VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catechists are called to live their mission as a service, by preaching the Gospel through concrete actions rather than treating it as just a job, Pope Francis said. Like St. Francis, who preached through his deeds, the “vocation and task of the catechist” is found when “we visit the poor, helping
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — The Philippine Catholic bishops appealed for a “return to normalcy and peace … as soon as possible,” as violence continues in the southern part of the country. In a statement at the end of their biannual meeting July 10, the bishops appealed for dialogue with Muslims, “so that our various faiths
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has approved a fourth pathway to possible sainthood — giving one’s life in a heroic act of loving service to others. In a new apostolic letter, the pope approved new norms allowing for candidates to be considered for sainthood because of the heroic way they freely risked their lives
ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — In 1955 in Mississippi, a white woman lied and told her husband that Emmett Till, a black teen, flirted with her in the grocery story. In retaliation, her husband and another man kidnapped, beat, shot and lynched the youth. His body was found three days after his murder and returned to
SONSONATE, El Salvador (CNS) — His Boston Red Sox baseball hat is almost as big a part of him as his brown Franciscan habit. Anywhere Franciscan Father Flavian Mucci goes in El Salvador, he’s known not only for his love of baseball, but more importantly, for the only thing he loves more than the game:
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Bishops should look at ways to help verify and guarantee the validity and worthiness of the bread and wine used for the celebration of the Eucharist, the Vatican said in a recent document. Because bread and wine for the Eucharist are no longer supplied just by religious communities, but “are also
COLINA, Chile (CNS) — In winter, the dirt roads in the slum known as Rivera Sur are muddy and full of puddles. “It gets freezing in winter, with so much rain and mud,” said Teresa Aranda, a local resident. “Sometimes I don’t let my daughter go to school because I don’t want her slipping in
HONG KONG (CNS) — Hong Kong Christians came together to pray for terminally ill Liu Xiaobo, less than a week before his death. The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, recently released from a prison in China’s northeast, died July 13. He was 61. Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, and the Rev.
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the wake of several violent incidents involving controversial speakers at universities this year, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing June 20 on free speech on college campuses. This issue also prompted Catholic News Service to interview several Catholic observers and leaders in higher education who emphasized the importance of civility
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Celebrating a Mass in his native El Salvador, newly created Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez said his first major assignment will be to travel to South Korea for a meeting on how to achieve peace with North Korea. During a homily in San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral July 8, Cardinal Rosa Chavez said
