By Hannah Brockhaus
On Sunday
Pope Francis said that Lent is the perfect time to remind ourselves of
the life-giving water we received at our Baptism, turning away from
things of the world, which ultimately leave us unsatisfied.
By Matt Hadro
The United States mustn’t cut foreign aid while conflicts, famines, and
a worldwide refugee crisis rage, Catholic leaders are insisting.
The practices of the Neocatechumenal Way in Guam have drawn attention
from the island's coadjutor archbishop, who has said its members are to
stop forming new communities for a year, in the interest of healing
divisions in the archdiocese.
By Hannah Brockhaus
In what will be his first international trip of the year, Pope Francis will be traveling to Cairo, Egypt,
April 28-29, showing that interfaith dialogue is a priority.
As fears of deportation threaten to keep many immigrants home from a prayer service
on Sunday, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia is calling on citizens and legal residents to attend the event in support.
By Adelaide Mena
Following recent attempts at brokering peace between the government and
political opposition leaders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(DRC), Catholic priests and religious are facing violent backlash around
the country.
Last year, in a nearly unprecedented event, the United States declared
that Christians, Yezidis, Shi’a Muslims, and other religious and ethnic
minorities are victims of ISIS genocide.
By Hannah Brockhaus
At the end of his annual Lenten penitential service
on Friday,
Pope Francis was the first to go to the sacrament of confession,
afterward hearing the confessions of seven laypeople, three men and four
women, in attendance.
By Elise Harris
Pope Francis told priests Friday to make confession a priority in their
parishes, and, if they want to be good confessors, to have a strong
prayer life focused on growing in humility and closeness to the Holy
Spirit in order to evangelize.
The Texas Senate has passed a bill that would require people to use
bathrooms based on the sex on their birth certificate, but it faces
significant opposition from influential corporations and
LGBT activists.
By Kevin Jones
Many know that Saint Patrick, bishop and missionary to Ireland, was
once a slave – but few know of his heartfelt plea on behalf of girls and
boys abducted into slavery.
By Kevin Jones
Prayer, reparation and praising God are the focus of a new Benedictine
priory in Ireland, which focuses especially on reparation for the sins
of priests.
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