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Pope Francis poses for a photo with a delegation of two Irish families led by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, right, during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 21. Also pictured is Cardinal Kevin Farrell, left, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life. At the audience the pope confirmed that he will visit Dublin Aug. 25-26 for the final days of the World Meeting of Families. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican Presents Holy See’s 1st Document on Sport

Posted by - June 8, 2018
By: DEBORAH CASTELLANO LUBOV ‘To Give the Best of Oneself. On the Christian Perspective of Sport and of the Human Person’ On June 1, 2018 the Dicastery for the Laity,…
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Pope Francis meets with national directors of the pontifical missionary societies, which include the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Missionary Childhood Association, the Society of St. Peter Apostle and the Missionary Union of Priests and Religious at the Vatican June 1. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Missionary work is about sharing God’s love, not raising money, pope says

Posted by - June 8, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church does not have “a product to sell, but a life to communicate: God, his divine life, his merciful love, his holiness,” Pope Francis…
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Youths from Panama carry the World Youth Day cross after receiving it from representatives from Poland in 2017 at the conclusion of Palm Sunday Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World Youth Day Cross and Marian Icon to tour U.S. in August

Posted by - June 8, 2018
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced June 5 that the official World Youth Day Cross and Marian Icon will make a tour of the United States…
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In this 2014 file photo, residents of Tacloban, Philippines, rummage through debris left by Typhoon Haiyan. To date, the social action arm of the Catholic Church has been able to help about 1.8 million people affected by the destruction brought by the storm that struck the central Philippines in 2013. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Typhoon Haiyan victims in Philippines pick up pieces with church help

Posted by - June 8, 2018
TACLOBAN, Philippines (CNS) — Through early June, the social action arm of the Catholic Church has been able to help about 1.8 million people affected by the Typhoon Haiyan that…
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Brother Patrick Hegarty, a member of the Society of the Divine Word, who helped to make Ireland's The Word one of the country's most successful magazines, died May 28 at age 97. (CNS photo/courtesy Society of the Divine Word)

Divine Word brother motivated by love of God to be ‘salesman’ for Christ

Posted by - June 8, 2018
TECHNY, Ill. (CNS) — Divine Word Brother Patrick Hegarty, who helped to make Ireland’s The Word one of the country’s most successful magazines, died May 28. He was 97. “Brother…
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Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chairman of the U.S. bishops' migration committee, responds to a reporter's question during a Nov. 13 news conference at the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

U.S. bishops’ migration chairman urges families be kept together at border

Posted by - June 8, 2018
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration June 1 criticized the Trump administration for “forcibly separating children from their mothers and fathers” at the U.S.-Mexico…
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