Author: admin

admin

A mosaic image of St. John Nepomucene hearing confessions is displayed inside St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church in New York City May 2, 2019. The 14th-century Bohemian saint is considered the first martyr of the seal of confession. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

Priestly martyrdom to uphold seal of confession not a new phenomenon

Posted by - June 8, 2019
NEW YORK (CNS) — A symbol of the historical commitment priests have to the seal of confession greets people as they cross the threshold of a Catholic church in Manhattan’s…
Read More
Pope Francis listens as Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, president of Caritas Internationalis, speaks during an audience with delegates attending the general assembly of Caritas Internationalis, at the Vatican May 27, 2019. The pope called for charity to be given with heart and soul. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Guilty handouts, soulless bureaucratic aid are fake charity, pope says

Posted by - June 1, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Charity should be given freely and lived humbly with the poor, never letting it become hypocrisy, a slick business or a way to soothe a troubled…
Read More
Raoni Metuktire, chief of the Kayapo indigenous group in the Brazilian Amazon region, right, shows Pope Francis a map of the Amazon rainforest during a private audience at the Vatican May 27, 2019. The indigenous chief met with the pope to discuss the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, which will be at the Vatican in October. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

‘Startling’ inaction on climate change must end, pope says

Posted by - June 1, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If the world is to win the fight against climate change, its leaders must stop profiting from fossil fuels that threaten the survival and well-being of…
Read More
Migrants eat at a Catholic-run shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, May 10, 2019. Being indifferent to or excluding migrants is a sign of a deteriorating morality that will soon spread and risk marginalizing everyone who fails to fit in, Pope Francis said. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Exclusion of migrants is red flag of society in moral decline, pope says

Posted by - June 1, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being indifferent to or excluding migrants is a sign of a deteriorating morality that will soon spread and risk marginalizing everyone who fails to fit in,…
Read More
This is the cover of the book "Migration for Mission: International Catholic Sisters in the United States." There are close to 5,000 people from all denominations hailing from other countries who come to the United States each year as "religious workers." (CNS)

Clergy and religious immigration to U.S. continues sans headlines

Posted by - June 1, 2019
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Much has been written, and for many years, about immigration and its various policy and practical aspects. But what about that “weekend associate” at your parish? Or…
Read More