VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians survive trials and tribulations with the help of their faith in Christ and pay it forward by being compassionate toward others who suffer, Pope Francis said. “A ‘tried’ Christian can certainly become closer to those who suffer and make his or her heart open and sensitive in solidarity with others,”
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In asking to be baptized, Jesus exemplifies the Christian calling to follow along the path of humility and meekness rather than strutting about and being a showoff, Pope Francis said. Addressing pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square Jan. 12, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, the pope said that Christ’s
HOUSTON (CNS) — While festivals after Epiphany are often known for Mardi Gras, a popular Filipino celebration of the Christ Child comes to several parishes throughout the U.S. in January. The Festival of Santo Nino de Cebu — rooted in the deep faith of the Filipino people and originating in the Philippines’ Cebu province —
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Most Christians would agree it is wrong to hate someone, but it is also wrong to be indifferent, which is a camouflaged form of hatred, Pope Francis said. Real love “must lead you to do good, to get your hands dirty with works of love,” the pope said Jan. 10 at
BANGUI, Central African Republic (CNS) — Catholic bishops in the Central African Republic have called on government leaders to use 2020 to reopen dialogue with opponents and ensure elections. In a series of recommendations for the conflict-torn country, the bishops’ conference wrote, “Knowing most of you confess faith in Jesus Christ or in a single
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Free religious expression in American higher education is under constant threat from the tyranny of secular progressivism, a leading scholar of religious liberty said Jan. 12. Robert P. George, Princeton University’s McCormick professor of jurisprudence and a former chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, spoke at a forum on
CHICAGO (CNS) — Despite high winds, freezing precipitation and cold temperatures, thousands turned out for the seventh annual March for Life Chicago, which kicked off in Daley Plaza Jan. 11. The march, with the theme “Life Empowers: Pro-Life Is Pro-Woman,” proceeded east on Washington Avenue and south on Michigan Avenue, where it ended at the
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The crowds following Jesus during his lifetime said he taught with “authority” because he lived what he preached, Pope Francis said. “Authority is seen in this: coherence and witness,” the pope said Jan. 14 during his early morning Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. In the day’s Gospel
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The oven timer dings, alerting Capuchin Franciscan Brother Andrew Corriente the chocolate layer cake he is baking needs to be checked. A quick test with a toothpick tells him the cake needs about five more minutes in the oven, more than enough time for him to soften the butter that will eventually
NEW YORK (CNS) — The once influential Catholic film office had been able to get Hollywood studios to change content in movies it deemed morally offensive for decades, but that power was extinguished as the 1970s rolled into the 1980s. Social change in the 1960s and the emergence of European and independent films in U.S.
