IMAGE: CNS photo/Erico Waga, EPA By Bronwen Dachs CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) — Malaria and cold nights add to the suffering of the increasing number of Mozambicans arriving at a makeshift camp in Malawi to escape violence at home, … Continue reading
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Knights of Columbus, In Defense of Christians mount genocide petition
IMAGE: CNS photo/Georgi Licovski, EPA By WASHINGTON (CNS) — As a mid-March deadline approached for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to make a decision on whether to make a declaration of genocide in the Middle East, the Knights of … Continue reading
Ministry in Aleppo is about keeping hope alive, priests say
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sedat Suna, EPA By Gaby Maniscalco VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even in the midst of constant bombing, Jesuit and Salesian priests remain in war-torn Aleppo, Syria, trying to create a sense of normalcy for those unable to leave. … Continue reading
On climate issue, Catholics urged to 'feel pain of the planet, the poor'
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tom Tracy By Tom Tracy MIAMI (CNS) — Pope Francis’ right-hand man on the environment and climate change issues urged Catholics attending a local academic conference to let Christian spirituality guide their thinking and actions toward preserving the … Continue reading
Use wealth, power for common good, not to exploit others, pope says
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Wealth and power are meant to serve the poor and the well-being of everyone, not to selfishly exploit others, Pope Francis said. When power loses that sense of service, it “turns into arrogance … Continue reading
Every Saturday, the Mercy Bus brings lapsed Catholics to confession
IMAGE: CNS photo/Simon Caldwell By Simon Caldwell BURNLEY, England (CNS) — A diocese in England is using a double-decker bus as a venue for priests to hear the confessions of people who have stopped going to church. The Mercy Bus … Continue reading
Pope: Being Christian is doing God's will, not just talking the talk
IMAGE: CNS photo/Angelo Carconi, EPA By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — For a Christian, talk is cheap; the faith requires concretely doing God’s will and serving the least as well as those around you, Pope Francis said at his … Continue reading
Head of Ukrainian Catholic Church consoled by pope's words
IMAGE: CNS photo/Marcin Bielecki, EPA By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) — The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said he was consoled by Pope Francis’ words of understanding and tenderness after he expressed the disappointment of Ukrainians with a joint … Continue reading
Death-row experience interweaves lives of priest, man he helped free
IMAGE: CNS photo/William Rieter By Jerri Donohue NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (CNS) — When Father Neil Kokoothe first met Joseph D’Ambrosio on Ohio’s death row in December 1998, he intended to describe the funeral of the condemned man’s mother. D’Ambrosio would … Continue reading
Bishop challenges Catholics to combat 'ugly tide of anti-Islamic bigotry'
IMAGE: CNS photo/Denis Grasska, The Southern Cross By Denis Grasska SAN DIEGO (CNS) — San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy is challenging U.S. Catholics to take an active role in combating “the scourge of anti-Islamic prejudice.” “We are witnessing in … Continue reading
