved in return?" the pope asked.
Bishops address concern over Johnson & Johnson vaccine’s abortion link
Use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, approved Feb. 27 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, raises moral concerns because it was "was developed, tested and is produced with abortion-derived cell lines," the chairmen of two U.S. bishops' committees said March 2.
Biden begins talks with Mexico touching on immigration, Virgin of Guadalupe
U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador began bilateral cooperation talks March 1 with humor, a focus on limiting immigration to the U.S. and talk about Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Catholic sculptor hopes to inspire with his liturgical art
When he was 7 years old, Dony Mac Manus' mother gave him a bag of clay for his birthday. The boy wasn't thrilled to receive what he considered a bit of mud.
Bible reading boosts mental well-being among Christians, U.K. survey says
Reading the Bible has had a positive effect on people's "mental well-being" during the pandemic, according to a Christian Research survey conducted in the United Kingdom.
