Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

SENTENCED: Pro-life Rescuer Paulette Harlow Receives 24 months in DC Face Act case

Appearing before left-wing U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, 75-year-old Paulette Harlow was ordered to serve her prison sentence at a facility offering medical care due to a range of debilitating health issues. Download the all-new LSNTV App now, available on iPhone and Android! LSNTV Apple Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lsntv/id6469105564  LSNTV Google Play: […]

Religious women help launch program to combat sexual abuse, ‘create a culture of care’

null / Credit: godongphoto/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 3, 2024 / 14:25 pm (CNA). Religious sisters and consecrated women in collaboration with Catholic organizations launched an e-learning program recently to combat the abuse crisis in the Church. There are more than half a million religious sisters and consecrated women worldwide. While incidents of abuse still happen […]

Encountering a migrant is encountering Christ, pope says in message

Every encounter with people on the move as migrants or refugees is an encounter with Christ, Pope Francis said. “It is an occasion charged with salvation because Jesus is present in the sister or brother in need of our help. In this sense, the poor save us, because they enable us to encounter the face […]

Papal praise for Focolare interfaith efforts (Vatican Press Office)

Pope Francis met on June 3 with participants in an inter-religious conference organized by the Focolare movement, praising them for their work. “Over time, friendship and cooperation have grown in seeking to respond together to the cry of the poor, in caring for creation and in working for peace,” the Pope said, recognizing the contributions […]

Pontiff joins Corpus Christi procession for first time in years (CNS)

For the first time in several years, Pope Francis led the Eucharistic procession from the basilica of St. John Lateran to St. Mary Major on June 2. The Pontiff was not the principal celebrant at the Mass in St. John Lateran—that role was left to Cardinal Victor Fernandez. Nor did he carry the monstrance through […]

Pontiff encourages inquiries on ‘sustainable finance’ (Vatican Press Office)

Meeting on June 3 with participants in a conference on “fully sustainable finance,” Pope Francis told them: “It is up to you to figure out how to make injustice decrease.” The Pontiff told the group that “you have set yourselves a noble task: to combine effectiveness and efficiency with integral sustainability, inclusion, and ethics.”

Father Martin’s new book has preface by Pope Francis (Vatican News)

Pope Francis has contributed a preface to a new book by Father James Martin, identifying him as “the author of many other books that I know and appreciate.” Father Martin’s new book is Come Forth: The Raising of Lazarus and the Promise of Jesus’s Greatest Miracle. He is best known for his advocacy of homosexual […]