Pope to Congress: Stop bickering, world needs your help [VIDEO]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The past, the promise and the potential of the United States must not be smothered by bickering and even hatred at a time when the U.S. people and indeed the world need a helping hand, Pope Francis told the U.S. Congress.
Deacon and wife living out vocation through foster parenting
In Arizona, where there are more than 17,000 children in foster care, the most being in Maricopa County, Dcn. Tift and Denise, who serve at Christ the King Parish in Mesa, have opened their hearts and home to make a difference in the lives of approximately 50 children and young adults for the past 21 years.
Families learn how to foster vocations, nurture faith
They came from across the globe to learn how to build up what's been called the school of love and the domestic church.
Pope canonizes Junípero Serra, says faith is alive only when shared
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Canonizing the 18th-century Spanish missionary, Blessed Junípero Serra, Pope Francis insisted a person’s faith is alive only when it is shared.
Be shepherds concerned only for God and others, pope tells U.S. bishops
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Acknowledging the real challenges and burdens the U.S. bishops face in their ministry, Pope Francis shared with them his own experience as a pastor and urged them to keep their eyes focused on Jesus and their hearts open to others.
Cardinal Robert Sarah highlights evangelizing role of families
PHILADELPHIA — Cardinal Robert Sarah had a message for the thousands of Catholics attending the World Meeting of Families: love to the end is possible.
Mesa’s oldest Catholic school poised to embrace long-term future
The latest school dedication in the Diocese of Phoenix almost couldn’t have happened at all.
Bishop Barron tells families to be God’s image for secularized society
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — Being created in the image of God is a mission, an adventure and a command that each Catholic is called to carry out into the world and something we need to rediscover as people of faith living in today’s secularized culture, said Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles Sept. 21.
Wake up the World: Q&A with Sr. Maria Silva, OP
Sr. Maria Silva began working for a car dealership in the Bronx right out of high school. She was working her way through Fordham and studying to be a psychologist, hoping for a lucrative career. Instead, she became the youngest chief financial officer for the dealership at 23. In spite of great financial success, she felt drawn to the religious life.
Pope, ‘son of immigrant family,’ tells Obama he’s ready to learn in U.S. [VIDEO]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis introduced himself to President Barack Obama and all people of the United States as a “son of an immigrant family” arriving in the United States for the first time to learn from others and to share from his own experience.
