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VATICAN CITY — Saying he wanted to promote a "healthy decentralization" of some aspects of church life, Pope Francis made several changes to church law, granting greater authority to individual bishops, bishops' conferences and synods of bishops of the Eastern Catholic churches.
VATICAN CITY — As part of ongoing measures to reform the Roman Curia, Pope Francis has approved restructuring the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the oldest of the congregations.
VATICAN CITY — Caring for the sick means not only healing the wounds of the body but also those that afflict the soul, Pope Francis said.
When you think of "the sick," who comes to mind? Those in hospital beds or clinic hallways? Those with infections — COVID-19, perhaps, or some other illness — vividly visible in flushed cheeks and runny nose?
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The topic of racism can be a source of conflict, and when Sister Melinda Pellerin finds herself in sensitive conversations about it, she lets her faith lead her response.
In the 30 years that Arlington diocesan priests served the rural countryside of the Dominican Republic, they have built countless roads, constructed dozens of chapels and established a K-eight parochial school.
The two teens skated onto the rink holding hands, wearing matching blue-gray outfits; she in a dress with a flowy skirt, he in a shirt and black pants. They raised their arms to greet the audience and judges and then skated to the middle of the ice, took a breath and leaned into each other for their starting pose.
The recent comment by Pope Francis that people who have pets instead of children are, sometimes at least, manifesting selfishness brought predictable howls from pet lovers and those who felt he was treading on their sacred right to do whatever they please. But along with unintentionally giving media the sort of juicy flap over trivia that they relish, the pope was identifying a grave and growing problem for nations around the globe.
