IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) — Maureen Orth, a special correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine who has written about music icons, world leaders and Hollywood celebrities, tackled a completely different subject for National Geographic magazine: the … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Georgi Licovski, EPA By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — The extensive vetting process that all refugees undergo before arriving in the United States “screens out any possible threat of terrorism,” said the executive director of the U.S. bishops’ … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Dai Kurokawa, EPA By Cindy Wooden NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — With security concerns looming over his visit, Pope Francis arrived in Kenya Nov. 25 urging tolerance and respect among people of different religions and different ethnic groups. During … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden BANGUI, Central African Republic (CNS) — Put down the weapons of war and work for justice, Pope Francis urged the people of the Central African Republic. “Even when the powers of hell are … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden BANGUI, Central African Republic (CNS) — Despite serious security concerns for Pope Francis and for those who would come to see him, the pope landed in Central African Republic Nov. 29 saying he came … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden KAMPALA, Uganda (CNS) — As Pope Francis encouraged Ugandan Christians to draw inspiration from the 19th-century Ugandan Martyrs, he carried with him graphic images of the horrors the 45 Anglican and Catholic martyrs endured. … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden KAMPALA, Uganda (CNS) — Witnessing to what is true, good and beautiful — even if that witness is motivated by different faiths — brings people together and strengthens a nation, Pope Francis said. Arriving … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — The wealth of residents of the poorest neighborhoods ringing big cities around the world will never be quoted on the stock exchange, even though their wealth gives life and joy … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Simone Orendain By PARIS (CNS) — Hundreds of thousands of people in at least 150 countries around the world demanded action on climate change on the eve of a U.N. conference that aimed to find agreement on greenhouse … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden BANGUI, Central African Republic (CNS) — Pope Francis ended his visit to the violence-torn Central African Republic with cries for peace and pleas for a mercy that seeks and grants forgiveness. In a country … Continue reading →