Death-row experience interweaves lives of priest, man he helped free
A one-time registered nurse and lawyer who is now a priest crossed paths with a death row inmate leading to a journey that continues outside of prison walls.
Every Saturday, the Mercy Bus brings lapsed Catholics to confession
Passersby can receive miraculous medals and step on board to talk with a priest, receive a blessing or go to confession.
Now is the time for conversion and mercy, says Pope Francis at Juárez Mass
CIUDAD JUÁREZ – Just as God called Nineveh to conversion, so too are we called to conversion, through mercy, said Pope Francis at El Punto in the former Juárez Fairgrounds next to the U.S.-Mexico border during the last day of his apostolic visit to Mexico.
Pilgrims, locals line Juárez streets to catch glimpse of pope
CIUDAD JUÁREZ — Ten-year-old Edgar Garcia didn’t mind waking up at 4 a.m. to cross the border from El Paso into Juárez Wednesday morning so he could see Pope Francis on the last day of his apostolic visit to Mexico.
Cardinal, chaplain praise Scalia as man of faith, family and the law
"A good government should not impede the religious practices of its people. ... Its main function is here, ensuring a safe, just and cooperative society," the Supreme Court Justice once said.
Pope tells Mexican prisoners society needs system of ‘social health’
Locking up inmates is another symptom of the "throwaway culture" Pope Francis often decries and "a symptom of a culture that has stopped supporting life, of a society that has abandoned its children."
Woman’s situation points to reality that fewer Mexicans migrate to U.S.
Mexican immigration rates have been down for a while, for a time even reversing.
‘No more death, no more exploitation,’ pope says at U.S.-Mexico border
Pope Francis said both countries are showing symptoms of "self-destruction as a result of oppression, dishonor, violence and injustice." He also said mercy was a way to win over opponents.
Jesus calls us to be disciples, not hitmen, pope tells youth
MORELIA, Mexico (CNS) — Jesus never sends anyone out as a hitman, dealing in death, but calls Christians to be his disciples and friends, Pope Francis told Mexico’s youth. “Today the Lord continues to call you, he continues to draw you to him, just as he did with the Indian, Juan Diego,” to whom Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared, he told tens of thousands of young people at Morelia’s José María Pavón Stadium Feb. 16.
Devil wants Church resigned to violence; resist him, pope says
MORELIA, Mexico (CNS) — The devil loves Christians — especially priests and nuns — who are resigned to the violence and corruption around them, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Mass Feb. 16 at a stadium in Morelia, Pope Francis repeated his frequent call to priests, religious and seminarians to get out of their churches and convents and take God’s mercy and offer of salvation to the world.
