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The CloudMinds XR-1 robot performs for visitors at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain Feb. 25, 2019. Technology holds the potential to benefit all of humankind, but it also poses risky and unforeseen results, Pope Francis said. (CNS photo/Rafael Marchante, Reuters)

Pope: Humanity can be dangerously spellbound by hi-tech progress

Posted by - March 2, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Technology holds the potential to benefit all of humankind, but it also poses risky and unforeseen results, Pope Francis said. The rapid evolution of increased technological…
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Workers with Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Charleston, S.C., provide supplies to assist employees at the Federal Correctional Institution in Williamsburg, S.C. (CNS photo/courtesy Catholic Charities)

Workers furloughed during shutdown grateful for Catholic Charities’ help

Posted by - March 2, 2019
CHARLESTON, S.C. (CNS) — Hundreds of people who were affected by the recent government shutdown received much needed help from Catholic Charities of South Carolina. The shutdown was the longest…
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Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with members of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments at the Vatican Feb. 14, 2019. The pope urged members of the congregation to promote a love of and appreciation for the liturgy, avoiding "sterile ideological polarizations" and attitudes that would view the Mass as a place for "do-it-yourself" adaptations. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Need to change hearts, not just books, to improve liturgy, pope says

Posted by - February 24, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The sacred liturgy is meant to help the people of God conform their heart, mind and actions more closely to Christ, Pope Francis said. “We know…
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Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna of Malta and Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago, members of the organizing committee for the Feb. 21-24 Vatican meeting on the protection of minors in the church, attend a press conference to preview the meeting at the Vatican Feb. 18, 2019. Also pictured is Alessandro Gisotti, interim Vatican spokesman. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican summit: Silence, denial are unacceptable, archbishop says

Posted by - February 24, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When presented with an accusation that a priest has sexually abused a child, “whether it’s criminal or malicious complicity and a code of silence or whether…
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A women becomes emotional meeting Pope Francis Feb. 15, 2019, after a Mass for migrants and members of Italian Catholic parishes, religious orders, organizations and individuals who assist them. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Welcome Christ present in migrants and refugees, pope urges

Posted by - February 24, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even if Christians struggle to recognize him with his “torn clothes (and) dirty feet,” Jesus is present in the migrants and refugees who seek safety and…
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New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan speaks during a news conference Feb. 18, 2019, introducing representatives of six church-related organizations that help pregnant women in need. Pictured are Dr. Anne Nolte, co-founder of the Gianna Center for Women's Health and Fertility in Manhattan; Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, superior general of the Sisters of Life; Dolores Ortiz, assistant executive director of Catholic Guardian Services; and Christopher Bell, president of Good Counsel, which runs four homes in the Archdiocese of New York for single pregnant women and their children. (CNS photo/Chris Sheridan, Catholic New York)

Dolan: Church loves, welcomes pregnant women, is ‘honored’ to serve them

Posted by - February 24, 2019
NEW YORK (CNS) — In a robust demonstration that actions speak louder than words, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan Feb. 18 introduced representatives of six church-related organizations that help…
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