Pope Francis calls migrant crisis a ‘shipwreck of civilization’ during refugee camp visit
Pope Francis visits the Mavrovouni refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Dec. 5, 2021 / Vatican Media Lesbos, Greece, Dec 5, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA). From a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Pope Francis decried European indiffe… […]
Highlights of Pope’s second day in Greece
In this video, we relive the highlights of Pope Francis’ second day in Greece, during which he met with refugees on the island of Lesbos and celebrated Mass with the Catholic community of Athens. Read all
Ieronymos II visits with Pope Francis on eve of his return to Rome
The Orthodox Primate, Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, pays a courtesy visit to Pope Francis at the Apostolic Nunciature to bid him farewell. Read all
Bishops condemn school attacks in Cameroon
YAOUNDÈ, Cameroon – Cameroon’s English-speaking bishops have condemned attacks on schools in the country’s conflict-ridden North West and South West Regions. Their latest statement comes after four students and a teacher were killed on Nov. 24 at Government Bilingual High School Ekondo-Titi in the South West region. Schools have become a battleground as Anglophone separatists […]
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles says hack breached about 400,000 patients’ information…
A hacker gained access to the personal information of hundreds of thousands of Planned Parenthood patients in October, the reproductive health-care group’s Los Angeles branch said Wednesday. The breach is limited to the Los Angeles affiliate, and spokesperson John Erickson said there is no indication at this point that the information…
‘Metanoia and Eucharistic’ — On Day 4 of Trip to Cyprus and Greece, Pope Francis Offers Mass in Athens…
In Athens, Pope Francis said Sunday that the Greek language gave the entire Church a word that sums up the gift of Christ. This word is “eucharistia” — the ancient Greek word meaning “thanksgiving” adopted by the early Church as a word for the sacred host, the Eucharist. “For us Christians, thanksgiving is at the […]
Overdue book returned anonymously to Idaho library 111 years later, but probably not by the original borrower…
A children’s book checked out from the Boise, Idaho, public library in 1910 vanished for 111 years only to be returned anonymously, library officials said. A copy of “New Chronicles of Rebecca” by Kate Douglas Wiggin, still in good condition, was recently returned to the Garden Valley District Library, about 51 miles outside of Boise, […]
Loyola Marymount’s professor of “Yoga Studies” docks grades if students don’t list preferred pronouns — now alumni of Catholic college are saying enough is enough…
After learning that students at Loyola Marymount University allegedly were required to include their preferred pronouns on assignments and are given the option to change their name and gender identity, an alumni-led group is petitioning the Los Angeles-area Catholic school to stop its “institutional commitment to gender ideology.”
Ralph Martin: Don’t misunderstand the mission of the Catholic Church, which is to proclaim Jesus Christ as the Savior of the whole world …
“It’s easy to get the impression these days that the main thing the Catholic Church is concerned about is getting people vaccinated or climate change or the Amazon, things like that,” said Ralph Martin, president of Renewal Ministries. “Quite honestly, the primary mission of the Church isn’t to save the Amazon, it’s to save people […]
This new Carlo Acutis Book makes a great Christmas present for Catholic children…
It’s not typical for me to review children’s books — it’s also not every day that I get to review a book about Carlo Acutis. Acutis’ mother, Antonia, attributed to her deceased son’s intercession her ability to give birth to twins at age 44, exactly four years to the day after Acutis’ death…