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Christ’s birth can bring peace, hope to suffering world, pope says
Where God is born, so is hope and peace, with no room for hatred and war, Pope Francis said in his Christmas message.
Seton alumna gives two ASU commencement addresses
It was a reading of a book while a student at Seton Catholic Preparatory that set her on a social justice path that helped earn her such an honor.
Christmas away from home [VIDEO]
Christmas away from home is a norm for military personnel, inmates, refugees. The Church responds.
Advocates for migrants in Arizona, Sonora gather at border for ‘posada’
Along the "posada" procession route, the group heard recordings of migrants telling their accounts of separation and struggle and later reflected on what it means to be family.
Homeless, poor get star treatment at Vatican movie premiere
A movie premiere at the Vatican is not your typical star-studded event, but did include those Pope Francis, the film's main star, deemed to be celebrities.
#RedCup reminders of mercy
A recent local homily tied in #RedCup discussion on social media — the removal of secular Christmas imagery from this year's holiday cup design at Starbucks — to our call to use words and actions of mercy, mutual love and reconciliation.
Nuns, activists want new Salvadoran inquiry into 1980 churchwomen deaths
It's been 35 years since three religious sisters and a lay missionary were abducted, raped and murdered by members of the National Guard on their way from a Salvadoran airport and the masterminds of the crime have gone unpunished.
Patron Saint of Immigrants: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
The first American citizen to be canonized a saint was an immigrant to our country and her life was dedicated to the care of immigrants. Coming to America, however, wasn’t what Frances Cabrini had in mind when she journeyed from Milan to Rome in AD 1887 to meet with the Successor of Peter. She wanted be a missionary in China. From the time she received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the age of 8 she had dreamed of witnessing to Christ among the Chinese; and that desire had only grown as she discerned her call to Religious Life and took St. Francis Xavier as her patron. But Pope Leo XIII told her, “Go not to the East but to the West — to New York rather than China.” He urged her to follow the large throng of emigrants who were leaving Italy each week for America.
If airstrikes against Islamic State end, what is Canada’s Mideast role?
For two major Catholic agencies based in Canada, the Liberal government's decision to stop airstrikes against Islamic State positions in the Middle East begs the question: How must Canada act in that region?
Synod report highlights pastoral care of society’s marginalized
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While they did not grab headlines, the elderly and people with disabilities, openness to life and the plight of migrants and refugees were also on the agenda of the Synod of Bishops on the family. The synod’s final report, which was approved Oct. 24, addressed the pastoral needs of those who are often cast aside to the margins of society, those who are often neglected and abandoned in a world that places profit over value.