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By Zoey Maraist
Catholic Charities Mother of Mercy Free Medical Clinic started eye appointments for patients.
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — When disheartened and disappointed in life, Christians can rest assured that the risen Christ brings hope and the courage to begin anew, Pope Francis said. “When our nets are empty in life, it is not the time to feel sorry for ourselves, to have fun, to return to old pastimes,” the pope […]
National
By Rhina Guidos
WASHINGTON — Leaders and participants in Hispanic Catholic ministry who gathered in Arlington April 26-30 for Raíces y Alas (Roots and Wings) headed to the halls of Congress April 27 to push lawmakers on some form of relief on immigration. “Citizens and noncitizens alike, we are brothers and sisters in the eyes of Jesus Christ, […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
IVANO-FRANKIVSK, Ukraine — In the basement of a church in western Ukraine, far from the most ferocious Russian attacks, residents and displaced people contribute to the war effort by weaving camouflage nets, baking vareniki dumplings and making rosaries. “We’re not just weaving good luck charms for the guys; we are weaving the country together,” said […]
Global
By Jonathan Luxmoore
The bishops of Spain have asked forgiveness for sexual abuse by Catholic clergy, while defending the Catholic Church’s right to oppose laws which violate Christian teaching. Addressing an April 25-29 meeting of the Spanish bishops’ conference, Cardinal Juan José Omella of Barcelona, conference president, said “the church expresses its deep pain for crimes committed by […]
National
By Mark Zimmermann
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory wore a white hard hat instead of a bishop’s miter as he processed to the altar April 26 for the second annual Building Trades’ Workers Memorial Day Mass at St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring. The pastor who organized the Mass, Franciscan Father Brian Jordan, also […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Families play an important role in a society’s development when ideologies are not imposed upon them, Pope Francis said. The family is the “primary planter of the tree of gratuitousness,” and when civilization “uproots” that gift, “its decline becomes unstoppable,” the pope said April 29. “I believe that there are certain conditions […]
National
By Kurt Jensen
WASHINGTON — Catholic leadership should not neglect climate change in favor of social issues including abortion, a Georgetown University panel concluded April 27 in an online discussion about how to apply Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.” Anna Robertson, director of youth and young adult mobilization at Catholic Climate […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis asked his safeguarding commission to provide an annual audit of what the church is doing to protect minors and what needs to change, as well as to urge bishops’ conferences to set up special “centers” where victims can be heard and find accompaniment toward “healing and justice.” The annual audit […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis praised members of the U.S.-based Papal Foundation for helping the Catholic Church build “a culture of solidarity and peace,” including by providing assistance to victims of the war in Ukraine. “As we are witnessing in these days the devastating effects of war and conflict, you increasingly see the need to […]
