Pope: Coldest hearts can be warmed by Christmas cheer
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christmas joy expressed through music brings a message of peace and brotherhood for those most in need, Pope Francis said.
Chile’s women prisoners hope pope highlights realities of their lives
SANTIAGO, Chile (CNS) — For Estefania, an inmate at San Joaquin women’s prison, the hardest part of being jailed is not being able to live with her son.
Pope puts founder of Rosary Crusade one step closer toward sainthood
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton and St. John Paul II’s mentor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski.
Solanus Casey beatification affirms Phoenix friars’ presence, paves way for future saints
The Phoenix is an allegorical bird that regenerates itself. Though it dies, it rises again from its own bones. The city of Phoenix was so named because there was once an ancient civilization that prospered in the desert but it was abandoned. Nonetheless, that desert civilization was reborn and we now call it home.
Cardinal Law, whose legacy was marred by sex abuse scandal, dies
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Bernard F. Law, who had been one of the United States’ most powerful and respected bishops until his legacy was blemished by the devastating sexual abuse of minors by priests in his Archdiocese of Boston, died early Dec. 20 in Rome at the age of 86.
Stories, tears flow freely for descendants of slaves Jesuits owned, sold
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Inside the parish hall of St. Gabriel the Archangel Church in New Orleans, the personal stories flowed as freely as the tears.
Young women embrace early stages of religious life
Pope Francis offered words of comfort to young adults spending Christmas break or semester break discerning their future.
In #MeToo movement Catholic Church can play role in discussion, healing
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The wave of accusations of sexual harassment, misconduct and assault from Hollywood to Capitol Hill and many places in between in recent months has been described as a revolution, a moment and a time for national reckoning.
The foolish wisdom of the Three Wise Men
“I call them the three fools.”
“What?” I said a little incredulously to Dr. Robbins.
“Yeah, I call them the three fools. After all, who would leave everything that is safe and comfortable to travel in the darkness after a star merely because it promised something better?”
Arizona pro-life rally hopes to gather 13,332 in memory of those killed through abortion last...
Pro-lifers across the country will once again march and protest the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion next month, including in Phoenix. In the 44 years since the landmark case, nearly 60 million unborn babies have been killed.
