El arzobispo de San Antonio ofreció oraciones por las decenas de personas encontradas muertas, así como por más de una docena de sobrevivientes descubiertos el 27 de junio en condiciones sofocantes en un camión.
Bishop Edward Scharfenberger of Albany is proposing a new plan for victims/survivors of clergy sexual abuse in the diocese that he argues will maximize their monetary recovery on a fair and equitable basis, accelerate those payments, and allow the diocese to avoid litigation or bankruptcy.
In a new interview with a German newspaper, the Vatican’s point man on ecumenical affairs says Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill’s defense of the war in Ukraine amounts to “heresy,” and has fractured the unity of the Orthodox community.
Just as in the days following last month’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller this week has been visiting hospitals, celebrating Masses, and praying.
Meeting with a delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Pope Francis thanks God for ecumenical progress over the years, and stresses the need to reconcile with separated Christians, especially as the world faces a "cruel and senseless war."
Elderly men and women often have "a special sensitivity for care, for reflection and affection" that is sorely needed in today's war-torn world, the pope said in a video message released by the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network June 30.
Following the World Meeting of Families, Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, discusses the successes the Meeting has shown, especially in demonstrating how the worldwide Church is itself one big family.
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, grants an interview to Vatican Media to explain the goals of the document entitled "Theological Ethics of Life. Scripture, tradition, practical challenges" arriving in bookstores on 1 July.
"It's a really humbling thing to be a part of, to be among the people who are creating the music that we walk out of church singing," said Basi, a Catholic columnist, author, composer, wife, mother and active parishioner.
Interreligious dialogue is key to preventing "the extremism that, sadly, is a pathology that can appear also in religions," Pope Francis said in a message to members of a Jewish group engaged in dialogue for more than 50 years.
Las Misioneras de la Caridad han sido expulsadas de Nicaragua, el último de una serie de ataques contra la Iglesia Católica y sus ministerios por parte del gobierno cada vez más represivo del país centroamericano.
Es de esperar que la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de EEUU se convierta en la ocasión para legislaciones que protejan la vida, los derechos de las mujeres y la maternidad
Con "Desiderio desideravi", la Carta Apostólica al Pueblo de Dios, Francisco invita a superar tanto el esteticismo que solo se complace en la formalidad exterior como la dejadez en las liturgias: "Una celebración que no evangeliza no es auténtica".
El Santo Padre envió una carta a Manuel Bretón, presidente de Cáritas Española, felicitándolo por el 75° aniversario de la institución y comentó que la labor de Cáritas es el camino de los últimos, de misericordia y de renovación.
Pope Francis sends a message to a Uruguayan diocese marking the closure of the World Meeting of Families, and urging each person to care for their family.
In a letter to Caritas Spain, Pope Francis highlights the important work of the charity organization, and encourages its discernment for new paths as it celebrates its 75th anniversary.
One of Pope Francis’s favorite Catholic movements launched an initiative aimed at providing aid to the elderly in Italy, 19 million of whom live either alone or with an elderly spouse.
