Profile of a refugee: Former Colombian journalist, now deacon in Canada
"We come with a luggage full of dreams," the deacon said, yet the ever-present news about Canada's plan to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees made him pensive.
Pax Christi leaders alarmed that airstrikes will aid ISIS recruiting
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The three top leaders of the international Catholic peace organization also called upon the world, particularly the United Nations, to work together to seek nonviolent alternatives to stop the Islamic State's expansion and influence in Iraq and Syria.
Teaching on theology of the body unifies Christians, American says in U.K.
The theology, Christopher West said, offered a prophetic response to the rise of a new gender ideology in which individuals asserted a right to choose a gender, often of their own creation, instead of accepting gender as biologically determined.
Canadian cardinal-designate spent decades working with poor, marginalized
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — In working among the world’s poor for many decades, Canadian Cardinal-designate Michael Czerny was one of several Jesuits who volunteered to...
Pope Francis ‘has our backs’ on pro-life cause, says archbishop
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis “has our backs” in the pro-life cause, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, said to applause in his Jan. 23 homily at the opening Mass of the National Vigil for Life.
Rio+20: Still trying to map a sustainable future for the world
LIMA, Peru (CNS) -- Twenty years ago, a 12-year-old girl stood before government officials from most of the world's countries and pleaded for her...
Banners unfurled as faithful share stories of five saints
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican hung banners of the Catholic Church’s newly canonized saints four days before the Mass that would officially recognize that they are in heaven with God.
Texas governor: Response to prayer after accident made him stronger
"In hindsight, I am tremendously thankful that God did not grant me my wish," adding, "If you had seen what I had gone through, you would never again question the Lord."
UMary’s bioethics students focus on courage at seminar
The seminar, Courage as an Essential Virtue for the Catholic Healthcare Provider, runs Aug. 18-20 at University of Mary in North Dakota.
Cardinal says USCCB continues legal, moral analysis of HHS mandate
In a Sept. 17 letter to U.S. bishops, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops continues to study the legal and moral implications of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act.
