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Pope Francis speaks at a pre-synod gathering of youth delegates in Rome March 19. Also pictured is Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the Vatican's Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life. The Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment will take place Oct. 3-28 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Church present and future: Synod to show young Catholics’ needs, gifts

Posted by - October 7, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Synod of Bishops will meet in October to try to look at the world and the Catholic Church through the eyes of teenagers and young…
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A statue of an angel carrying Christ's cross is seen in 2010 on the Castel Sant'Angelo bridge in Rome. Christians have guardian angels to encourage and guide them so they won't become sluggish on their journey in life, Pope Francis said Oct. 2 in his homily during morning Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Guardian angels are life’s traveling companions, pope says

Posted by - October 7, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians have guardian angels to encourage and guide them so they won’t become sluggish on their journey in life, Pope Francis said. Without the guidance of…
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Pope Francis blesses a girl as he receives the offertory gifts during the Mass of canonization of Junipero Serra outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in 2015 in Washington. In an Oct. 2 Pew Research Center poll, U.S. Catholics by a 2-to-1 margin feel Pope Francis is doing a fair or poor job on the clergy sex abuse issue. (CNS photo/Matthew Barrick)

Poll: Pope’s favorability numbers down, and worse for handling of abuse

Posted by - October 7, 2018
WASHINGTON (CNS) — With Pope Francis midway into the sixth year of his pontificate, the percentage of U.S. Catholics who view him favorably, while still strong, is noticeably down. And,…
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October is the Month of Holy Rosary

Posted by - October 7, 2018
The Holy Father has decided to invite all the faithful, of all the world, to pray the Holy Rosary every day, during the entire Marian month of October, and thus…
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Optina Monastery, one of Russia's holiest sites and a place of pilgrimage for Orthodox Christians, is pictured in May 27, 2017. Some observers have cautioned that Catholic-Orthodox relations could be set back by inter-Orthodox feuding. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)

Russian Catholics hope ties won’t be affected by inter-Orthodox tensions

Posted by - October 7, 2018
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — As plans to establish an independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church encounter complaints from Russia, Catholic leaders hope ecumenical ties will not be affected. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of…
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Catechetical Formation on the Church

Posted by - October 7, 2018
Inspite of the advent of the religious nones; a person with no religious affiliation, and its inevitable effects, the catechists will ponder on the significant role of the church to…
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