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Orthodox Metropolitan Gennadios of Italy and Malta, Pope Francis and Rev. Tim Macquiban, minister of Rome's Ponte Sant'Angelo Methodist Church, leave an ecumenical prayer service at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Jan. 18. The service marked the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope offers practical tips for keeping track of one’s love of neighbor

Posted by - January 20, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis offered a checklist for Catholics to keep track of how they measure up to the biblical admonition: “If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ but…
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Members of the new Vatican Athletic sports association run during a photo opportunity outside St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Jan. 10. The Vatican announced the formation of the association, which includes athletes who work at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican leaps into the world of sports

Posted by - January 20, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican announced its plans to take a leap of faith into the wide world of sports with the creation of its first ever sports association.…
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Pope Francis celebrates the canonization Mass for seven new saints in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 14, 2018. Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of three women and recognized the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters who were killed during the Spanish Civil War. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope advances sainthood causes for 17 women

Posted by - January 20, 2019
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of three women and recognized the martyrdom of 14 religious sisters who were killed during the Spanish Civil War. The…
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Pilgrims climb to touch the Black Nazarene during a Jan. 9 procession in Manila, Philippines. The wooden statue, carved in Mexico and brought to the Philippine capital in the early 17th century, is cherished by Catholics, who believe that touching it can lead to a miracle. (CNS photo/Soe Zeya Tun, Reuters)

Be a devotee of Black Nazarene, not a fanatic, says Cardinal Tagle

Posted by - January 20, 2019
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila warned against fanaticism in his homily during a Mass to usher in the feast of the Black Nazarene Jan. 9.…
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Beneficiaries of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program attend the "Keep Our Dream Alive" binational meeting in 2017. The Dreamers, as DACA recipients are known, gathered at a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Sunland Park, N.M. (CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

Is There a Catholic View on the Border Wall?

Posted by - January 20, 2019
by Msgr. Charles Pope Catholic teaching says that we must balance between the duty of a nation to welcome immigrants, and the duty of immigrants to obey a nation’s laws.…
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