Labor Day statement: Reflection, action ‘critical’ for care of workers
"Sufficient decent work that honors dignity and families is a necessary component of the task before us, and it is the Catholic way," the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development said.
Pope holds ‘virtual town hall’ with ABC and Catholics in 3 cities
Portions of the meeting aired during ABC's "World News Tonight" Aug. 31, with an hour-long version airing Sept. 4 on "20/20" and full versions in English and Spanish coming to abcnews.com.
Priests in U.S., Canada can already absolve women who had abortions
BALTIMORE (CNS) — Pope Francis’ Sept. 1 announcement that priests worldwide will be able to absolve women for the sin of abortion will have...
Church agencies highlight growing urgency of Europe’s refugee crisis
Catholic aid agencies have urged Europeans not to turn against migrants seeking refuge from Syria and other countries, in what media reports describe as the continent's greatest refugee movement since World War II.
Catholic women ready to host first meal in new peer ministry
An emerging Arizona chapter of an international peer ministry to Catholic women is taking root in the Diocese of Phoenix. Catholic women from throughout the Valley have been in formation for two years and are eager to see a slew of fresh faces at an inaugural meal. Catholic women and their friends of any or no faith are invited.
Cardinal: Britons crying out for more generous response to migrants
Shocking images of bodies washed up on beaches in the Mediterranean — including one of a drowned Syrian boy lying face down — are revealing “the human face of this suffering," Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster said.
First graduating class begins final year at Annunciation Catholic School
The newest school in the Diocese of Phoenix now has its first graduating class in the waiting. Two of the 12 eighth-graders at Annunciation Catholic School in Cave Creek have been there since its doors opened on the St. Gabriel Parish campus in 2009. They were second-graders at the time and huddled around their principal in a small circle — with first-graders too — for opening prayer.
Just one smile from a loving family can warm coldest world, pope says
"Let us not lose hope," Pope Francis said. "Where there is a family with love, that family is able to warm the heart of an entire city with its witness of love."
Citing Pope Francis, bishops call on Congress to renew religious freedom commission
WASHINGTON (CNA/EWTN News) — Congress has only one month to reauthorize the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Many human rights activists and religious leaders have stressed its importance, and the nation’s bishops suggest the commission would help the U.S. fulfill Pope Francis’ call to protect religious minorities.
Pope listens to what Francis of Assisi can teach us about creation
VATICAN CITY (CNA/EWTN News) — On the first World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the preacher to the papal household said that St. Francis of Assisi is a key model in showing the link between faith in God and care for our common home.
