Parents transmit church teaching on marriage by example, pope says
Children need to see their parents kiss each other, complement each other and resolve arguments peacefully, Pope Francis said during annual pastoral conference.
Pope Francis calls for solidarity in creating a world without nuclear weapons
Pope Francis called on world leaders, activists and people of faith to pull together to rid the world of the threat of nuclear weapons.
Pope marks Earth Day with call to protect, cultivate, share resources
The pope, who is preparing an encyclical letter on the environment, made his remarks at the end of his general audience in St. Peter's Square April 22 — Earth Day.
Church and society must learn from families, pope says at audience
Families bring needed values and a humanizing spirit to society and, when they mirror God's love for all, they teach the church how it should relate to all people, including the "imperfect."
Pope Benedict: Yearning for mercy is sign of longing for God’s love
"Mercy is what moves us toward God, while justice makes us tremble in his sight," Pope Benedict said.
Fatal shooting of New York police officers called ‘brutal, irrational’
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan joined in mourning what he called the "brutal and irrational execution of two young, promising and devoted police officers" fatally shot Dec. 20 as they sat in their New York Police Department cruiser on a Brooklyn street.
For Year of Mercy, pope extends possibilities for absolution
In an extraordinary gesture for the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis has extended to priests worldwide the authority to absolve women for the sin of abortion and has decreed the full validity during the year of the sacrament of confession celebrated by priests of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X.
Religious, lay leaders react to Trump win in presidential election
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Lay and religious leaders of all stripes reacted to news of Donald J. Trump’s upset win in the Nov. 8 presidential election.
Diocese loses deacon from first ordained class
A native Phoenixian, family man devoted to the corporal works of mercy and member of the Phoenix Diocese's first ordained class of deacons, died Nov. 22.
Not by numbers: Women religious finding new ways to minister, collaborate
"On one level, we're perceived as diminishing," since global numbers are declining, "but on another level, in growing close to one another, we are mirroring a new reality that the world today needs," a top sister with the International Union of Superiors General said.
