Church called to keep hope alive, live in joyful expectation, pope says
The church of Christ is called to keep the light of hope alive in the world, showing all humanity the path leading to "the merciful face of God" and salvation in Christ, Pope Francis said.
Eight men begin lifelong service to Church as deacons
Eight men prostrated themselves inside Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral Nov. 8 in a gesture of humility and self-donation to the Church. Each had answered God's call to serve as permanent deacons.
Honor Your Mother: Thousands celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe
The streets of Phoenix were alive with dance and drums, brightly feathered masks and costumes and loud shouts of “¡Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!”
Archbishop Sheen’s sainthood cause suspended indefinitely
The suspension was announced "with immense sadness," the Diocese of Peoria, Ill. said. "After further discussion with Rome, it was decided that the Sheen Cause would now have to be relegated to the congregation's historic archive," the Peoria diocesan statement said.
Woman’s suicide called tragedy, symbol of ‘culture of death’ in U.S.
Brittany Maynard, a young California woman who was suffering from terminal brain cancer and gained national attention for her plan to use Oregon's assisted suicide law, ended her life Nov. 1. She was 29 years old.
On 20th anniversary of Rwandan genocide, pope urges reconciliation
Just days before Rwanda was to begin a weeklong period of official mourning to mark the 20th anniversary of its genocide, Pope Francis urged the country's bishops to be resolute in continuing the work of healing and reconciliation.
Pope on Corpus Christi: Jesus in the Eucharist gives life, love
The body and blood of Christ, Pope Francis said, can give people eternal life because "the substance of this bread is love."
Living the Catholic faith, the pope said, means "allowing yourself to be nourished by the Lord and building your life not on material goods, but on the reality that does not perish: the gifts of God, his word and his body."
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013: South African cardinal recalls the blessing of ‘Madiba’
Nelson Mandela, who led the struggle to replace South Africa's apartheid regime with a multiracial democracy, died Dec. 5 at his home in Johannesburg.
Family synod midterm report: Welcome gays, nonmarital unions
In strikingly conciliatory language on situations contrary to Catholic teaching, an official midterm report from the Synod of Bishops on the family emphasized calls for greater acceptance and appreciation of divorced and remarried Catholics, cohabitating couples and homosexuals.
Farmers learn welding to boost incomes a year after devastating typhoon
On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the most powerful tropical cyclone to slam the central Philippines, signs of hope are emerging among some of the people who lost their only means of earning a living.
