Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
LAFAYETTE, La. (CNS) — Bishop Michael Jarrell of Lafayette offered prayers and sympathy to the victims of a multiplex cinema shooting July 23 in Lafayette in which two were killed and nine wounded. “On behalf of the Catholic faithful in the Diocese of Lafayette, we...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
HIROSHIMA, Japan (CNS) — For a long minute on a sunny morning, silence fell over the memorial park that commemorates the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city. A gong sounded repeatedly as local residents and visitors from around the world stopped to remember a...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Amid an outcry from members of the GOP demanding answers to questions raised by a video of a Planned Parenthood physician talking about preserving fetal organs and tissue for researchers for a fee, a second video emerged July 21 of a different...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
Here’s a look at some of the stories making headlines today: A second undercover video of a Planned Parenthood physician talking about preserving during an abortion fetal organs and tissue for researchers for a fee was released. On their second day at the...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When the Vatican publishes its annual report detailing its activities and operations, the 1,400-page volume is filled with references to the every day and the exceptional. Each Vatican congregation, council, office and organization creates a...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Uncategorized
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Many of the mayors who met July 21 with Pope Francis stayed at the Vatican for a second day of discussions focused on city planning that promotes economic growth, equality and environmental protection simultaneously. Jeffrey Sachs, a U.S....
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit, WMF
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) — The first traces of preparation for Pope Francis’ historic U.S. visit this September could be said to have started in Milan, Italy, in 2012. In closing the Vatican-sponsored World Meeting of Families held there that year, Pope...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
Here’s a look at some of the stories making headlines today: • Pope Francis named three auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, including Father Robert Barron of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries fame. • Some 60 mayors from around the world met at the...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In an era where Catholics are pretty much an afterthought on television, the sight of any cleric on the small screen almost immediately evokes thoughts of “the next Bishop Sheen” — the 1950s prime-time inspirational program...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Catholic faith tradition “offers a unique perspective on crime and punishment, one grounded in mercy and healing, not punishment for its own sake,” two bishops said in a statement renewing the U.S. Catholic Church’s push...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After decades of world leaders trying to set global goals to address climate change and extreme poverty, city mayors gathered at the Vatican to pledge they will take real action and lead the fight on their streets. Pope Francis told the...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has named three auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and accepted the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Gerald E. Wilkerson, 75. The changes were announced July 21 in Washington by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano,...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
ROME (CNS) — Elections, like profit reports, have regular short-term rhythms, which is why Pope Francis’ encyclical letter on the environment was so “appropriate and absolutely essential” for waking people up to the dangers of climate change,...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
Bob Halligan Jr. says he doesn’t need anything else now that he’s met Pope Francis. The Syracuse resident, music veteran and founder and lead vocalist of international Celtic rock band Ceili Rain, was invited to perform in June at events surrounding the exposition of...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A video of a Planned Parenthood physician describing her procedures for keeping fetal organs intact during an abortion is “horrifying and heartbreaking,” said U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri. Wagner made the comments at a news...
Aug 6, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
Here’s a look at some of the stories making headlines today: • Seventy years ago today, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On this sober anniversary, Bishop Oscar Cantu, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International...
Aug 5, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (CNS) — An outpouring of sympathy and prayer washed over Tennessee for the victims of the July 16 shootings that left four Marines and the shooter dead. Three others were injured, and one of them, a sailor, died early July 18. Bishop Richard...
Aug 5, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
WASHINGTON (CNS) — More than half of young Catholic families participating in a recent survey identified themselves as Latino or Hispanic, a finding the president of Holy Cross Family Ministries said will require new ways of ministering in the U.S. Catholic...
Aug 5, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news, Papal visit
WASHINGTON (CNS) — When Pope Francis comes to the U.S. Capitol Sept. 24, he could hardly ask for a better backdrop. His address to a joint meeting of Congress — historic enough since it’s the first time a religious leader who also is a head of state...
Aug 5, 2015 | 2015 Archives, Latest news
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The mining industry, especially in the world’s poorest countries, must make a “radical change” to respect the rights of local communities and protect the environment, Pope Francis said. The companies, the governments that are...
