In a message asking all people of good will to become instruments of reconciliation, Pope Francis is asking the world to adopt nonviolence as a style of politics for peace.
Residents of the Munster region in western Germany are distressed over a rash of vandalism in the area that has left dozens of Christian statues defaced or smashed.
Trentino, Italy, home of Vatican Christmas treeIn a beautiful ceremony on Friday afternoon in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican officials lit an enormous Christmas tree and unveiled a Creche created to commemorate the death of too many migrants at sea.
Parishioners at churches throughout the Diocese of Oakland, California were asked to remember the souls of at least 36 young people who died on Friday night in a tragic fire at an artists’ warehouse known as the Ghost Ship.
The miraculous healing of a 12 year-old girl from a catastrophic auto-immune disorder is being investigated by the Vatican as a possible miracle attributable to a humble Kansas priest who died during the Korean war.
A campaign to raise funds for persecuted Christians and other minorities in Iraq is now underway and is asking the faithful to give up a superfluous gift this Christmas to send refugees a gift that will provide them with the essentials of life.
Pope Francis has decided that the next three World Youth Days will focus on Mary, on how she was always open to the Lord’s will and how she remains a role model to be imitated.
Pope Francis has issued a new apostolic letter Misericordia et misera in which he proposes a number of ways to continue the celebration of mercy, one of which is the extension of the power to forgive the sin of abortion to all priests.
Almost one year ago, the pope initiated the Jubilee Year of Mercy when he opened the Holy Doors at St. Peter’s Basilica. He will close them on Sunday, thus ending this extraordinary year dedicated to the mercy of God.
Just days before the election of Donald J. Trump as the next president of the United States, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson of the Knights of Columbus says Catholics must seek ways to create unity and healing rather than contribute to an already divided nation - a message that is even more relevant now that a pro-life majority is in power.
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