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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Jubilee Year requires making a choice: serving God and justice or money and inequity, Pope Leo XIV said, marking the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions. “We pray to be a church that does not serve money or itself, but the kingdom of God and his justice,”…
WASHINGTON – In response to inquiries the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has received over the last several days about matters pertaining to decisions made in individual (arch)dioceses, the Conference offered the following clarification from its spokesperson, Chieko Noguchi, executive director of public affairs: “The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is not a governing…
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…
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…
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 – 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…