IMAGE: CNS photo/Stoyan Nenov, Reuters By VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis asked Christians to pray for him before embarking on a one-day visit to the Greek island of Lesbos. “I will go together with my brothers,” Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Before St. John Paul II arrived in Greece in 2001 there were protests by Orthodox faithful and an all-night prayer vigil by Orthodox monks on Mount Athos, praying that the … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Without a repentant heart, Christians can risk living out their faith superficially and fail to live out God’s desire for “mercy, not sacrifice,” Pope Francis said. Instead, Jesus’ love … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS/Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to Mexico since 2007, to be the new apostolic nuncio to the United States. He succeeds Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, who has held the post … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Stoyan Nenov, Reuters By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ trip to Lesbos, Greece, April 16 comes at a frightening and critical time for tens of thousands of refugees and migrants waiting and wondering where they … Continue reading →

By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians must beware of a “polite” persecution that is cloaked in a disguise of “culture, modernity and progress,” Pope Francis said. Those who suffer this kind of persecution are not persecuted “for … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Peter Ringenberg, Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture By Ann Carey NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS) — A standing ovation in a packed Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame greeted the Little Sisters … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey By Paul Jeffrey IRBIL, Iraq (CNS) — A delegation of U.S. Catholic leaders visiting northern Iraq was challenged to go home and work for peace in the troubled region. “You have come to listen to your … Continue reading →

IMAGE: CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World By Michelle Martin CHICAGO (CNS) — Archbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago welcomed the release of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), saying the document might be surprising to … Continue reading →

By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A heart that clings to the letter of the law is closed to the Holy Spirit and God’s truth, Pope Francis said at morning Mass. Such hardened hearts often were behind the persecution … Continue reading →