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Pope Francis gestures before speaking about the death penalty at an event marking the 25th anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, at the Vatican in this Oct. 11, 2017, file photo. The pope ordered a revision to the catechism to state that the death penalty is inadmissible and he committed the church to its abolition. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope revises catechism to say death penalty is ‘inadmissible’

Posted by - August 11, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Building on the development of Catholic Church teaching against capital punishment, Pope Francis has ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church to assert…
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Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Aug. 8. Also pictured is Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Fear, uncertainty lead to a ‘do-it-yourself’ religion, pope says

Posted by - August 11, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Like the ancient Israelites, Christians today also can fall into the temptation of creating their own idols when difficulties and uncertainties arise, Pope Francis said. “To…
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Ronald J. Tabak, chair of the death penalty committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, listens as Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago talks about the death penalty Aug. 2 during a panel discussion in Chicago. Cardinal Cupich spoke about how Catholic teaching on the death penalty has developed. He stressed that putting people to death, even criminals who are certainly guilty of terrible acts, makes it seem that the God-given right to life is conditional. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Chicago Catholic)

Cardinal Cupich: Death penalty can’t ‘rebalance the scales of justice’

Posted by - August 11, 2018
CHICAGO (CNS) — Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, speaking during an Aug. 2 panel discussion, described how Catholic teaching on the death penalty has developed and stressed that putting people…
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A statue of Mary overlooks the Oldenburg Academy of the Immaculate Conception in Oldenburg, Ind., May 16. On the entryway of the school is written an excerpt from St. Francis of Assisi's "Canticle of Creatures," recalling that the school was founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Oldenburg. (CNS photo/Katie Rutter)

Encore: Preserving Catholic school’s charism ‘has to be intentional’

Posted by - August 11, 2018
OLDENBURG, Ind. (CNS) — Although women religious — once synonymous with Catholic education — have been disappearing from U.S. classrooms in recent decades, many Catholic schools are taking extra steps…
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Franciscan Sister Therese Carew, head of Christian Help in Kermit, W.Va., poses in the clothing store July 25. For nearly 25 years, the center has had a presence in Kermit providing free clothing as well as a food from its pantry, furniture and household items, and, when possible, financial assistance to help with utilities, rent, medication, gasoline, propane and kerosene. The nondenominational outreach center, supported by donations and grants, helps low- to no-income residents. (CNS photo/Colleen Rowan, The Catholic Spirt)

Franciscan sisters run emergency lifeline for needy in West Virginia

Posted by - August 11, 2018
KERMIT, W.Va. (CNS) — On a rainy July afternoon in Kermit, a local woman sifted through a table of donated apparel at Christian Help Inc.’s free clothing store. The outreach…
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A tourist photographs the sea in Palau in the Pacific OIcean . In a message for World Tourism Day Sept. 27, Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, said the "digital transformation" of tourism has the potential for promoting happier and healthier vacations that do more to protect the natural environment and promote authentic encounters between people. (CNS photo/David Chang, EPA)

Use internet to promote tourism that respects environment, Vatican says

Posted by - August 11, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With more and more people planning their vacations online and sharing their experiences digitally, the tourism industry and tourists themselves should pay more attention to using…
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A photo of the late Benedictine Father Cyprian Davis, a renowned chronicler of black Catholic history, is seen July 31 in the center of the altar at St. Katharine Drexel Chapel of Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans surrounded by pictures of four candidates for sainthood. (CNS photo/Christine Bordelon, Clarion Herald)

University to be a hub for causes of African-American Catholics

Posted by - August 11, 2018
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, announced July 31 that the university and its Institute for Black Catholic Studies will become the new hub…
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