Pope encourages joint community service by rabbis, parish priests
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The fruitful friendship and dialogue between Jews
and Christians must go beyond the world of experts and academia, Pope Francis
said.
“It would...
Interested in helping at World Meeting of Families? Volunteer
Now there is an answer to the familiar question, "How can I help?" that's been posed surrounding the four-day World Meeting of Families conference and events surrounding the visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia in September.
Church charities augment tattered school system in quake-wracked Nepal
The Salesians launched a sewing program following the disaster that has some two dozen women sewing uniforms for poor children in government-run schools in remote mountain villages. The earthquake destroyed more than 25,000 classrooms in nearly 8,000 schools.
Profiles in Mission: Fernando and Josefina Camou
When our son started talking about filling out the application [to enter seminary], he had finished college with an associate’s degree and was transferring to Arizona State University engineering, and he had a little change of direction.
Pope asks people walk Way of Cross to find Christ’s light, Jesuit says
Pope Francis shows people that only by walking the Way of the Cross can they discover the "Way of the Light" — the glory of God resurrected and the salvation of mankind, said the Jesuit editor of a new book.
Pope: Families need fathers who guide, love them through thick and thin
Every family needs a father — a father who shares in his family's joy and pain, hands down wisdom to his children and offers them firm guidance and love, Pope Francis said.
High-level tweeting: Study confirms pope’s Twitter influence
When Pope Francis tweets, the world listens.
Fidelity, truth, love must guide Church outreach to families, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a world filled with challenges to marriage and family life, the Catholic Church is called “to carry out her mission in fidelity, truth and love,” Pope Francis said at the Mass opening the world Synod of Bishops on the family.
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.
Sharing ‘fake news’ makes one an accomplice in evil, pope says
People have a responsibility to check the source of what they share on social media to ensure it is not "fake news" designed to further prejudices or increase fear, Pope Francis said.
