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Pope Francis poses in the Sistine Chapel with members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See at the end of an audience for the traditional exchange of new year's greetings at the Vatican Jan. 9. The pope said that religions are "called to promote peace" and appealed to "all religious authorities to join in reaffirming unequivocally that one can never kill in God's name." (CNS photo/Alberto Pizzoli, pool)

Pope to diplomats: Break bad habits of war, injustice

Posted by - January 12, 2017
 By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — At the start of a new year, Pope Francis laid out a laundry list of suggested resolutions for religious and…
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A Missionaries of Charity nun stands in the doorway as men enter a center run by the order for an evening meal at the Vatican Jan. 7. The Vatican undertook several initiatives to offer more help to the homeless in the midst of unusually cold weather. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope asks for warm hearts to help homeless deal with the cold

Posted by - January 12, 2017
 By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Looking out over St. Peter’s Square where icicles hung from usually bubbling fountains, Pope Francis prayed for the homeless. The…
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Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is pictured in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Nov. 19, 2014, file photo. Cardinal Muller said the Catholic Church is "very far" from a situation in which Pope Francis is in need of "fraternal correction." He made his comment in an interview about the pope's apostolic exhortation, "Amoris Laetitia," with Italian news channel TGCom24. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Doctrinal chief dismisses idea of ‘fraternal correction’ of pope

Posted by - January 12, 2017
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church is “very far” from a situation in which the pope is in need of “fraternal correction” because…
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People walk toward Matamoros, Mexico, from Brownsville, Texas, May 4, 2016. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles called attention in a Jan. 6 statement to the hardships and contributions of immigrants to American society as the U.S. church prepared to observe National Migration Week. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Bishops mention immigration policy, heritage in National Migration Week statement

Posted by - January 12, 2017
 By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Urging Americans to look at their families for stories of immigration, the president and vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops…
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