Pope: Proclaim God’s love through care for needy
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While listening to and obeying God’s word brings healing and comfort to those in need, it also can attract disdain and even hatred from others, Pope Francis said.
Institute offers free online video series on thought of St. Thomas Aquinas
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Thomistic Institute in Washington has launched “Aquinas 101,” a free online video course that instructs interested viewers in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Pope, bishops urge action to save burning Amazon rainforest
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Describing the Amazon rainforest as “vital for our planet,” Pope Francis joined the region’s bishops in praying for action to extinguish the massive fires burning there.
Wildfires point to urgency of upcoming Amazon synod, Bolivian bishop says
LIMA, Peru (CNS) — Wildfires raging in Bolivia and Brazil underscore the urgency of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon that Pope Francis has called for October, said Bishop Eugenio Coter of the apostolic vicariate of Pando in northern Bolivia.
Chaldean Catholics celebrate Mary, culture, family at Ohio national shrine
CAREY, Ohio (CNS) — With its one stoplight and surrounding cornfields, the small Ohio village of Carey seems an unlikely travel destination. Yet, once a year, an estimated 5,000 visitors swell the town population to more than double.
Hypocrisy of ‘spiritual tourism’ destroys the Church, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians who focus more on being superficially close to the Church rather than care for their fellow brothers and sisters are like tourists who wander around aimlessly, Pope Francis said.
Ground broken for new St. Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine in Diocese of Gallup
GALLUP, N.M. (CNS) — The rosary walk at a new shrine to be built in the Gallup Diocese to honor St. Kateri Tekakwitha “will imitate” the life and example of the Native American saint, popularly known as the “Lily of the Mohawks,” said Gallup Bishop James S. Wall, who had formerly been a priest of the Diocese of Phoenix.
Pew survey shows majority of Catholics don’t believe in ‘Real Presence’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new study about the level of Catholic belief in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist showed that a majority of Catholics do not believe that the bread and wine used at Mass become the body and blood of Christ.
Final public Mass, tears mark closing of Poor Clare monastery in Memphis
Franciscan sisters have prayed there for 87 years. The four remaining sisters will transfer to two other Poor Clare communities.
Couples invited to grow in holiness at conference to be offered in two locations simultaneously
A conference featuring three nationally known speakers plus two dynamic local priests promises to equip couples with the tools to renew their marriages.
