VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Migrants and refugees often are “privileged witnesses of hope through their resilience and trust in God,” Pope Leo XIV said. “Often they maintain their strength while seeking a better future, in spite of the obstacles that they encounter,” he said Oct. 2 during a meeting with participants in the conference “Refugees…
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — People of faith cannot love God while despising his creatures, and people cannot call themselves Christians without caring for everything fragile and wounded, including the earth, Pope Leo XIV told climate activists and political and religious leaders. “There is no room for indifference or resignation,” he said, inaugurating an international…
WASHINGTON – On the fifth anniversary of Fratelli tutti, Pope Francis’ encyclical letter on fraternity and social friendship, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released an invitation for reflection. Encouraging every American to reflect on the value of every human life and to see Christ in every person, including in…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Sharing the joy of being loved by God despite one’s human flaws is the mission of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV said. “This is the heart of the mission of the church: not to administer power over others, but to communicate the joy of those who are loved precisely when…
WASHINGTON – “As an international community and people of faith who deeply care for all our brothers and sisters who live in the land of Christ’s life, death, and glorious resurrection, we cannot lose this opportunity for peace,” said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters he knows that people get “pumped up” spiritually at Mass, but he wishes he could go to Mass at least once and hear a homily on what Catholics can and should do to reduce pollution. The Catholic actor, former California governor and former body builder who inspired…