Pope highlights “role of women” in April prayer intention
“If we don’t respect women, our society will not progress,” says Francis in his monthly intention.
Freed missionary priest says his yearlong captivity in Mali was a “gift from God”
Hans-Joachim Lohre, a German member of the White Father Missionaries, recalls his experience of being held hostage by a West African branch of Al-Qaeda.
A Catholic springtime in France
Around 7,000 adults officially became Catholics this past Easter in France, the latest surge in a surprising 10-year trend of more and more people joining a Church with a tarnished image
Pope expresses “deep regret” over death of humanitarian workers in Gaza
During his Wednesday general audience at the Vatican, the pope launches a worried appeal for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
What I saw on Palm Sunday in LA’s hipster capital
It is hard to imagine what the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles looked like in 1921, the year that St. Teresa of Avila Church was founded. The Glendale freeway offramp that faces the church doors today wasn’t there. It was most assuredly a lot quieter then, without the constant drone of car traffic. And […]
USCCB weighs in on Supreme Court spousal immigration case (USCCB)
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has filed an amicus curiae [friend of the court] brief in Department of State v. Muñoz, a case before the Supreme Court. Muñoz is a US citizen; her husband, an El Salvadoran citizen, was denied a visa to return to the US in 2015, without explanation from the […]
Ecumenical Patriarch rues lack of common date for celebration of Easter (Orthodox Times)
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, who holds a primacy of honor among the Orthodox churches, lamented the lack of common date for the celebration of Easter. Easter fell this year on March 31 on the Gregorian calendar, and falls on May 5 on the Julian calendar. “We extend a heartfelt greeting of love to all […]
Pope, at general audience, reflects on justice (CWN)
At his April 3 general audience, held in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis reflected on justice, in the fourteenth talk in a series of Wednesday general audiences devoted to the virtues and vices.
South Africa: Limpopo bus tragedy – “One human life lost is one too many,” says Bishop Sipuka
The loss of one human life “is one too many,’ says the President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) and Bishop of Umtata Dicose, following the horrific crash on the R518 Mmamatlakala Pass in Limpopo that claimed the lives of 45 people on Holy Thursday. Read all
Holy See: ‘Nuclear deterrence is an illusion’
Addressing the UN Disarmament Commission in New York, the Vatican Permanent Observer to the United Nations reaffirms that the logic of deterrence is illusionary and calls for the adoption of a binding international treaty to regulate artificial intelligence modelled on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Read all