Vatican project aims to make digital space a place of encounter

The Catholic Church can break new ground in fostering dialogue in the often-polarizing space of the digital web, said participants in a Vatican communications initiative.

After 27 years, Scottsdale parish’s priests getting a home

Construction is under way on a new rectory that will allow parishioners and the public easier access to priests who serve St. Bernard of Clairvaux in Scottsdale, as well as cut the parish’s rental and utility costs.

Knights seen as ‘poised’ to lead way to recovery, renewal as pandemic ends

The new CEO of the Knights of Columbus said the international fraternal organization's members "are poised to lead the way toward recovery and a future of renewal."

Vigneron: Use online outlets to communicate truth in love, not spread hate

Rather than mere disagreement, an epidemic of hatred in the digital sphere is poisoning social communications and damaging the unity Christ calls for his body, Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron said in a new pastoral note June 11.

New solar energy project in Brooklyn Diocese is response to ‘Laudato Si”

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn cut the ceremonial ribbon June 10 for a solar-energy project launched to answer Pope Francis' "urgent challenge" to battle climate change and "protect our common home."

Pope: Rural, family farmers growing food have little for themselves

It is time to invest in ways that make food production and consumption more sustainable and resistant to future crises, Pope Francis said in a written message.

Selfish, materialistic lifestyles help fuel poverty, pope says in message

Poverty is the result of people's selfishness; it is not "fate" or the fault of the poor, Pope Francis said.

Pope, religious leaders call for better EU immigration policies

As the remains of a rickety boat, pulled from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea, were enshrined as a memorial to the hundreds of migrants who died when it sank, Pope Francis prayed that such tragedies would "challenge everyone's conscience and foster the growth of a more supportive humanity that tears down the wall of indifference."

Hope comes from noticing God at work even in small things, pope says

For those who learn to look carefully, the world is filled with signs of God's presence, and noticing those signs is the best way to get over feelings of disappointment, Pope Francis said.

VIDEO: St. Joseph: Model husband and father

https://youtu.be/j0wii9ZW75o St. Joseph: Model husband and father On March 19 we celebrate the first of two feast days in the Church’s calendar that honor St. Joseph,...