VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic education, which has changed over the centuries, must continue to evolve to help young people face the challenges not only of technology but of confusion about the meaning and purpose of life, Pope Leo XIV said. “I call upon all educational institutions to inaugurate a new season that speaks to…
WASHINGTON – In the midst of the ongoing federal government shutdown, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a plea for lawmakers and the Administration to work in a bipartisan way to ensure funding of lifesaving programs and an end to the government shutdown. Archbishop Broglio cited the Supplemental…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Rather than educating students to “become experts in infinitesimal details of reality,” Pope Leo XIV said, Catholic universities must help them have a broader vision, one that holds together faith, spirituality and knowledge of the world. Catholic education should give students an approach that “does not oversimplify questions, that does not…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The supreme rule in the Catholic Church is love, which compels all of the faithful to serve, not to judge, exclude or dominate others, Pope Leo XIV said. “No one should impose his or her own ideas; we must all listen to one another. No one is excluded; we are all…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The pursuit of synodality should strengthen the Catholic Church’s mission of proclaiming the Gospel and help all Catholics learn to collaborate to make the world a better place, Pope Leo XIV said. “As Pope Francis reminded us on numerous occasions,” the pope said, the purpose of synodality “is to help the…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A society cannot pretend to be pro-family if it does not adopt policies that allow parents and children to spend time together rather than always being worried about work, Pope Leo XIV said. “In a society that often exalts productivity and speed at the expense of relationships, it becomes urgent to…