VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The worst enemies in a young person’s life aren’t the problems they may face, Pope Francis said. The biggest dangers are being unwilling to find a way to adapt, mediocrity by settling for the status quo, and fear, he said at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square June 13. “It
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A new study conducted by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that children in Catholic schools are less disruptive and have more self-control than their peers in non-Catholic or public schools. The authors of the study said they believe that examining students’ self-discipline is particularly important in light of the ongoing debate
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (CNS) — Katherine Babcock was in college studying toward an arts degree when she found out she was pregnant. The child’s father, her best friend of 10 years, could not cope with the news. “He said: ‘It’s early enough in your pregnancy. You could just terminate,’” Babcock told The B.C. Catholic, newspaper
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God shows his love, not with great speeches, but with simple, tender acts of charity, Pope Francis said. “When Jesus wants to teach us how a Christian should be, he tells us very little,” the pope said, but he shows people by feeding the hungry and welcoming the stranger. Celebrating Mass
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told Italian schoolchildren that he grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, “the most beautiful city in the world,” and that besides playing soccer, he loved to fly kites as a child. “We would make them with cane and paper, light paper. We made them ourselves,” the pope told about
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As 32 nations get ready to vie for the World Cup in Russia, Pope Francis greeted players, organizers and soccer fans who will be following “this event that overcomes all borders.” “May this important sports event become an occasion for encounter, dialogue and fraternity between different cultures and religions, promoting solidarity
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis issued decrees advancing the sainthood cause of four candidates, including a widowed mother of nine from Mexico, who founded groups for laypeople as well as two religious congregations. At a meeting June 8 with Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, the pope signed a decree
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The world needs a new kind of leadership that believes in building up the whole human family and protecting the environment, Pope Francis told a group of energy and oil executives and global investors. That also means using alternatives to fossil fuels for meeting everyone’s energy needs and mitigating the effects
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Church leaders in the Philippines criticized a proposal to arm priests as a protective measure in the wake of recent attacks on clergy members. Calls have come from several quarters for priests to take advantage of a 2014 law allowing journalists, priests, lawyers, doctors, nurses, accountants and engineers to carry firearms
WASHINGTON (CNS) — There are few places University of Delaware physicist Stephen Barr would rather be than in a roomful of 100 or so of his science colleagues discussing quantum mechanics without having to confront the oft-perceived divide between science and religion. Barr, president of the fast-growing Society of Catholic Scientists, was in his element
