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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus is always walking alongside everyone, no matter how mundane or precarious their journey, Pope Leo XIV said. “Sometimes we think that the Lord comes to visit us only in moments of contemplation or spiritual fervor, when we feel worthy, when our lives appear orderly and bright,” the pope said Oct.…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — True disciples of Christ listen to and understand others, and they always speak the truth, even in the presence of those who are powerful, Pope Leo XIV said. However, Christian witness “is not to be confused with ideological propaganda,” since witness arises from friendship with the Lord and “is an authentic…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will be voting for chairmen-elect for six standing committees during the 2025 Plenary Assembly in November. Each bishop elected will serve for one year as the chairman-elect of the respective committee before beginning a three-year term at the conclusion of the bishops’ 2026 Plenary Assembly. The…
WASHINGTON – “It is jarring and contradictory that, at the same time that the Food and Drug Administration is conducting a much-needed review of the supposed safety of the abortion pill for women, it is nonetheless approving a new generic for this deadly drug,” said Bishop Daniel E. Thomas, chairman of the United States Conference…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Hamas attack on Israel two years ago “was inhuman and indefensible,” the Vatican secretary of state said, and Israel’s two-year-long war on Gaza has had “disastrous and inhuman consequences.” “It is unacceptable and unjustifiable to reduce human beings to mere ‘collateral damage’” in Israel’s stated goal of destroying Hamas, said…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The joint celebration of the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions is an opportunity to remind all Catholics that the duty to welcome and assist migrants is also part of each person’s obligation to share God’s love, Pope Leo XIV said. “Brothers and sisters, today a new missionary…