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ROME (CNS) — Catholics should not be afraid to bear their sins before God whose mercy is a model for the church’s ministers, Pope Francis said. “Put this in your mind and heart: God never tires of forgiving,” the pope said during a Lenten penance service March 8. He then asked the approximately 600 people…
WASHINGTON – Each person’s life is a unique gift and has immeasurable value from the moment of conception, said Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, and it is for that precise reason that the Catholic Church cannot condone procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) that result in a loss of life at a massive…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — International Women’s Day has long been an occasion for women and men connected to the Vatican to gather to discuss the role of women in the church and society. But with the full participation of women at the synod on synodality and the assembly’s reflection on the dignity and responsibility of…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis urged prideful people to recall one of Jesus’ moral commandments to “never judge.” The sin of pride “ruins human relationships” and is an evil that “poisons the feeling of fraternity that instead should unite humanity,” the pope wrote in the catechesis for his general audience in St. Peter’s Square…
WASHINGTON – The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation announces the publication of a new agreed statement entitled, The Pastoral Care of Mixed Marriages: Neither Yours nor Mine – but Ours. The document was finalized at the Spring 2023 meeting of the Consultation which took place at St. Augustine’s Seminary of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. The Consultation…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Crying out to God and demanding answers when one’s child dies is anything but a sign of a lack of faith, Pope Francis told a group of grieving Italian parents. “There is nothing worse than silencing pain, putting a silencer on suffering, removing traumas without facing them, as our world often…