World Meeting of Families welcomes pope, inspires generations
They came from more than 100 countries around the globe — including several groups from the Diocese of Phoenix — to hear high-profile speakers challenge and encourage them to build up family life.
Local Catholics on hand for papal visit energized, inspired by experience
“When you’re 51 years old and you’re screaming your head off like that — just like everybody else — you lose yourself in it. It was so much fun," a Mesa Catholic said.
The challenge of walking together: Letter raises concern at synod
From newspaper headlines and social media comments Oct. 12 it seemed there was a family feud going on inside the Synod of Bishops on the family.
Aid workers in Greece brace for more migrants, despite worsening weather
The tide of humanity fleeing violence in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq continues into Greece, a key entry point to Europe, despite many drownings and threat of increasingly violent waterways during colder autumn temperatures.
Vatican inaugurates new homeless shelter for men
Housed in a Jesuit-owned building, the "Gift of Mercy" shelter was created by and is run with funds from the papal almoner, who has taken a variety of initiatives to assist the homeless people in the area surrounding the Vatican.
For professor, it’s time to talk about being gay and a faithful Catholic
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Delegates to the recent World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia packed a breakout session at the Pennsylvania Convention Center to hear Ron Belgau talk about his life as a self-professed celibate gay Catholic man who embraces Catholic teachings.
Synod surprises: Universal compassion, inaccurate coverage, couples say
Two couples attending the Synod of Bishops on the family brief the media at the Vatican about their experience observing the Synod of Bishops on the family, which is closed to the press.
Citing new rules, India’s Missionaries of Charity to end adoption work
The nuns decided on this voluntarily after the Missionaries of Charity headquarters in Kolkata was informed about complying with new guidelines that would allow nontraditional families to adopt children among other troublesome clauses.
Catholic students praying for community after NAU shooting tragedy
Students at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff are in shock after a shooting on the campus left one of their fellow students dead and another three hospitalized.
Take a positive approach to families, synod members say
The first week of the Synod of Bishops on the family featured days of speeches and small group work followed by small group reports Oct. 9 that offered suggestions for improving the first chapter of the working document.
