Donation called expression of U.S. Catholics’ affection for Paris cathedral
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington has collected and donated nearly half a million dollars to assist the restoration and rebuilding efforts of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which was extensively damaged in a fire two years ago.
Getting old is not a disease, it’s a privilege, pope tells older priests
Getting to be a ripe old age is a privilege, Pope Francis told older priests.
Leadership is distorted by thirst for power, betraying charism, pope says
Pope Francis praised Catholic lay movements and associations for living out the Gospel in their everyday lives and for promoting education, social support and evangelization in the world's peripheries.
Modern Catholic Pilgrim puts new emphasis on walking pilgrimages tradition
Walking pilgrimages to religious sites have been a popular way of expressing and building one's faith and connection to God for centuries.
Bridge over troubled waters: Papal trip tests limits of being a ‘pontifex’
On paper, Pope Francis' apostolic visit to Hungary and Slovakia was pretty standard as papal trips go: outdoor Masses, meeting with dignitaries, visiting poor and marginalized populations and of course, answering questions from journalists aboard the papal flight.
Tourism should foster culture of encounter, safeguard planet, Vatican says
Tourism needs to protect both people and the planet as well as promote a more inclusive economy, the Vatican said.
South Sudan church leaders frustrated by lack of progress in nuns’ murders
One month after two Catholic sisters were executed on a road in South Sudan, their killers remain unidentified, and church leaders are losing patience with an apparent lack of progress in resolving the murder.
Bishop praises House members for proposing citizenship path for immigrants
The U.S. bishops' migration committee chairman Sept. 15 welcomed a move by House members to include language in the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill to provide a pathway to U.S. citizenship for beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and other immigrants.
Diocese of Wichita, Kansas, set to welcome home remains of Father Kapaun
The flag-draped casket was empty during a memorial Mass in Wichita for Father Emil J. Kapaun July 29, 1953.
Pope: Bishops must handle Communion debate as shepherds, not with censures
The debate about denying Communion to politicians who support abortion must be handled in a pastoral way, not by public condemnations that seek to "excommunicate" Catholics who are not in line with church teaching, Pope Francis said.
