Report outlines complaints of border agents’ treatment of asylum-seekers
A joint report by the Kino Border Initiative and Network, the Catholic social justice lobby, details complaints lodged against U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents against those seeking asylum at the Arizona-Mexico border.
Sept. 11 attacks point to deeper issues, say Catholic young adults
After the twin towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001, Jose Zeron remembered smelling "some sort of brick dust."
Contemplative life responds to thirst for eternal, pope tells Carmelites
Consecrated life is not doomed to die out, Pope Francis told a group of Discalced Carmelites.
Horrors of Holocaust must not be forgotten, pope tells Slovak Jews
The violence of the Holocaust and the atrocities committed against the Jewish people are tantamount to blasphemy, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis says Benedict rightly warned against not respecting life
Pope Francis praised his predecessor's courage in denouncing the danger of people no longer respecting or understanding the sacredness of human life.
Polish cardinal, blind Franciscan who knew each other beatified together
The archbishop who steered Poland's Catholic Church through communist rule and a blind Franciscan nun who founded one of Europe's foremost centers for the sight-impaired took a step closer to sainthood Sept. 12.
Denounce violence, inflammatory preaching, pope tells religious leaders
Religious leaders must courageously cooperate in supporting each other in opposing hatred and promoting peace, Pope Francis said.
Eucharist heals from idolatry of ‘self,’ pope says at Mass in Budapest
Spending time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament can heal Christians from a self-absorbed religiosity that is ostentatious and triumphalist, Pope Francis said.
At Mass for Cuba’s patron, bishop asks for prayers for ‘island in agony’
Bishop Felipe J. Estevez, of the Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida, called on Cubans, on and off the island, to choose forgiveness to help the island nation, during a Sept. 8 homily marking the feast of Cuba's patron saint, Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre.
Chaplains recount ministry during 9/11 attacks in New York
As the World Trade Center was attacked on Sept 11, 2001, first responders of all kinds did all they could in the hours and days after the towers' fall to bring comfort and hope to those devastated by the terrorist act.
