May 4, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Donald Trump will visit the Vatican and meet with Pope Francis May 24 as part of his first foreign trip as president. White House officials said the visit will be part of a trip that will include stops in Israel...
May 4, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Wisconsin-born Capuchin Father Solanus Casey, five religious, four laypeople and two cardinals, including Vietnamese Cardinal Francois Nguyen Van Thuan. The pope...
Apr 29, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service CAIRO (CNS) — The only kind of fanaticism that is acceptable to God is being fanatical about loving and helping others, Pope Francis said on his final day in Egypt. “True faith,” he told Catholics, “makes us more charitable, more...
Apr 26, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Sun May 4, 2017
By Keanine Griggs | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While searching for a connection today often means looking for Wi-Fi, Pope Francis said real connections between people are the only hope for the future. “How wonderful would it be if the growth of...
Apr 24, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Despite the ongoing risk of terrorism, Pope Francis planned to travel to Egypt as a sign of being close to the people there, said Greg Burke, Vatican spokesman. Heightened security is part of the “new normal”...
Apr 20, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Sun April 27, 2017
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis will declare the sainthood of Blessed Jacinta Marto and Blessed Francisco Marto, two of the shepherd children who saw Mary in Fatima, Portugal, during his visit to the site of the...
Apr 20, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news
By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If U.S. President Donald Trump requests a meeting with Pope Francis in May, the Vatican will try to make it work, a top Vatican official said. “Pope Francis always is willing to welcome heads of state who ask,” Archbishop...
Apr 17, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news
By Cindy Wooden and Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus is the risen shepherd who takes upon his shoulders “our brothers and sisters crushed by evil in all its varied forms,” Pope Francis said before giving his solemn Easter...
Apr 10, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news
By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Jesus does not ask that people only contemplate his image, but that they also recognize and love him concretely in all people who suffer like he did, Pope Francis said. Jesus is “present in our many brothers...
Apr 7, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Two prominent Catholic leaders in Syria criticized the U.S. missile strikes against their nation, wondering why they occurred before investigations into the origins of chemical attacks reported April 4. But U.S. President...
Apr 6, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis strongly condemned a shocking chemical attack in Syria that left some 70 people, including at least 10 children, dead. “We are horrified by the latest events in Syria. I strongly deplore...
Apr 4, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Sun April 6, 2017
By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The first three refugee families from Syria welcomed by the Vatican left their temporary homes to start their new lives in Italy, and three new families took their places in Vatican apartments. The...
Mar 30, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Uncategorized
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for a review of the Clean Power Plan jeopardizes environmental protections and moves the country away from a national carbon standard to help meet domestic and international...
Mar 29, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news, Uncategorized
By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Hope is not built on people’s predictions, assurances or line of reasoning, Pope Francis said. Real Christian hope “is not based on our word, but on God’s Word” and promises of salvation and eternal life, the...
Mar 26, 2017 | 2017 Archives, Latest news
So good and so Saintly: Seton girls blast Bronx team, win state tournament By Ryan Hayner | Contributing writer GLENS FALLS — History was made and records fell Sunday in the Federation Tournament of Champions Class B girls basketball title game. Seton Catholic Central...
