WASHINGTON (CNS)–As part of the Year of St. Joseph declared by Pope Francis, the U.S. Catholic Church’s annual Respect Life Month celebration in October “highlights the example of that great [...]
WASHINGTON (CNS)–When the U.S. bishops meet this fall for their annual assembly, they will revisit the discussion they began in mid-June about the Eucharist and will be presented with a drafted [...]
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis is inviting Catholics both in the mainstream of church life and on the margins to voice their dreams, ideas and concerns in preparation for the Synod of Bishops in 2023.
DULUTH—Raising the golden cross-shaped reliquary holding bone fragments of the parish namesake and 19th-century martyr, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., blessed the congregation at St. [...]
ATLANTA—In this year’s message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Francis explained that Catholics are called to make the church more inclusive.
ATLANTA—Picture it: The Blessed Mother appears to two teens. She’s crying, bemoaning the un-Christian behavior of God’s people: their infighting, their disrespect for his creation, their turning [...]
KOŠICE, Slovakia (CNS)—Pope Francis made sure that while the world often disregards the young and the marginalized, in the Catholic Church, “no one ought ever to feel out of place or set aside.”
ATLANTA—In this year’s message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Francis explained that Catholics are called to make the church more inclusive.
VATICAN CITY (CNS)–To listen to the Holy Spirit, members of the church must listen to each other and especially to those who are marginalized, Pope Francis said ...
ATLANTA—In a Sept. 8 memo to his priests, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., outlined how the Archdiocese of Atlanta will implement Pope Francis’ Motu Proprio “Traditionis Custodes.”