VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Signing his document dedicated to young people, faith and discernment, Pope Francis said Mary, the mother of God, is a source of inspiration and strength for everyone who seeks to understand their vocation and remain faithful to it. Greeting some 10,000 people, many of them families and young people, in Loreto,
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Despite a busy day scheduled with meeting Rome’s mayor and city council, Pope Francis made a surprise, early morning stop to offer a Lenten reflection for university students, encouraging them to build up their immunity against individualism with the Gospel. “You understand well how the Gospel gives us the most radical
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, praised President Donald Trump March 21 for taking seriously the assaults she said conservative groups are facing on campuses around the country. “No one needs this more than the pro-life generation,” she said about Trump’s executive order to bar federal research grants to
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — A new program called STRIVE aims to help “any Christian man who wants to break free from porn,” said its founder, Matt Fradd. “Pornography use has reached epidemic proportions,” he said. “Too many lives, marriages and families have been broken apart because of this issue. We knew we had to create a
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The season of Lent is a time for Christians to reflect on and practice the mercy of God toward others and not waste away sitting in judgment of others, Pope Francis said. Jesus’ command to “be merciful, just as your father is merciful” is a reminder for Christians that God always
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called on Christians to unite in prayer for the victims of two mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left 50 people dead and dozens wounded in one of the worst mass shootings in the country’s history. “I am close to our Muslim brothers and sisters and their entire
Tears flowed during a Mass for peace at St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 16, one day after terrorist attacked two mosques, leaving at least 50 people dead and dozens more injured. “When a family member dies, we feel deep grief and loss,” said Christchurch Bishop Paul Martin. “Such grief is raw and
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (CNS) — A Dartmouth College cosmologist and theoretical physicist, who considers himself a religious agnostic even though he has devoted his career to examining link between science, philosophy and spirituality in exploring the mystery of creation, is the 2019 Templeton Prize winner. Marcelo Gleiser, 60, often describes science as an “engagement with
SALT LAKE CITY (CNS) — The March 3 meeting at the Vatican between Pope Francis and Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, drew great interest from members of both faiths and was covered extensively in the media in Utah. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Answering the Lord’s call demands the courage to take a risk, but it is an invitation to become part of an important mission, Pope Francis said. God “wants us to discover that each of us is called — in a variety of ways — to something grand, and that our lives
